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JUNE 21, 2019
VOLUME 113, No.25
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SEANTÉ MARSHALL: I HAVE GLOATING RIGHTS! of 95% in Mathematics; 93.33% in Science; ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Seanté 95.71% in Language Marshall of the Kingstown Arts; and a phenomenal Preparatory School was 100% in Social Studies. extremely elated when she She also shared top spoke with THE places in Language and VINCENTIAN last Monday. Social Studies. She was adamant, “Miss Seanté felt truly said that if you place in justified in claiming her the top ten, you have “gloating rights”. She gloating rights!” She explained that she had referred to Mrs. Suzette been a top student in all Holder, long-standing her grades, but on Grade Six teacher of the entering Grade Six had KPS. placed 4th in her Term The extremely selfOne exam. She recalled assured 6th grader’s how other students felt comment came in the she was making room for wake of the CPEA them, and how results released that determined that notion same day. Seanté placed made her feel. “I started 1st for girls and 1st to focus better,” she said, overall. Her overall “I studied real hard and percentage of 96.80% knew I was going to was bolstered by scores succeed. At my second by GLORIAH…
term exam, I placed first!” This, she said, was the impetus for walking into the exam room, not over confident but without fear. She did her best, and without clinging on to the idea of placing first, she was happy. Hence, with the revelation of her top position, the plainspoken student acknowledged that she was pleasantly surprised. She had not only made it into the top ten as she had expected. She was at the top of the top! The jovial young lady, who seems to always know what she wants out of life, hopes to make a Continued on Page 3.
Seanté Marshall and her proud mother Ikarmola Laborde.
KATE-LYNN BOBB: MAKING STUBBS PROUD by DAYLE DA SILVA
Kate-Lynn Bobb
EVEN AFTER DOING HER SCHOOL proud in placing second overall in the 2019 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA), Kate-Lynn Bobb is still not finished. She will be representing the Stubbs Government School in the Primary Schools Public Speaking Competition next week. Bobb is no stranger to competition and success, having represented the school before in the Court’s Reading Competition where she was a finalist. Her success in this year’s CPEA came as no surprise; she scored 84 percent in Mathematics, 98.67 in Language, 94.67 percent in Science and 98.67 in Social Studies for an overall average of 95.60 percent. She told THE VINCENTIAN that she felt very excited about her achievement, saying that although having remained confident, she did not
expect to take the second spot. It came as a relief ,however, with Bobb saying that she thought that she was made to wait too long for the results. She credited her mom Camellei for playing a major role in her success; her teachers and those responsible for giving her extra classes were highly commended as well. According to the Calder resident, she and her mom came up with a routine during the time leading up to the Exam, which included an hour’s break to allow for some television and gadget (Tablet) time. Then at 5, she said she would begin doing some school work — then at 7, another break and something to eat, then prepare herself for bed and the day ahead. She will be attending the Girls’ High School where she said she intends to one day pursue the sciences
for which she has a passion, especially Biology. But for now, she remains grateful to all who were instrumental in her success. “And I want to tell the future classes to remain focused, and once they put in the hard work, then it will bring them success,” she said. Principal Andrew John described Bobb as exuberant and a consistent top performer throughout her years as a student at Stubbs. “She gives off the attitude, ‘give me and I will do it’,” he said. John has been at the helm of the school for three years now. When he first took up the position, the overall pass rates hovered around the 60s, but now that figure had gone into the 90s, he said. He shared that he and his staff “have been trying to get the students to work,” and there was now a focus on reading that is beginning to bear fruit.