Five out of Ten for Sugar Mill Academy in CPEA

In any school setting, a score of five out of ten would be considered below average but for the Sugar Mill Academy, who copped five out of the top ten places in the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA), joy is in abundance at the Ratho Mill institution.

TOP BOY in the country who scored 99.2 % poses with mom, Dr Twanna Browne-Caesar and dad, Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar at the Sugar Mill Academy graduation.The top performers are first place -Saj Caesar, second place – Azeir Lewis, third place – Ezron Quashie, fifth place – Adrina Ledger and ninth place -Rio Marks-Dasent.

Saj scored full marks in Mathematics and Language Arts, 71/75 in Science and 74/75 in Social Studies for an overall score of 99.20 percent.

Azeir scored full marks in Language Arts, 74/75 in Mathematics, 71/75 in Science and 74/75 in Social Studies for an overall score of 98.80 percent.

Ezron scored full marks in Social Studies, 72/75 in Mathematics, 73/75 in Language Arts, and 71/75 in Science for an overall score of 98.20 percent.

Adrina scored full marks in Social Studies, 74/75 in Mathematics, 72/75 in Language Arts and 68/75 in Science for an overall score of 97.80 percent. She was the top girl overall in the country.

In an interview with SEARCHLIGHT, the four lads and one lass spoke about the excitement they felt on learning that they had placed in the top 10 in the country as well as the months of preparation, which included reviewing local and regional test papers, extra lessons, and pledges made to parents to reduce screen time on games and tablets.

SECOND PLACE OVERALL – Azeir Lewis and mom, Kimera Smith.

The quintet participated in a range of extracurricular activities including football, music, swimming, sailing and tennis. When it came to balancing books and sports some admitted it was indeed a challenging time but the sacrifices were worth it.

“Preparing for CPEA was not a walk in the park. It was difficult and at times, I didn’t even know what to do. I studied, did past papers and my parents really helped me. I had to maintain a balance in my day-to-day life, so I still played games and went to my activities,” Rio told SEARCHLIGHT, adding that he had always seen placing in the top 10 as an “achievable goal”.

Ezron said he had set his sights on placing in the top three but he admitted that he may have gotten “too overconfident” in the months leading up to the exam.

Elsworth and Elise Quashie pose with son Ezron Quashie who placed third overall. in CPEA.

Saj admitted that exam preparation for him was “sometimes very difficult” as he and his mother would disagree on how much break time he should be given. Despite his perfect scores in Mathematics and English, the aspiring athlete and national swimmer said he still believed he could have done better in the exams.

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