Searchlight Logo
special_image

    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Privacy Policy
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe
    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Privacy Policy
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe
Colourful start to ‘Bishop’s’ Diamond Anniversary
The BCK Steel Orchestra on the streets. (Inset) Bishop Sonny Williams - Past student and featured speaker
Front Page
January 19, 2024

Colourful start to ‘Bishop’s’ Diamond Anniversary

by Eldonté Samuel

A colourful procession of students, staff, former students, associates, and friends of Bishop’s College, Kingstown marked the start to the Diamond Anniversary of the Kingstown-based Secondary School with a thanksgiving ceremony at the St George’s Anglican Cathedral, yesterday, January 18.

Past student La Ferne Cato (front) with other past students and pioneers

The thanksgiving ceremony in acknowledgment of the institution’s 60 years of existence, was preceded by a march from the school’s compound to the Cathedral with musical accompaniment provided by the Cadets and the school’s steel orchestra.

Past student, Bishop Sonny Williams, who delivered the Thanksgiving Exhortation, thanked the founder for pioneering universal secondary education.

“Vincentian children were left in the cold because the places in secondary schools were insufficient and many of us didn’t have a chance at the elite schools and I believe God said to the Bishop: ‘educate them’ Bishop Williams told the packed church.

“…The Anglican community and Bishop [Harold] Piggot- they were the voice crying in the educational wilderness to prepare the way for universal secondary education.”

Williams who was a senior student at the Lowman’s Leeward Anglican school before stepping into the halls of Bishop’s College said, “I reached Senior 3 having failed all entrances, and I remember the second week of that school year, three of my teachers came to me and said ‘there is a place at Bishop’s College, we believe that you have ability and we want you out of this school’ and they sent me straight to it.”

He recounted that before preparing for school he had to tend his animals after which he walked from Lowman’s Hill to Bishop’s College carrying milk for people in his neighbourhood and still managed to arrive at school early.

Past-students and teachers of the Bishops College Kingstown

Williams said that he was able to afford school fees from his takings as a worker at Low Budget Supermarket on Saturdays and holidays from which he earned $3 per week.

“… And from the three dollars, I paid for my lunch and saved the rest, I paid my tithes.”

The ceremony also heard remarks from past student La Ferne Cato; the Rt Reverend C Leopold Friday, Bishop in the Diocese of the Windward Islands and Chairman of the school’s Board of Governors; and Senior Education Officer, Dr Godwin James shared two of his encounters with the school. He said in the 1980’s after one school had turned down his sister from union island, he spoke to the then principal of Bishop’s College and a space was made available for her.

“I was completing my praticom at the Bishop’s College Kingstown with excruciating pain in my toe, I had in-grown toenail and I completed that praticom successfully to become a certified teacher in 1988,” James said of his other encounter.

“ I was mentored by the then teachers of English and Social Studies to successfully complete that praticom exercise.”

Past students, Rosemarie Alleyne and Atiba Williams, spoke to SEARCHLIGHT after the Thanksgiving Service.

Alleyne who entered Bishop’s College from the Barrouallie Anglican School “had a very good experience with Bishops College…the teachers were interested in you learning even if you were kind of stubborn, they were there with you.”

And Williams, who is currently the president of the school’s Alumni Association had a great time at the Bishop’s College.

“…It was fun, it was laughter, [I] made good friends who became brothers and sisters…the changes so far is the building, but the spirit of Bishop’s College is still there.

The Thanksgiving Ceremony kick started a series of anniversary activities with the tag line: Road to 60 and beyond.

 

  • FacebookComments
  • ALSO IN THE NEWS
    Domestic worker killed at Long Wall
    Front Page
    Domestic worker killed at Long Wall
    Webmaster 
    September 12, 2025
    FAMILY MEMBERS of a woman who was killed at Long Wall say they suspect their relative was hacked by a person they all know very well. On Tuesday, Sept...
    NDP never built a single house in SVG – Finance Minister
    Front Page
    NDP never built a single house in SVG – Finance Minister
    Webmaster 
    September 12, 2025
    THE IDEA THAT HOUSING is a right, that every Vincentian has a right to safe and secure housing, and that the government has a role to play in ensuring...
    No bail for Police officer charged with attempted murder
    Front Page
    No bail for Police officer charged with attempted murder
    Webmaster 
    September 12, 2025
    A POLICE OFFICER, who allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend 26 times about her body was remanded even as his lawyer argued that the Royal St Vincent and...
    New ULP Administration will roll out AI policy
    Front Page
    New ULP Administration will roll out AI policy
    Webmaster 
    September 12, 2025
    A NEW UNITY LABOUR PARTY ADMINISTRATION will be rolling out an Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy to embrace its positives and guard against the nega...
    Sandy Bay Secondary School marks 20th Anniversary
    Front Page
    Sandy Bay Secondary School marks 20th Anniversary
    Webmaster 
    September 12, 2025
    TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 9,2025 was a memorable day for the staff and students of the Sandy Bay Secondary School, which was marking its 20th anniversary wi...
    Foundation implements community driven project in SVG
    News
    Foundation implements community driven project in SVG
    Webmaster 
    September 12, 2025
    THE ASHLEY LASHLEY Foundation, with support from the United States Government, is implementing a local-level project entitled “Community-Driven Strate...
    News
    Foundation implements community driven project in SVG
    News
    Foundation implements community driven project in SVG
    Webmaster 
    September 12, 2025
    THE ASHLEY LASHLEY Foundation, with support from the United States Government, is implementing a local-level project entitled “Community-Driven Strate...
    Skills not available locally, non-nationals have to be hired says Finance Minister
    News
    Skills not available locally, non-nationals have to be hired says Finance Minister
    Webmaster 
    September 12, 2025
    NON- NATIONALS ARE being hired to fill several jobs in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) simply because locals did not have the required skill sets....
    Montgomery Daniel squashes rumours that he’s sick
    News
    Montgomery Daniel squashes rumours that he’s sick
    Webmaster 
    September 12, 2025
    DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Montgomery Daniel has sought to clear around rumours that have been circulating relating to his health. Speaking on NBC radio on...
    $1.3 billion in Tourism investment to yield 2,000 jobs – Camillo
    News
    $1.3 billion in Tourism investment to yield 2,000 jobs – Camillo
    Webmaster 
    September 12, 2025
    The GOVERNMENT of St Vincent and the Grenadines is set to sign agreements for tourism investment of $1.3 billion on mainland St.Vincent. On Monday, Se...
    Bagga’ man pleads guilty to illegal gun, ammo possession
    From the Courts, News
    Bagga’ man pleads guilty to illegal gun, ammo possession
    Webmaster 
    September 12, 2025
    A BARROUALLIE MAN will be sentenced next week after pleading guilty to being in illegal possession of a firearm and eight rounds of ammunition. Demron...

    E-EDITION
    ePaper
    google_play
    app_store
    Subscribe Now
    • Interactive Media Ltd. • P.O. Box 152 • Kingstown • St. Vincent and the Grenadines • Phone: 784-456-1558 © Copyright Interactive Media Ltd.. All rights reserved.
    We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok