The Gleaner Company's Financial Editor Al Edwards, (left), presents the Go-Local Jamaica trophy to Jaevion Nelson (centre), and Tameka Hill, students of Clarendon College, the school which emerged the winner of the Go-Local Jamaica 'Show Your Community to the World' competition. The presentation ceremony for the competition was held at the Gleaner's North Street offices, downtown Kingston yesterday.
-Winston Sill photoCLARENDON COLLEGE took home a trove of prizes as it emerged the winner of the Go-Local Jamaica 'Show Your Community to the World' competition.
The awards ceremony was held at The Gleaner Roof Garden at the newspaper's North Street offices, yesterday. Go-Local Jamaica is a subsidiary of Go-Jamaica which is The Gleaner company's Internet portal.
The competition encourages Internet usage and building school web sites. Through the competition, golocaljamaica.com provided free website space for the high schools which entered. The competition saw some 30 high schools across Jamaica registered for entry, and the contest ended in March 2004.
During the ceremony, Jaevion Nelson, a Clarendon College sixth-form student, gave an interesting account of a 10-day all-expenses paid trip to London courtesy of Cable and Wireless, which was the main prize of the competition. The student was accompanied by Monica Pryce, the information technology teacher at the school.
There was musical performances by the Junior Centre Drummers, poet Ras Jah Jah, and Noel Dacres, a Gleaner Company employee.
Andrew Samuels, an IT teacher at the Norman Manley High school, gave the vote of thanks.
