Pauline Henry-Blake cried while reflecting on the sacrifice her daughter made to reach her latest milestone in her journey to become a lawyer. Her daughter, Christina Blake, whose progress The Beacon has been tracking since 2019, graduated yesterday with a Bachelor of Laws degree (Honours) from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona. In…
Texal Christie, who exchanged mechanical engineering for the classroom, has been reaping the rewards of the career switch. The latest came on September 8 when he was among educators invited to Jamaica House, where they were awarded the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service To Education. “I feel very elated,” the Kellits High School…
Marcoje Mighty, known as ‘Marco’, whose mother died five years ago, is among top performers in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) that is used to place students in secondary schools on the island. Putting the icing on the proverbial cake, Marco has been declared the top PEP matriculant this year at the acclaimed Glenmuir High…
Technology could have left Kaylia Bennett in big trouble when online classes suddenly became the in-thing, due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Kaylia lives in a deep rural community – Long Grass in Clarendon – where internet access is limited. “It affected me drastically,” she said in relation to COVID-19 and the switch to…
Michael Forbes, a student of Glenmuir High School in Clarendon, scoffed at predictions that he would have attained the best grade possible (Grade One) in the 11 CSEC subjects he sat this year. He not only fulfilled the prediction; he scored straight ‘A’ profiles in all the subjects. Preliminary results from the Caribbean Examination Council…
As Breanna Julal closes another impressive chapter of her academic life, there is no greater feeling than looking at the 18 subjects she has attained – all in Grade Ones, the best grade achievable. The recent graduate of Glenmuir High School in Clarendon earned 10 CSEC subjects in the year 2016, four CAPE subjects in…
Eric Dixon, who hails from Longville Park in Clarendon, is basking in his latest academic feat. He recently left Glenmuir High School with a whopping 23 subjects, including Grade One (the highest grade possible) in 22 of those subjects. Results from the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) show that Dixon amassed the subjects over a three-year…
