Chetwood Memorial Primary School in Montego Bay, St. James, is the toast of the Ministry of Education Region Four (St. James) Westmoreland and Hanover, having landed three prestigious government scholarships for their outstanding performance in the 2023 Primary Exit Profile, PEP.
Deanashae Delisser received the J.A.G. Smith Scholarship for being the Top Girl from a Primary, All Age, and Junior High school and will be attending Immaculate Conception High.
Abigail Mundle received the George William Gordon Scholarship – for second place Girl from a Primary, All Age, or Primary Junior High school and will be attending Herbert Morrison Technical High School (HMTHS).
Lenise Johnson received the Lasco Curves Scholarship for being the Top Performing Girl for the Ministry of Education’s Region Four, one of seven such scholarships awarded to students in the Ministry’s seven regions. Johnson will be attending Mt. Alvernia High School.
The three girls incidentally all came from the same class, Grade 6M, taught by Kemar McHugh. An elated Principal, Garvin Atkinson, says it has been a proud moment for the students and for the entire school, which functions on a premise of excellence and is supported by excellent and very supportive teachers.
TECHNOLOGY INFUSED CURRICULUM
“It is a team effort and we continue to avail ourselves to be used by God to guide our institution. As a school we have not gone back post-COVID, we have taken COVID as a prime example of how to teach our children, we have to infuse technology into the curriculum to peak the children’s interest in the content of the curriculum; so for all our lessons we have infused them with technology to enhance the teaching/learning experience,” he explained.
He said that most of the students are visual and tactile learners, and the curriculum team meets and makes the necessary provisions for them to ensure that the atmosphere is conducive for them to be able to learn with ease. Atkinson cited that they continue to pull from the myriad resources available and effectively utilize them in the classes based on the varying needs of the students to augment the teaching process.
“We take the time to learn about our students and structure the pedagogical process to bring out the best in them.”
He says the school will continue to function the way it does always analyzing, reviewing and tweaking where necessary to ensure that at the end of the day all will be well for both teachers and students.
