Honouring tradition and legacy

Editor: I am particularly pleased that the Girls’ High School (GHS) has seen it fit to give Legacy Awards to Joye Browne and Yvonne Gaynes. We all stand on the shoulders of others and these two outstanding GHS graduates and former teachers are truly deserving of this recognition.

Please join me in also congratulating, in particular, the 2025 recipient of the annual Cheryl Phills King Community Award (CPK) given at GHS, Shania Williams.The community award recipients exemplify the principles of “being positive, selflessly doing good and striving to make the world a better place by their actions”.

Having started twenty plus years ago, over the years the recipients of the CPK Community Award have been:

2004-Rachael Oliver; 2005 – Tamisha Browne; 2006 – Amber Glasgow; 2007 – Lizanna Pollard; 2008–Jai-Len Williams; 2009 – Rose-Anne Richardson; 2010 – Lusha Lorraine; 2011 – River Providence; 2012 – Breanna Antoine; 2013 – Nikelene McLean; 2014 – Kelsie Haynes; 2015-Justine Farrel; 2016-Shantel Williams; 2017-Maya John; 2018 – Rhobyn Grant; 2019 -Ashantae Williams; 2020- Paige Cadogan; 2021- Davisha Sayers; 2022-Oslyan Ollivierre-2023 Anna Warrican; 2024-Aroma David; 2025-Shania Williams.

Congratulations and thanks to an institution and graduates steeped in tradition and legacy. Keep up the good work.

Cheryl Phills King.