Following on her island win in the Religious Knowledge (RK) Speech competition during the 2018 Christmas term, and her amazing 2nd place finish in the National RK Speech Competition in November 2018, the intelligent and confident little 4th grader, Ms. Tamia Knowles, of Emma E. Cooper primary school, has once again bested her peers, winning the top spot in the 4th grade Spelling Bee for the Central and North Eleuthera district on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019.
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Joining her in the top three finishers were, Wes Underwood, representing Samuel Guy Pinder All Age School in 2nd place and, Sohan Bryan, also representing Emma E. Cooper primary school, who finished in 3rd place.
Sixteen very talented students participated in the 4th Grade Spelling Bee from seven schools within the Central and North Eleuthera district; including, David Cooper, Tamia Knowles, Sohan Bryan, and Kyana Thompson from Emma E. Cooper primary; Wes Underwood from Samuel Guy Pinder All Age; Siahj Chase from James’ Cistern primary; McKhaln Pinder, Camilo Cooper, Shandera Sands, and Lyric Johnson from Governor’s Harbour primary; Region Neely, Shekinah Roberts, and Markaiya Pinder from Harbour Island All Age school; Tiara Johnson, Leah Joseph, Rajon Louis, and Azariah Moss from Laura L. Anderson primary; as well as Clarington Ferguson, Raven Cleare, and Candace Williams from P.A. Gibson primary school.
The young participants gave quite a showing with strong performances from all schools, taking 20 full rounds to decide the final three top finishers. Coaches were lauded for their stellar work with the 4th grade students by both Bee Committee organizers and judges. The coaches included: Mrs. Ramnauth (Emma E. Cooper), Tiffany Smith (James’ Cistern), Katrina Wallace (Governor’s Harbour), Taneicia Lightbourne (Harbour Island), Keyshna Kemp (Laura L. Anderson), Kenisha Thompson (P.A. Gibson), and Gayle Colebrook (Samuel Guy Pinder).
