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Treasure Beach students win scholarships
published: Monday | November 6, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>
A group of students from the Sandy <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Bank</SPAN> Primary school in Treasure Beach was recently granted scholarships to pursue high school eductaion.
The <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">scholarships</SPAN> to the south St. Elizabeth-based students arose from their performances in the last Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and were awarded by the Treasure Beach Foundation.
One full scholarship was awarded to Mederana Williams, the top GSAT performer from the school. She is now at Hampton <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">School</SPAN> in Malvern, St. Elizabeth
Half scholarships were awarded to Adrian Dixon (Black River High), Donald Abrahams (STETHS), Dave Lloyd (Munro) and Pierce Taylor (Manchester High).
For Karen Kennedy, president of the Treasure Beach Foundation, the high number of <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">students</SPAN> doing well in the GSAT presented a rather intriguing challenge - coming up with enough funds to reward as many of them as possible.
"We had asked the school to give us 10 finalists and we were going to select three out of those but there were so many students that were good that we ended up selecting five," she explained.
Faced with that challenge, the foundation settled on a formula which saw the highest achiever
published: Monday | November 6, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>
A group of students from the Sandy <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Bank</SPAN> Primary school in Treasure Beach was recently granted scholarships to pursue high school eductaion.
The <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">scholarships</SPAN> to the south St. Elizabeth-based students arose from their performances in the last Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) and were awarded by the Treasure Beach Foundation.
One full scholarship was awarded to Mederana Williams, the top GSAT performer from the school. She is now at Hampton <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">School</SPAN> in Malvern, St. Elizabeth
Half scholarships were awarded to Adrian Dixon (Black River High), Donald Abrahams (STETHS), Dave Lloyd (Munro) and Pierce Taylor (Manchester High).
For Karen Kennedy, president of the Treasure Beach Foundation, the high number of <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">students</SPAN> doing well in the GSAT presented a rather intriguing challenge - coming up with enough funds to reward as many of them as possible.
"We had asked the school to give us 10 finalists and we were going to select three out of those but there were so many students that were good that we ended up selecting five," she explained.
Faced with that challenge, the foundation settled on a formula which saw the highest achiever
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