The Adelphi Secondary School held its annual Inter-House Public Speaking and Spelling-Bee competitions on Friday, February 13, 2015. This year, the competitions were hosted by the school’s Young Leaders group, under the theme ‘Carving Our Digital Footprint, Transforming Cyberspace’.{{more}} 

The events saw three houses competing – Bailey House, Mandeville House and Henry House.  Bailey House emerged the winner for the public speaking segment, as Leanna Williams eloquently delivered a winning speech on the given topic “Technology has offered many benefits today via the Internet, yet persons fail to be good digital citizens.” Other participants were Regina Andrews and Daniel Samuel from Henry and Mandeville Houses respectively. Bailey House’s Desrica Black and Renaldo Sutherland also took the spelling-bee title, which was based on the theme “Technology Today.”

In addition, the Young Leaders group commenced outreach programmes on Friday, February 20, 2015, when they visited the New Prospect Infant School and the Biabou Methodist School.

The visits saw the Young Leaders sensitizing the students on how to become good digital citizens. The PowerPoint presentations used included Internet safety tips and Internet dangers such as hacking, identity theft, sexting, cyber-bullying and the viewing of pornography. After receiving the information, students were treated with stationery supplies as gifts for engaging in discussions with the Young Leaders.