ICHS Alumnae Association 2002/03
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News from the Alumnae Chapters
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The Annual Mass and Brunch at the Convent is
scheduled for
Our Evening of Games is scheduled for
We are also considering a monthly lunch
gathering. Details are to be worked out
regarding the venue and the best day of the week/time of the month for this
activity. Your comments are welcome.
As we enter the month of December and the
festive season, we hope that you and your families will be safe, and wish you
all a happy and blessed Christmas.
Janine Dawkins
2nd Vice President
Annual Mass & Pot-luck Brunch
to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday, December 8th
2002 - 12.00 noon - St. Thomas the Apostle Church Hall -14 Highgate Drive,
Markham, Ontario, Canada
Annual Valentine
Dinner/Dance on
Bayview Hill Community
Centre,
We wish all a very
Happy, Holy and safe Christmas from
Yvonne Lyew
President
Greetings and welcome to all of you who have been in touch with me since the
last bulletin. And many, many thanks for
your support in spreading the word about the chapter and the fundraiser. We are looking forward to meeting you at the
Dinner Dance on December 7th.
Of course, all thoughts and efforts are focused on this
major event - the Annual Dinner
Dance. The information is repeated
below. Please, everyone, pray for good
weather.
The holiday season here in the
ICHS ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION'S 2002 ANNUAL DINNER DANCE
Place:
Nakisaki International Restaurant in
Date:
Time:
Music/DJ: Soul Tone Disco
Tickets: $50.00
per person includes buffet dinner compliments of Nakisaki
Other: Cash
Bar - Prizes - Bachelor Auction
Honorees:
Irwine Clare, Managing Director of Caribbean Immigrant
Services & founder of Team Jamaica Bickle
Andrew Morris, President of Sam's Caribbean Marketing Co.
We are also having a raffle and the grand prize has been
graciously donated by Air
The Bachelor Auction is new this year, and promises to be
lots of good fun. Come and check this out.
For dance tickets and raffle tickets, contact:
Karlene: Home # -
516-485-0441 email Karlene.M.Largie@chase.com
Maxine: Home # - 914-576-2214 email maxlwhite@aol.com
Listen, email me back or call me if you want to talk about
this some more.
My work number is 718-242-4560
Regards,
Karlene M. Samuel – Largie
President
We had elections on
President - Lisa Narcisse (new)
Vice President - Caroll Neita (was
President)
Treasurer - Nancy Cera (maintained
her position)
Recording Secretary - Brenda
Leighton
We will have a holiday party on
Also we received a CD rom from
ICHS in
Marie Kakrah
Board Member
News about ICHS
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We placed
first in the Crimson Dawn Swim Meet held on
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We are
having a Gala Concert (Orchestra, Concert Band, Steel Band, Glee Club, Dance
Group and Drama) on Saturday, December 7th.
The performance will be in the patio at
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School
closes on Friday, December 13th with a Fun Day (inter-house swimming, tennis,
netball, etc.).
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Prizegiving
will be on Thursday, December 12th. All
that week we'll be having a sort of Open Day with displays of children's
work. On Tuesday, the 10th during
activity Period (2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.) parents can come in to see the actual
activities in session.
The Principal Speaks
The Observer carried a news report on Sunday,
November 10, 2002, about some parents’ dissatisfaction with the CAPE Chemistry
teacher. These parents took their
concern to the Ministry of Education, as they wanted ICHS to select a different
teacher to teach Unit II. Sister Mary
Catherine has provided additional information on this issue:
Re the CAPE Chemistry story in the Observer, we should
congratulate the teacher, Mrs. Jacquelyn Marshall. Let me clarify. She got 93% passes in the CAPE Chemistry
(only two out of twenty three failed) and 100% passes in Integrated Science at
CXC level. Two students out of all
those sitting CAPE Chemistry in Jamaica got a I (one). One of the two was from Mrs. Marshall's class
- probably 1st on the island. Most
schools had no one passing with I, II or III.
Apart from Hampton, Mrs. Marshall had the best results overall. Unfortunately, one parent was upset that her
daughter ended up with a V - a low pass - and decided to blame Mrs. Marshall's
teaching. The fact that she (Marshall) forces the students to do research
and to think and analyse, makes her a type of
"dragon". In the end,
of course, they're grateful. I'm
certainly happy to have her on staff.
There will be an article in the Sunday Observer
(December 1, 2002) justifying my insistence on having this excellent teacher
continue with the same group doing Unit II.
There's no one else here with her qualification or experience and we
cannot have parents, with limited information, dictate who is to teach
whom.
It is indeed unfortunate that the parent chose
to go to the press and to the Ministry.
Alumnae in the News
Norma (Henriques) Chin is one of the new
partners in Universal Meats and Products Ltd.
(Gleaner,
Suwanee Caine, who received a UWIAA bursary towards
her studies at UWI, has obtained a First Class Honours Bachelor of Arts degree
in Spanish & French. (Gleaner,
Kameesha Cooke has been awarded a full scholarship to
study at the People’s
Swimmer Angela Chuck captured two medals
at the Central American & Caribbean (CAC) games in
Chantal Ononaiwu is the 2003 Jamaican Rhodes Scholar. She will take up the offer next September to
pursue a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Law majoring in International trade
from a development perspective at