‘No question is foolish’ – PP Mrs Lorna G. Smith
The pews of the New Testament of Hope Church, Virgin Gorda were ram-packed with students from the two secondary schools of Virgin Gorda and Anegada as they participated in the second leg of the Rotary Club of Tortola 2014 edition of their Youth Forum.
Several persons including Mrs Smith, President of the club Henry O. Creque, Department of Education’s Arthur Sellwood briefly addressed the students but overly impressive were the presentations of the peer student panelists who were joined by YEP’s Stacey Mather, VIBE’s Raul ‘Jugo’ Sprauve and Government Information Officer Ms Feliza Fenty.
The peer students were 15 year old Anika Christopher a grade ten student of BFEC and her fellow school mate Demoi Bradley a 13 year old grade 9 student. From the Claudia Creque Educational Centre (CCEC) were grade 7 Kimberley Howell 13 years old and Gregory Levons Jr 15 year old 10th grader.
The topics covered by all the presenters were the Self Esteem and Respect, Bullying, Peer Pressure and Conflict Resolution.
The students’ presentations were no doubt of a high quality which saw them sharing a wealth of information with their peers which was well researched, packaged and presented.
They were so impressive that chairman of the proceedings Rotarian Trefor Grant commented after one presentation, “Very well said by a little lady with a big message” following the presentation on Peer Pressure done by Ms Kimberley Howell.
At the head table their togetherness did not go un-noticed as they were seen in the sly motivation and congratulating each other before and after their individual presentations.
“Good job, you did well, it was good, nice,” were some of the utterances which were testimony to the fact that those chosen by the teachers were excellent candidates to be motivators to their fellow peers at school and in the community as a whole.
The message of knowing who they are, rising above challenges, standing firm on their belief values and morals were further expounded upon by the feature guest speaker out of the USA, Mr Rashad Jones of the organization EPIC.
His EPIC presentation saw maximum interactions with the lively gathering of students who were even competing to rise to their feet to respond to questions asked, asked question, give suggestions and make comments.
Today’s session brought to an end the two days of forum on Peace, Conflict and Resolution promoted by the Rotary Club of Tortola for students across the Territory. It was one that was said to have developed into a much larger, more interactive style, a spin off one their first held in previous years. The first international speaker was Ms Lisa Nichols who had set the pace at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College.
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