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| Quarterly Newsletter August-2005
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| We Made The News |
| ISLANDSMILES
got featured in a special Jamaica Observer spread
on the Jamaica Cancer Society Relay for Life recently.
There was a nice shot of our own Dr Jeffery Meeks
smiling happily with two ladies at his side. It
is no secret that ISLANDSMILES
and all of us here, as well as many of our friends
and family members, are avid supporters of the
Relay for Life event and the Jamaica Cancer Society
can count on us to continue being there for them
in any way we can in the future |
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| Lelieth Hamilton |
| Congratulations to Lelieth
Hamilton who has completed her Bachelors
Degree in Human Resources at the University
College of the Caribbean. |
| Ryan Johnson |
| You
may have heard of a project called Generating
Genius, initiated by a British educator, Dr
Tony Sewell. The project offers Jamaica and
British schoolboys the chance to prepare to
become the doctors and scientists of the future.
Well,
we are not surprised to hear that 12-year-old
Campion College student Ryan Johnson
has been selected as one of the ten
Jamaican participants on the programme. Since
the tender age of seven, Ryan has been fascinated
by television documentaries of doctors performing
medical procedures. Now he His mother noted
his interest and promptly bought the book “Gifted
Hands” by Dr Ben Carson, which she read to
him, chapter by chapter, every night. The result?
Now Ryan wants to become a neuro-surgeon.
Ryan
and the other schoolboys will spend a four-week
summer camp at UWI, where they will be exposed
to what it would be like to be medical students.
Then, further studies to be taught by UWI staff,
will be offered to the Jamaican participants
on several weekends of the year and
at half-term. We know Ryan will be at the top
of the class! |
| Krystyna Dickenson |
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the recipient of no less than two full scholarships
to two prestigious boarding schools in the United
States : Western Reserve Academy in Hudson ,
Ohio and Cate School in Carpinteria , California. She has decided to accept her offer to Cate
School in September 2005. Krystyna also received
the Lord Haddock McKay Trophy for the most outstanding
achievement at the prize-giving ceremony of
her school, Heinz Simonitsch School in Montego
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| AFEKE KAMBUI |
| We
may one day have the opportunity to see Afeke
Kambui performing with an internationally
renowned symphony orchestra. At least that's where
we think she's heading. Afeke is an eighteen-year-old
sixth form student who has been playing the cello
for six years. She used to play the saxophone but
she fell in love with the “deep resonant tone” of
the cello, which she considers the most expressive
string instrument. Perfecting her craft on the cello
takes up a lot of Afeke's time but she still manages
to study, French, biology, chemistry, physics and
maths. Talk about time-management! We wish Afeke
all
the best when she heads off to McAllister University
in September.
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| In
our last issue we somehow omitted Kari
Brown from the list of talented youngsters
who performed in the Jamaica Musical Theatre
Company's production of Sleeping Beauty. Please
accept our apologies, Kari, the chorus would
not have been the same without you.
Karene
Ricketts wowed
the audience at Reggae Sumfest 05. The PACE
Band, of hich she is the female lead—singer
belted out some regae classica that had th
tourists
going crazy. Then as if that was not enough,
Karene gave the patrons a free dance class,
demonstrating all the proper ways to execute
the new moves. She was really on form.
We
read that our own Ce'cile
is back on the music scene. You can look out
for her new music video and she also landed
a role in the upcoming Jamaican film , Glory
to Glorianna . In late July she will be
appearing in Washington DC before heading off
on a month-long European tour in August.
And
congratulations to Stefanie Belnavis
, choreographer par excellence, on
the successful staging of “A Moment of Myself”,
a dance presentation staged at the Phillip
Sherlock
Centre for the Creative Arts in July. We know
we'll be seeing a lot more of Stefanie's dance
creations in the future.
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| We
have an impressive list of GSAT scholars
who will soon be heading off to their
new high schools.
Special
congratulations to Damien Chang
who won a Government Scholarship
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| Kristina Anderson |
Campion College |
| Ruth-Ann Benguche |
St Andrew's High |
| Jordan Bernard |
Wolmer's Boys |
| Robyn Brook Smith |
Immaculate
Conception High |
| Robyn Brown |
Immaculate Conception
High |
| Samantha Cassie |
St Hugh's High |
| Damien Chang |
Hillel Academy |
| Alex Facey |
Hillel Academy |
| Abigail Folkes |
Hillel Academy |
| Peter John
Goulbourne |
Campion College |
| Tashauna Grannum |
Campion College |
| Luke Haddad |
Hillel Academy |
| Akissa Hibbert |
Immaculate Conception
High |
| Mishae Kinlocke |
Wolmer's Girls |
| Howard Lewis |
Wolmer's Boys |
| Maurice McCurdy |
Cornwall College |
| Jordan McNeil |
Wolmer's Boys |
| Christopher
Meikle |
Kingston College |
| Verneisha
Murray |
Westwood High |
| Amanda Myers |
Montego Bay High |
| Kristoff Reeves |
Munroe College |
| Leslie-Ann
Stewart |
Immaculate Conception
High |
| Jason Taylor |
Ardenne High |
| Gillian Thompson |
Campion College |
| Janene Wardley |
Montego Bay High |
| Toni-ann Williams |
Mount Alvernia High |
| Brandon Wong |
St George's College |
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News from the Stork |
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| Carolyn Stewart |
| Our
newest mother is Carolyn Stewart who
gave birth to baby Tavaughn on Friday
May 27 at 9:57 am . At 4 ½ lbs, Tavaughn was
a tiny bundle, but brought a ton load of joy as all
babies do. Congratulations to Carolyn. |
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Creative Korner |
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| We
all need a little poetry in our lives. Please submit
any poems you may have written. |
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