Rhonica Connor of the Omololu International School was the overall winner of the 26th Annual Primary School Spelling B competition held on Thursday 21 May. The parents and supporters erupted in loud cheers as they celebrated the school’s first ever win, since it started to compete in the competition.
Seven primary schools were represented: Alwyn A Richardson by Alida Fleming-Williams and Tia Gumbs; Adrian T Hazell by Quesnea Connor and Pierre-Jai Lake; Omololu International by Rhonica Connor and Maria Villagomez; Morris Vanterpool by Omar hodge and Frans-Louis Guinto; Orealia Kelly by A’Jeanique Joseph and Michlene Hodge; Vivien Vanterpool by Andrew Baijnauth and Chrismel Wathey; and Vivien Vanterpool by Erin Gumbs and Alysha Carty.
Jade Reymond, Marketing Manager of LIME, declared them all winners. As she said, “I am so proud of each of you for reaching on this stage to represent your school. Getting this far requires intelligence, concentration and lots of preparation. She thanked the Education Department for allowing LIME to be part of the initiative of nation building, through education.
Chanelle Petty-Barrett, Permanent Secretary Education, applauded the commitment of LIME to be a good corporate citizen and for partnering with them so many years, as the sponsor for the Spelling B competition.
LIME has gained a reputation for giving good gifts at and in addition to the certificates of participation, each contestant and each school received a prize. The champion school, (Omololu) got a US $1000 voucher. The 2nd place school got US $700 and the 3rd place school got US $500. There were consolation prizes of US $300 each for the other schools participating.
The results of the Spelling B Competition is as follows:
1st place- Omololu International School 125
2nd Place – Morris Vanterpool Primary 121
3rd Place – Adrian T Hazel Primary 118
4th Place – Valley Primary School 115
5th Place – Vivien Vanterpool Primary 106
6th Place – Orealia Kelly Primary 95
7th Place – Alwyn A Richardson Primary 89
The personal prizes for the contestants were as follows: Champions (Rhonica and Maria) won two DS Nintendos (with games. The 2nd place winners got Skull Kandy headsets plus US $60 gift voucher from Gadget City and the 3rd place winners got headsets. All other contestant got Skull Candy headsets.
But that’s not all – LIME wowed the appreciative crowd by allowing them to take part in a well-placed raffle draw for two expensive phones. One draw was at half-time where a very excited Hermia Smith, ran to claim her prize. The next draw was toward the end of the competition when the next prize, amazingly, was won by the lady sitting next to the first winner, in the person of Althea Hodge.
The evening ended on a high note as there were winners all around.
