Sadie Vernon High student is honoured by police
Today, in front of his teachers and peers, eighteen year old Keran Rocke, a student at Sadie Vernon High School, was honoured by the police for doing the right thing. Rocke’s name was submitted by the school principal who became aware of his determination to succeed in life despite a troubled past in which he was shot and stabbed, not to mention in trouble with the law. So what made him change? Rocke says last year his mother suffered a stroke and he realised that she and his younger siblings would need him more than ever. Today Rocke is not only working hard to graduate, but he also runs a makeshift snack shop and works as a part time disc jockey to help make the money to buy food and pay the bills at home.
Keran Rocke, Nominee, Do The Right Thing
“I feel good, delight, you know joyful.
“Growing up on the Southside ain’t easy Jackie. I’ve been through tribe and trail, you know. Who feels it, know it? I decide to change my life.
“I just want to say a special thanks to the staff and students of Sadie Vernon Technical High and especially the Police Department and to my wonderful mother Myrna Ann Ferguson, happy Mother’s Day in advance coming from your beloved son Keran Anthony Rocke.”
Rocke now qualifies to win an all expense paid scholarship to a tertiary level institution, as well as a computer and other prizes. He has received a letter of commendation from police commissioner Gerald Westby and a Do the Right Thing T-shirt.
