Graduates of Chetwood Memorial Main Faculty in Montego Bay, St. James, have been inspired to stay dedicated to excellence and to embrace the values of self-discipline, perseverance and ambition as they put together to enter the subsequent stage of their tutorial journey.
Talking on the college’s commencement ceremony on July 1, on the Blessed Sacrament Cathedral within the parish, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Nationwide Safety, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, praised the establishment for its excellent efficiency through the years and lauded members of the 2025 graduating cohort for his or her achievements.
“The efficiency of the varsity is excellent. There are 164 college students, and 141 of them have performed extraordinarily properly of their exit exams. The academics and oldsters deserve full commendation,” Dr. Chang mentioned.
“The self-discipline you will have at Chetwood, the instruction you will have obtained, working as a group and a household, will do you properly in highschool. Stick with it. Hold your pals. Work properly and hold your ambition,” he advised the scholars.
Dr. Chang identified that training stays a central pillar in sustained nationwide growth.
“If we’re going to make this nation a greater place, it needs to be one the place we make training a precedence. It’s the success of those college students that may make Jamaica a greater place for all,” he mentioned.
Dr. Chang, who additionally serves as Member of Parliament for St. James Northwestern, additionally introduced a number of presents to assist the varsity, together with 35 chairs for the pc lab and laptops for the top-performing boy and woman.
In the meantime, Regional Director on the Ministry of Training, Abilities, Youth and Data, Dr. Michelle Pinnock, delivered a motivational cost utilizing the analogy of aviation to encourage college students to soar past limitations.
“Raise, thrust, drag and weight – these are the forces of aerodynamics, they usually apply to your life. Raise is your willpower. You will need to rise above the load that tries to drag you down. Drag represents the challenges, use them to refine your strategy. Thrust is your motion, your drive. And weight is your grounding. Don’t let it maintain you again; let it form your flight,” she inspired.
Dr. Pinnock known as on mother and father to proceed taking part in an energetic function of their youngsters’s training, particularly as they transition to highschool. “No little one ought to have a password that you just don’t know. Search the baggage, do the spot checks, go to the varsity. Powerful love is vital for this subsequent leg of the journey,” she mentioned.
The Regional Director additionally urged separated mother and father to put aside variations for the nice of their youngsters.
“These graduates are usually not footballs to be thrown between mother and father… commit at this time to work collectively to uplift your little one,” she inspired.
The commencement ceremony additionally highlighted the varsity’s legacy of educational excellence and neighborhood involvement because it continues to rejoice 100 years of service in training.
