IN JAMAICA: Petrojam awards four students who excelled in the recent Grade Six Achievement Test ( GSAT) have been awarded scholarships....The students are Ricardo Anderson and Jahmella Irey, top boy and top girl from St Andrew Primary School; and Nicholas Grant and Brittney Green, top boy and top girl from Greenwich All-Age.

By AINSWORTH MORRIS Career & Education writer  Sunday, August 10, 2014    

FOUR students who excelled in the recent Grade Six Achievement Test ( GSAT) have been awarded scholarships totalling $240,000 from Petrojam Limited.

The students are Ricardo Anderson and Jahmella Irey, top boy and top girl from St Andrew Primary School; and Nicholas Grant and Brittney Green, top boy and top girl from Greenwich All-Age.

From left, Brittney Green, Ricardo Anderson, Jahmella Irey
and Nicholas Grant, top performing boys and girls
 from St Andrew Primary School and Greenwich All-Age
 School. (PHOTO: TYRONE SIMMS)

The 12-year-olds scored the highest overall averages from their respective schools. They were awarded at the 2014 Petrojam Limited GSAT Awards Luncheon at Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel on July 31.

Irey scored 71 per cent in mathematics, 73 per cent in language arts, 85 per cent in science, 85 per cent in social studies and 9/12 in communication tasks. She will be attending Excelsior High this upcoming academic year. She was also awarded by Petrojam for being the most disciplined student at the school.

Anderson scored 100 per cent in mathematics, 95 in social studies, 95 in language arts, 92 per cent in science and 11/12 in communication tasks. He will attend Ardenne High.

He was also awarded for being the most outstanding student at St Andrew Primary, outstanding achiever in mathematics and outstanding achiever in arts.

Green scored 85 per cent in science, 90 per cent in social studies, 92 per cent in language arts and 11/12 in communication tasks. She will attend Wolmer's Girls.

Grant scored 80 per cent in language arts, 86 per cent in mathematics, 90 per cent in science and 82 per cent in social studies. He will be attending Meadowbrook High.

In addition to these four awards, Petrojam also awarded four other students from St Andrew and five from Greenwich in other award categories.

From St Andrew Primary, D'Andre Bartley was judged most improved male student; Tashieca Bowen was judged most improved female student; and Raheem Buckley and Shanneal Parker were awarded for best attendance/punctuality. Buckley was also given the award for outstanding achiever in sports. more