Selena Victor of the Paix Bouche Primary School has emerged winner of the 3rd Annual Kwéyòl Spelling Bee Competition held at the Arawak House of Culture.
The event took place on Wednesday and was organized by the Cultural Division and the Konmité pou Etid Kwéyòl (KEK) as part of DOMFESTA.
Lancia Demosthene of the St.Luke’s Primary School, Grace Etienne of the Delices Primary School and Megan Denis of the Grand Bay Primary captured the second, third and fourth places respectively.
The competition involved 11 finalists and included Julia Cyrille of the Atkinson Primary School, Jaden Joseph of the Colihaut Primary School, Sheldon Esprit of the Campbell Primary School, Shaniah Edwards of the Massacre Primary School, Jamescia George of the Penville Primary School, Vera Darroux of the Salybia Primary School and Antonio Fontaine of the St. Mary’s Primary School.
These finalists emerged from preliminary rounds held a week earlier in various zones around the island.
Coordinator of the Kwéyòl Spelling Bee, Charlene White-Christian, said this year’s competition was exceptional. “The participation from the schools must be commended. Students were very well prepared for the competition and this lent itself to the competition being of a very high standard,” she said.
She pointed out that the Kwéyòl language carries a certain prestige and there is joy to know the younger generation is becoming more and more aware of it.
Each finalist received a gift bag, and voucher from Digicel, a major sponsor, and trophies, sponsored by Ross University. The winning school received a plaque, courtesy of Signman, and the winner received a Blackberry phone from Digicel.
The Kwéyòl Spelling Bee is part of efforts by the Konmite pou Etid Kwéyòl (KEK) and the Cultural Division to promote written form of the Kwéyòl language.
Congratulation again selena. You know we love you dearly. Coming from your cousins…agnes, Denelle, Dwayne and Travis all the way from Antigua. Keep up the Good Works. You have made you family proud.
Selena _ your cousin Agnes and Denelle, Dwayne, Travis wants to congratulate you. well done Paix-Bouche Govt School. Keep it up. Congrats again Selena – all the way from Antigua. We love you dearly.
nice job miss victor.
Congrats Selena, Congrats Paix-Bouche Primary…Long live kweyol.
Congratulations little Selena! I know your Mom is very proud! Keep up the good work!
Great Job Miss Victor; keep up the good work…..
Selena, your Aunty Tedoy, cousins Dian, Yolande, Danny, Yorell, D’Landra, Shaquoy, MJ, Makeem & Marika are so proud of you, congrats. Paix-Bouche Government School did a great job…hoorayyy!!! Sending our love all the way from TORTOLA!!!
Positive vibes- keeping the culture alive!!
great job Selena you have made us all proud.
Congratulations.
Great job Paix Bouche school.
Pirate why did u thumb down the the ppl comment are u jealouse go learn créole you will feel better.
congratulations to my girl selena. you continue to make me proud. keep up the good job.
Good job Selena!!
bwavo moun la kai. Bwavo pou ti Paix Bouche.
Hooray for Selena and hooray for the Paix Bouche Primary School
Congratulations little Selena, you have made us proud. You have the potential to do great things. Hope you are preparing for the Reading competition, You can bring it home.
Mummy must be smiling her way and feeling real excited!!!!!!!!! Keep working hard. It pays.
Congratulations to the Principal and staff as well. I know you guys worked hard…
ca se yon belle bagaille!
Before ever stepping up to competitions in the spelling of creole; it must be understood that our students must be able to spell proficiently, in English. Many times we have seen the posted reports and comments on DNO filled with spelling mistakes. For instance in the posted report above, in the penultimate paragraph, see what the winning school received, as a prize, courtesy of Signman.
i remember d days wen our head teacher would beat us bad wen we spoke patois and even had what she called secret policemen to watch over the weekends to catch those who spoke patois to beat us on monday morning thank god i never stopped and i applaud the KEK for what they are doing
Nice to see our language being kept alive.
allez nou ka allez ho epi pli ho.bravo ti mamaille.nou fiew di ou
GREAT JOB BY THE PAIX BOUCHE PRIMARY SCHOOL.ON PIL FOS ET TCHEBE FO
CONGRATS!!! TO U ALL STUDENTS FOR A JOB WELL DONE BUT MOST OF ALL,TO U SELENA KNOWING U FROM MY VILLAGE U MAKE US PROUD.
Congratulations girlie!.
Keep up the good work!
Whoop whoop!!
great job by all the children, keep it up i am proud of all of you