THE GRAYDONIAN SENTINEL
AND… WE’RE OFF!
Vol. #2
ESTABLISHMENT DAY 44 years as an educational institution in
Barbados. Graydon sealy Secondary has produced such notable Barbadians as Lil’ Rick, Tino Best, Ian Weekes, Pedro Whitehall and songstress, Toni Norville. 1 We truly embody the mission of our school as we continue to nurture “a unique, caring educational environment in which students develop good values, selfworth, responsibility, leadership, critical thinking and problem solving skills and achieve personal excellence. P.R.I.D.E.
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PRAYERS & GENERAL ASSEMBLY MONDAY TUESDAY
Full Assembly
Year Level Prayers
WEDNESDAY Form Prayers THURSDAY
Full Assembly
Prefect Installation
FRIDAY
Year Prayers
1st & 2nd Years to witness tree planting ceremony
YEA R HEAD S ERENA DED Second year students took the time to serenade their year head on his birthday. A light moment to celebrate with their proctector. Both teachers and students were appreciative of this small gesture. Well done Second years.
Dr. Myrna Belgrave is all smiles as she makes a presentation to the school over which she presided as the second principal with an official portrait. Dr. Belgrave was lauded for the keen interest she had in the students of the then Garrison Secondary School and her enthusiam for ensuring that they were aware of the their cultural history. A visibly pleased Dr. Belgrave was quite impressed with our students. Well Done!
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Happy birthday to all of you September borns. This week it is the turn of …
Kelvin Daniel Monday 16th September
Donna Tull-Cox
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Thursday 19th September
Veronda Burgess-Howard Friday 20th September
May you continue to grow in health & happiness.
Jamie Carrington Saturday 21st September
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NOTICES
WEDNESDAY Form Prayers
MONDAY Dawn-Marie Sealy of BSL
THURSDAY
Athletics will be addressing the student body during assembly in
Prefect Installation – Full
order to drum up interest in the
Assembly.
Graydon Sealy Athletics Team.
Parent Teacher Association
Practice sessions are held on
(P.T.A.) meeting to take place at
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:00
5:00 p.m. All are invited to
p.m. on the Garrison Savannah
attend and help to revitalise this
before proceeding to the Drill Hall
organisation.
Beach for beach training. Teachers are welcome to join in the
FRIDAY
activities. TUESDAY
Tree planting deremony in
All schools will be closed at
conjunction with the Parent
12:00p.m. to facilitate meetings of
Teachers Association and the
the B.U.T. and the B.S.T.U.
Royal Diadems. This ceremony will take place in the morning.
There will be a meeting for the
As a result, there will be Year
parents of the students who are
Assembly. The ceremony will
repeating third year. This meeting
include the 1st and 2nd Years
will take place in the Science
only and will take place on the
Lecture Theatre (The Church) at
playing field by the hard court.
10:00 a.m.
End of Week 2. Hopefully you Additionally, selected teachers are
are well on your way to a very
to be involved in a training
productive term. Keep up the
session with education officer,
good fight.
Linda-Joy Forde on the teacher evaluation process. (This session still has to be confirmed.) N.B. Please check your official GSSS email to see if you have been selected.
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“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the student with a desire to learn is hammering cold iron.� Horace Mann
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