GHS ‘Old Girls’ award scholarship to Georgetown resident

The GHS 84 Fund, a scholarship fund started by members of the St Vincent Girls High School (GHS) graduating class of 1984, on August 13, 2016, awarded its first scholarship to Sahge Warren of Georgetown.

Sahge attended the Georgetown Government Primary School and placed 30th among girls and 66th overall in the recently completed Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA). She will be attending the GHS in September, 2016.{{more}} Sahge lives with her grandmother Herlen Warren, who says Sahge is an avid reader and quite excited about attending the GHS.

The scholarship fund was formed by a group of ‘Old Girls,’ who recognized that the GHS provided them with an education which prepared them well for work and life and wanted to ensure that others could also be so equipped. The scholarship, therefore, is awarded to girls from families in need, who have been accepted by the GHS and may not otherwise have been able to attend. It awards a sum of $1,400 per year from Forms 1 to 3 and $1,600 per year for Forms 4 to 5.

The scholarship fund, whose directors are Terry Paynter-Ballantyne, Simone Keizer-Beache, Meryl De Bique, Monique Hull and Mikasha Matadial-Ramsaran, would like to acknowledge the invaluable assistance of the Norma Keizer Scholarship Foundation in the application process, and the remarkable fund-raising efforts of Old Girls Alana Gumbs and Wendy Diamond, who brought in contributions from alumni of the graduating classes of 1985 through to 1993.

Anyone wishing to contribute to the fund can do so at the BOSVG to account number 201183 in the name of GHS 84 Fund Inc. For further information email messages to ghs84fund@gmail.com