Petrina Francis, Staff Reporter
Kimone Phipps
Phipps - 'I always strive for excellence'
Seventeen-year-old Kimone Phipps of St. Mary High School is a hard act to follow, having gained 10 passes - eight ones and two twos - in the 2006 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations.
Kimone said she was allowed to sit eight subjects at her school and went to evening classes to do the other two.
"I was overwhelmed, but I was kind of expecting it because I always strive for excellence," she told The Gleaner yesterday of her reaction when she got her results.
Daughter of Bevan and Nigel Phipps, Kimone attributes her success to her parents and her peers whom, she said, she always
competed with.
"I always read a lot and when I am at home, I do not waste time," she said.
Kimone enjoys surfing the Internet and watching television in her spare time. While at lower school she was involved in debating and was a member of the Key and Schools Challenge Quiz clubs.
A computer engineer or medical doctor in the making, Kimone will return to St. Mary High School where she will pursue the sciences at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations level.
She got ones in principles of accounts, social studies, mathematics, English language, English literature, information technology, human and social biology and physics. She got twos for biology and chemistry.
Harrison - Continuous prayers
Shonette Harrison
Shonette Harrison, of Wolmer's High School for Girls, says sleepless nights and continuous prayers earned her eight ones and one two in the 2006 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations.
She was at her summer job at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security when her father dropped off the results.
"I was elated, and started crying because I really worked hard for it," Shonette told The Gleaner,yesterday.
The young achiever lives off Windward Road, Kingston, with her mother, Olive Wright, a baby-sitter; father, Dalton Harrison, a security guard, and her sibling.
Shonette, who will turn 18 in December, will be pursuing physics, mathematics, accounts and communication studies at the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations level. She noted that she had a love for digits and upon completion of that course of study at Wolmer's, she will read for an actuarial science degree at university.
She is a member of the Inter-School Christian Fellowship and vice-president for her school's environmental club. Shonette enjoys listening to music and watching TV.
She scored ones in mathematics, English language, English literature, Spanish,
principles of accounts, biology, physics and chemistry. She also got a two for geography.
- P. F.
