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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
St. John's College Giant Camille Minns is presented with her 1st Place Trophy and an Apple iPad Mini: Pictured (L-R) Darron Turnquest, Director of Youth - Ministry of Youth Sports & Culture; Philip Simon, Acting Executive Director of Junior Achievement Bahamas; Camille Minns - Speech Competition Winner; Lashanta Smith, Program Manager of Junior Achievement New Providence Area and Andrew Albury - Toastmasters International Division I Governor. (Photo: Derek Smith Jr for II&D)
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On Wednesday February 6, 2013 at the British Colonial Hilton, Junior Achievement New Providence held its annual speech competition. “This final was very exciting as our students were prepared and delivered spine chilling speeches on the topic, IMAGINE ME. I am pleased with the high level of support exhibited this evening from parents, teachers and guidance counselors. Our finalists represented Junior Achievement and their schools well, namely - St. John’s College, C. R Walker, St. Anne’s, C.V. Bethel, Jordan Prince Williams, Queens College, St. Augustine’s College and Aquinas College”, stated Lashanta Smith, Programme Manager, JA New Providence Area.
The Junior Achievement Annual Speech Competition which is facilitated by Toastmasters International has become one of the hallmark events of the 18 week senior high program. “Toastmasters International believes that Junior Achievement is one of the leading youth organizations in The Bahamas, we feel its apt to assist JA with enhancing the communication skills of its student achievers”, exclaimed Toastmasters International Division I Governor – Andrew Albury.
Communication is equivalent to a key to any car you wish to drive. The importance of our contest is to expose youth to the art of communication by pairing them with toastmasters where they learn how to express themselves and how to present. We feel that communication is a tool, once mastered would better equip our achievers for life’s encounters, said Junior Achievement’s Executive Vice-Chairman and Acting Executive Director Philip Simon.
Contestants and coordinators of the 2013 Junior Achievement Speech Competition. (Seated L-R) Dewayne Davis - Contest Chairman, Darron Turnquest - Director of Youth, Philip Simon - Exective Vice Chairman and Acting Executive Director of JA Bahamas, Camille Minns - JA Speech Champion, Aranah Lloyd - 2nd Place Winner, Rasean Longley - 3rd Place Winner, Lashanta Smith - Program Manager of JA New Providence and Laquinta Tynes - Deputy Program Manager of JA New Providence. (Standing L-R)Brinique Gibson, Saskia Kemp, Kea Knowles, Rashad Hepburn, Ranae Johnson, Taylor Smith, Alysha Dean, Benyanique Seymour, Farrah Johnson, Raven Holmes, TM Andrew Albury. (Photo: Derek Smith Jr for II&D)
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This year’s competition has over 200 entrants that competed in preliminary and semi-final rounds with fourteen persons advancing to the finals. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers received an Apple iPad Mini, Samsung Galaxy 2 Tablet and a Kindle Fire HD, respectively.
At the end of the evening, St. John’s College 11th grade student and Vice President of BTC sponsored S3 Camille Minns took home the prize as top speaker in Junior Achievement New Providence. President of Bahamas First Sponsored F.L.I.G.H.T.S and Prince William High student Aranah Lloyd placed 2nd. 3rd Place went to St. John’s College student Rasean Longley.
Today, after 33 years of existence, JA Bahamas remains the number one youth program in The Bahamas providing entrepreneurial and economic training to over 3,500 students annually in New Providence, Grand Bahama, Abaco, Eleuthera, Harbour Island, Long Island, Andros, Mangrove Cay and The Berry Islands. To date, more than twenty-five thousand “achievers” have advanced through the program with an alumni list of the ‘Who’s Who’ in The Bahamas in just about every industry and sector.
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