Jarret Jean Jacques is new reading champion

Jean Jacques outperformed nine other competitors
Jean Jacques outperformed nine other competitors

Student of St. Luke’s primary school, Jarret Jean Jacques, has won the 2014 DBS reading competition.

The competition is an annual event which is organized by DBS Radio in collaboration with Courts and the Ministry of Education.

Jean Jacques outperformed nine other finalists to take the top spot in the final which was held at the Arawak House of Culture on Friday afternoon.

Louise Aarons of Pioneer Prep came second and Anessa Laurent of Light House Christian Academy took third position.

The winner received a $2000 cheque from Courts and will be representing Dominica at the regional reading competition in Grenada.

 

 

 

 

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37 Comments

  1. La Pwete
    July 7, 2014

    Congrats Jarret and by extension St. Luke’s School. Well done parents, Sister Anita, Ms. Anthea Felix and all the other teachers who helped prepare this intelligent, articulate, and confident young guy for this victory. Best of luck in Grenada. We will be listening.

  2. .
    July 7, 2014

    Respect St. Luke’s School. Congrats my darling. Keep representing to the best of your ability. Proud of you.

  3. Precious
    July 7, 2014

    Congrats JR,

    you have done well. Keep up the good work. To all the other participants you are winners too just keep focused.

  4. AHA
    July 7, 2014

    there are so many officers at Cornwall street and the schools out there are still struggling.Officers come out of your comfort zone and assist the schools

  5. D/a young man
    July 7, 2014

    God bless you and keep on doing your best in all you do to make you your family and friends and in all Dominicans very happy in what you do young bro

  6. Face the Facts
    July 7, 2014

    Well done Jarret. Congratulations. Wish you success in the next round. God bless!

  7. La Pwete
    July 6, 2014

    Congrats Jarred and by extension St. Luke’s School. Well done parents, Sister Anita, Ms. Anthea Felix and all the other teachers who helped prepare this intelligent, articulate, and confident young guy for this victory. Best of luck in Grenada. We will be listening.

  8. lighthouse parent.
    July 6, 2014

    We all kno who the winner is. We need judges who can judge properly. Not judges who just come and dnt kno anything about the competition. last year we were given the points so give us our points as soon as possible!!

    • Stupes!
      July 7, 2014

      Wait! So you figure the competition belongs to Light House every year now? Westay la!

      Get over yourself!

      • concern
        July 7, 2014

        No it doesn’t. However it would only be fair if the judges had done their judging properly! I wish him best of luck in the OECS competition.

    • One Love
      July 7, 2014

      Seriously??? Lighthouse was not the best this year. Deal with it!
      But let’s not take this to the gutter please. We are talking about an EDUCATIONAL activity for CHILDREN! I hope you are not poisoning the minds of the Lighthouse Christian children- they are our Dominican children and the future of our country. Rather, teach them that fair is fair. It was not theirs this year- however little Miss Laurent represented her school very very well and that should be the focus. Grow up parent, and realize that.

  9. Anonymous
    July 6, 2014

    :-D well done.

  10. London Calling
    July 6, 2014

    I would like to congratulate you Jean Jacques and your teachers on your wonderful achievement .

    I wish you the best for the next stage in the competition.

    Great to read such amazing news from the beautiful island. Thanks DNO for making this possible.

  11. Anonymous
    July 6, 2014

    welldone

  12. Free Dominican
    July 6, 2014

    Congratulations young man.

  13. DA MASSIVE
    July 6, 2014

    It seems to me matters of this magnitude don’t get major response at an alarming rate. We need to give support to this rising star. What they hear the most is how we push other down. Let’s do our best to support our leaders of tomorrow.CONGRATULATIONS JARRET AND ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN NTHE READING COMPETITION..

  14. One Love
    July 5, 2014

    Great job young man. I am just glad a boy made it. This, I hope is the beginning of a new trend for our boys and Dominica as a whole. Our boys can- they can read, they can excel, they can grow up to be excellent leaders and good fathers and husbands- they can; only, we need to push and encourage them. It’s time our society get back to what it ought to be. CONGRATULTIONS Jarrett!!! Marlene and Norman(yes I know you both), you guys must be very, very proud. Congratulations to the other finalists too, you all were impressive and the other children who read this year did well too. Keep reading children, just keep reading but don’t forget to read the bible too.

    • One Love
      July 5, 2014

      Sorry ‘CONGRATULATIONS’- wrong spelling the first time.

  15. Anonymous
    July 5, 2014

    Good job. It is good to see that this young star has done well. It is sometimes sad to see that the boys have taken a rest. Congratulations to all the participants in this activity. You are our futureso continue to work hard

  16. Anonymous
    July 5, 2014

    Good job. It is good to see a boy on top cause most boys seem to have taken a rest. o congratulations to you and the others who participated at this activity

  17. A Valley Man
    July 5, 2014

    Congratulations young Jean Jacque ,you made your parents ,your school and your community proud. Keep up the good work young man and I wish you all the best in your future academic pursuits

  18. Free Thinker
    July 5, 2014

    Congratulations Jarret…….Champ in music and a champ in reading……………….you have made your family, teachers and school proud…………..Sr Anita and the team take a bow!!

  19. family
    July 5, 2014

    :-D congrats j you made us proud :-D

  20. Anna-M
    July 5, 2014

    Congrats Jarrett…… An Excellent job… Proud of you..

  21. Suga & Spice
    July 5, 2014

    He did great!! The best student won. Congrats Jarret.

  22. Lissa
    July 5, 2014

    Congratulations young chap!!! Keep it up

  23. hm!
    July 5, 2014

    You go my student!!! Proud of you! :-D

  24. wow
    July 5, 2014

    I agree with Wow. DNO the students worked too hard.Give them what is due to them. Make mention where mentuon is due.If they selected five why make mention of three?

  25. wow
    July 5, 2014

    DNo if five students were selected from the ten where are the others? I think I heard Paix Bouche in the fourth place and St johns in thee fifth place.
    Dont let the children think the are failures give them what is due to them.

  26. July 5, 2014

    you did very good and we want you to go out there and bring back the trophy to dominica

  27. Anonymous
    July 5, 2014

    you did very good and we want you to go out there and bring back the trophy to dominica

  28. TOO FAST
    July 4, 2014

    Congratulation to all the participating students, especially the winning student and his or her school.
    Is the student a boy or girl. The photo confuses.

  29. Mary
    July 4, 2014

    Congratulations are in order. It is refreshing to have a young man as the winner of this reading competition. May this serve as motivation to our other young men.

  30. sdcg
    July 4, 2014

    execelent accomplishment keep up the good work.

  31. Dominica First
    July 4, 2014

    congrats my boy, go “kill it” in Grenada. Proud of you

  32. rosie felix
    July 4, 2014

    Congratulations, Jarret. You’re a scholar, a musician, a reader, a winner, a blessed child and much more. May God continue the great work He has started in you. All of WallHouse and in particular Rossi Street are proud of you. Congrats to your proud parents too.

  33. shirlyne
    July 4, 2014

    oh whooo congrats from the Adventist family

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