‘Physical Education —key to healthy lifestyle’

Stewart, a student of the school, presented her piece, “Physical Education - The Key to a Healthy Lifestyle,” with true professionalism, even though at one point, her printed speech blew off the podium.

Most outstanding athlete challenge trophies were awarded to Kernisha Oliver and Dillon Thomas. The bubbly “sport-a-holic” Oliver, listed some of her favourite sports as track and field, short putt, discus and javelin. She said she has already won the prize for long jumping at the Secondary School’s Zonal Sports and is a runner with the Morvant Jets Sports Club. Fellow comrade, Dillon Thomas told Newsday he is also a runner with Morvant Jets. The shy 14-year-old, who was also the most outstanding male athlete at the school’s 2004 sports stated that he owns “endless prizes”, including trophies, medals and cash prizes in several sporting areas.

Students admitted that the competition between teams was fierce, but it was the Blue Diamonds who ran off with first place with a total of 244 points. The teams — Blue Diamonds, Emerald, Topaz and Ruby were successful at raising funds through ice cream, cake and corn soup sales, Valentine’s Day sales and their own unique “lunch time arcade”, where students were invited to play games in the auditorium during the lunch period for a fee. The ceremony was enlivened with an energetic aerobic dance by the physical education students.