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19 Sep 2012 11:36 #102364
by The Captain
Twelve year old Jedidiah Adams of Brusche Dam, Friendship, East Coast Demerara is the winner of this year’s Annie Daniels Memorial Award for academic excellence.
[/size]The award is given for outstanding performance at the National Grade Six Assessment Examinations by students attending schools in the Buxton friendship community.
he award of US$1000 is provided by Guyana-born Kerwin Charles, Distinguished Professor at the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA, in memory of his grandmother, the late Miss Annie Daniels, one of the true mothers of the village of Buxton.This is the fifth year that the award is being presented and according to the Professor’s mother, Mrs. Paulette Charles, who was on hand during a simple presentation ceremony yesterday, the donor is especially pleased that the recipient is a boy, since over the years, girls had been the top achievers.Adams, a former student of the Friendship Primary School, was the best performing student among all those who sat this year’s examination from the various primary schools in the Buxton/Friendship area. He was awarded a place at the St. Rose’s High School.His teacher, Yolanda Stoby who handed over the cash award described him as a dedicated student who is destined for great things if he remains focused.“He was always diligent, always hardworking,â€
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