AlphaMax Academy won the first prize for Suriname English language schools or the third time in succession in the English Spelling Bee Contest. The contest was held on Saturday 18th August in the Congreshal in Paramaribo.This also means that the Academy is now the proud owner of the challenge trophy!
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There also was an English Spelling Bee contest for schools in which Dutch is the medium of instruction.
In a separate round in this year's contest students had to give the meaning of English words.
“By going bigger, we want to realize a long-term goal, which is participating in the foreign Spelling Bee”, says Ms. Monique Brown, director of
Stichting Leren voor een goede toekomst (Foundation of Learning for a good future). (Quote from article in de Ware Tijd Daily 20 April, 2015.)
One of the goals of the organization is promoting English language education in schools. She said that she was surprised that the children were so good.
This year AlphaMax Academy was the only participant in the category of schools in which English is the medium of instruction. Other English Language schools did not participate for a variety of reasons.
Since
AlphaMax was the only school contestant, AlphaMax students had to compete with each other. The overall winner was Archana Mangal. In second place was Joanna Daher and Sheetal Anroedh came third . They got prizes; Archana Mangal got a trophy to keep and a laptop.
Archana Mangal said: “I not only wanted to participate but to broaden my knowledge, I also wanted to prove myself. And it is very important to be able to communicate in the English language.”
The students were prepared by AlphaMax Academy English instructors Kawita Thani, Sharon Hoppie, Simone Griffith and Cheryylyn Cambridge .
Carinlangs students -Kawita Thani,Vishal Ramjiawan and Gina Persaud were members of the jury AlphaMax put a lot of effort into preparing its students and helping to to organize the contest.
AlphaMax, and Archana, Joanna, Sheetal in particular, Congratulations!
Source:
de Ware Tijd
Mr. Atma Jagbandhan,
