Over 100 ACC students recognized for academic excellence

They excelled in a range of subject areas from language to math and for that they got recognition. The award program is the second for this year for students at the Anglican Cathedral College and already it is showing that recognition leads to motivation. News Five’s Delahnie Bain attended the award ceremony.

Delahnie Bain, Reporting

It was a proud day for over a hundred students at the Anglican Cathedral College when were recognized with awards of merit for academic excellence. The students look forward to the ceremonies at the end of every term and today’s was the second for 2010.

Tanisha Sylvestre, Chair, Awards Committee, ACC

Tanisha Sylvestre

“They are awarded for fist and second place in their respective subject areas. We offer awards also for students have maintained an average of eight percent and above without failing any subjects. They are considered our honour roll students. And of course, we have to highlight our first and second place students throughout the entire school.”

And to keep them in the spotlight, we spoke to the three students that topped all others in the past term.

Edgar Lopez, Most Outstanding Student, ACC

“I’m quite thrilled and honestly I’m speechless. I worked hard I’m really proud of myself.”

Delahnie Bain

“What kind of word did you have to do to get to where you are?”

Edgar Lopez

“I did have to place some extra hours of studying and give up some stuff along the way but I think it paid off.”

shashayne mendoza

Shashaye Mendoza, 2^nd Most Outstanding Student, ACC

“I never thought that I mi wah come in second. I mi think dah like third or fourth so to come in second was like wow I neva know I mi di work dat hard.”

Delahnie Bain

“Apart from your teachers, who else would you say contributes to making you do so well?”

Shashaye Mendoza

“My mom and my dad, they encourage me a lot to study and do my homework as soon as I come home; not late night stuff.”

Astrid Zelaya, 3^rd Most Outstanding Student, ACC

“You have to study a lot.”

Delahnie Bain

“Apart from you teachers, who helps you out to make sure that you continue doing well?”

Astrid Zelaya

Astrid Zelaya

“My family, they like to support me and push me to the limit so I can do good in school.”

Tanisha Sylvestre, the Chair person for the Awards Committee at ACC, says they have seen great improvement in grades since the last ceremony in January. That is partially credited to a few changes in the school’s operation, but the recognition has also been an incentive for the students to work harder.

Tanisha Sylvestre

“It really has helped. As a matter of fact, our improvements can be shown in our actual academic performance. Last year we had passing in total students, thirty-one percent of our schools population. At the end of second term we now have sixty-five percent passing. This has to do with all the different help that we put in as teachers. We have a new system in place where we have a vice principal that deals with academics by herself as opposed to the other vice principal who deals with student services affairs.”

There was also a notable increase in the number of students awarded for making the honour roll, which went up from twenty-seven to eighty-five.  Delahnie Bain for News Five.