Alison Lafortune best 2020 overall achiever for Perseverance North primary school |05 November 2021
Signing the Contractual Obligation (Photo: Jude Morel)
Alison Lafortune is the best overall achiever for the Perseverance North primary school for the year 2020 for the national exam.
She was rewarded with her prize during a short ceremony held at the school yesterday morning to reward the school’s primary 6 cohort who did well in the 2020 exam.
Also during the ceremony was the pledging and signing of the Contractual Obligation on the roles and responsibilities of parents, students, teachers and school managements.
Present were the member of the National Assembly Desheila Bastienne; head teacher Bernadette Maria; the district administrator for Perseverance 1, Aaron Bonnelame; the district administrator for Perseverance 2, Nicole Gabriel; school council and parent teachers association(PTA) representatives, parents and teachers among other invited guests and sponsors.
Apart from being the school’s overall best academic student, Ms Lafortune also came out among the top ones in the country for her school in the French national exam. Jean Yves Souris, Meera Thomas, Mikel Marie and Evanella Souris were also rewarded for performing well academically at the school as well as in the national exam.
The five former P6 students join their former 2019 P6 colleague students Gabriella Havelock, Aurelie Payet, Odette Lemiel and Juanita Chrisostome, on the school’s Hall of Fame for best overall achievement and for best academic achievement.
Alpha Diallo, Shelliane Serret and Nathan Jumaye were also rewarded for their best efforts at school level and in the national exam.
Apart from the shields and certificates, the awardees also received cash prizes donated by Foram Varsani on behalf of Vijay Construction.
“I am very happy that I am the overall best for my school. I am someone who likes doing lessons at school and even at home and for the exam I gave my very best. I would like to encourage other students to give their very best in their lessons so that they too can be recognised for their efforts,” said Alison who thanked her teachers and parents for helping her in her studies.
Her mother, Cynthia Sinon, said, “Even as a small child, she liked doing lessons. I knew she was going to do well but I was not expecting her to be the school’s best overall achiever. I am very proud of her achievement.”
Addressing the gathering, head teacher Maria said that although not an easy task, teaching and learning at the school takes centrestage while the focus is also on pupil’s attainment.
She acknowledged the hard work, devotion and willingness by the students to succeed and she urged them for their continuous efforts to maintain excellence.
“I know that there are many more inspiring students at North Perseverance primary school who are currently performing well in their studies, We strongly believe that they will continue with the same level of commitment towards their studies and obtain good results at the end of their primary education,” head teacher Maria said.
It was leadership representative, head teacher Maria, teacher representative, Christel Jacques, pupil representative, Rahvin Charles, parent representative, Pascalina Arlanda and the school Council chairperson, Egbert Vidot, who pledged and signed the Contractual Obligation.
The award ceremony to reward the best achievers and the pledging and signing of the Contractual Obligation started with a poem entitled ‘Success’ by the P4 to P6 students and a reflection by the former P6 awardees now at the Perseverance secondary school.
Patrick Joubert
