Name: Tiffany Hinds
Age: 18
School: Wesley Hall, Queen’s College
Parents: Michael and Rose Hinds
Study: bio-medical engineer at the University of Guelph, Canada.
Grades: eight Grade 1s in physics, chemistry, biology, communication studies, and Caribbean studies.
Comment: “I am the first scholar in the family. I am proud and grateful that all of my hard work paid off.
I am proud that the time I spent studying and going to lessons and working tirelessly on my school-based assessments has paid off. I am grateful to God and my mother and all of my teachers who would have helped me along the way. I really like sciences and I like solving problems and being innovative and I would like to use the techniques and expertise I gather at school to help me develop my country.”
Name: Petra Greenidge
Age: 18
Schools attended: Grantley Prescod Memorial Primary, Alleyne, Queen”s College
Parents: Henry and Miranda Greenidge
Study: medicine at the University of the West Indies
Grades: nine Grade 1s in chemistry, biology, physics, environmental science, communication studies and Caribbean studies. Comment: “When I found out I got a Scholarship, I cried for a very long time. My brother took me to Queen’s College last week when the results came out and when I saw the results, I cried all the way home.
“I worked very hard, sleepless nights, not eating and my mother had to force me to eat because I would forget as a result of studying so much. I used to be at school all at 8 o’clock in the night and also at lessons putting in that extra work studying or doing my school-based assessments.”
Name: Courtenay Chase
Age: 18
Parents: Robert and Gail Chase
School: Charles F. Broome, Queen’s College
Study: Medicine at the University of the West Indies
Grades: eight Grade 1s (seven distinctions) in mathematics, chemistry, biology, communication studies and Caribbean studies.
Comments: “I felt ecstatic and surprised because studying for exams this year was rough and all the exams did not go as expected because that is how life is. But when I got the news, I was really pleased with myself. I did not cry but it was a shocking and nice moment to experience.”
“I am the first scholar in my family and I am very happy with my results. Studying this year was definitely hard. I decided I wanted a Barbados Scholarship at 14 years old because it was one of the things to want at that age but I did not anticipate that I would ever become a Barbados Scholar.”
Name: Ashley Roberts
Age: 18
Parents: Kathy Jones and Steven Roberts
Schools: St Winifred’s and Queen’s College
Study: Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, United States.
Grades: eight Grade 1s in biology, chemistry, pure mathematics, Caribbean studies and Communication studies.
Comment: “I feel happy and relieved and just thankful that I was able to do enough to get the scholarship. But for me, it was not always academics – I participated in a lot of sports and I recently was the Junior National captain for the National Volleyball Team.
I was an athlete for QC, taking part in cross-country, and I participated in inter-school sports.
“I want to thank my mother who has been up and down with me forever. She made sure I always had everything I needed for school and my activities. I also want to thank my granny who has always been positive and keeping the faith and also thank my teachers and everybody who supported me.”
Name: Brandon Sabga
Age: 18
Parents: Mark and Brenda Sabga
Schools: St Angela’s Primary School, Queen’s College.
Study: actuarial science at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Grades: eight Grade 1s (four distinctions) in economics, pure mathematics, accounting, Unit 1 Caribbean studies and Unit 1 communication studies.
Comments: “For years I have been working towards winning this scholarship. I would like to first thank my family for supporting me along the entire journey as well as my friends who were always there for me.
I would also like to thank God for the strength to push through to the end and I am glad to see that the saying ‘hard work pays off’ came through. I have to make special mention of the teachers and sisters at St Angela’s Primary as well as the teachers at Queen’s College for their determination to see me succeed.” (AH)
