St Joseph’s Convent Marriaqua Gala Awards, Recognition Dinner this weekend

Persons who are to be recognized and awarded by the Marriaqua Secondary/St Joseph’s Convent Marriaqua past Students Association will have to wait another week to receive their awards.{{more}}

This, as the Gala Awards and Recognition Dinner event, organized to facilitate the process, was postponed because of bad weather, from last Saturday, August 4 to this Saturday, August 11.

The awardees are: Reuben John for his contribution to the field of Accounting and Finance; Volmar Da Silva for his contribution to the field of Pharmaceuticals; Helen Prince and Calma Balcombe for their contribution to the field of Education.

A special award will also be presented to Jennifer Browne for her continued commitment and dedication to the school.

Next Saturday’s dinner award ceremony will bring the curtains down on a week of reunion activities, which also saw the students celebrating the 44th anniversary of the school.

The celebrations were held under the theme “Fulfilling the dream: Keeping the Vision Alive”. They were held in memory of the late Sister Patricia-Ann Douglas, the longest serving principal at the school.