CV Bethel and Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Ltd. (CWCO) are making scholars into future Bahamian scientists with CV Bethel’s annual Science Competition. Far left: CWCO General Manager Bryan Russell. Third from right: CWCO Accounts Manager Welliya Cargill. Second from left, front row: Chemistry and Biology teacher Katina Ferguson along with the three bright young winners: Jenia Jospeh, Alexandria Armbrister, and Natalia DaCosta. Photo credit: SWPR
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Nassau, Bahamas - CV
Bethel’s annual 12th grade Science Competition is helping Bahamian
students prepare for a related career through a competitive battle with
200 of their peers striving to get the highest grades in Physics,
Chemistry, and Biology. Graduating students Alexandria Armbrister,
Natalia DaCosta, and Jenia Joseph emerged as this year’s victors, each
winning a laptop with sponsorship from Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Ltd.
(CWCO).
What’s next for these three science scholars?
Alexandria
plans to study Chemistry at St. Benedict University, Minnesota. “I’m
going to feel my way through, but I’m leaning towards Research as a
career.”
Natalia and Jenia both plan to attend The University of The Bahamas and study Biochemistry.
Natalia
said, “The main goal is to study auto-laryngology and become an
auto-laryngologist, but if that doesn’t work out, I like dentistry too,
so we’ll see.”
Jenia said, “I want to one day become a paediatrician.”
The
winners talked about the difficulty of preparing for both the Science
Competition and BGCSEs simultaneously, and the excitement of succeeding.
“We did a lot of extra classes,” said Natalia, who was awarded for
receiving the highest average of all three subjects. “Your mind has to
be focused on biology, physics, chemistry; biology, physics, chemistry –
over and over again. It was a little difficult because while we were
focusing on those three, we couldn’t neglect our other subjects, so we
had to manage our time.”
Alexandria received the highest grade in
Biology and shared her advice for time management. “I suggest putting
away all technology because it’s a real distraction when it comes down
to exams.”
Jenia was awarded for the highest grades in
Chemistry and Physics. “It feels amazing because Chemistry and Physics
are such hard subjects, and I never used to do very well in them, but I
tried my best and worked harder and now I’ve achieved my goal.”
With
sponsorship from Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Ltd., the three girls were
awarded laptops as their prizes at a ceremony held recently at CV
Bethel. Chemistry and Biology teacher Katina Ferguson said, “We really
appreciated the funds from CWCO because these laptops will be useful
tools to help the girls in their studies as they prepare to go to
college.”
CWCO General Manager Bryan Russell said, “CWCO has decided
to concentrate its support on youth development activities, and in
particular ones that are related to the sciences, because when you look
at our industry, we need technical people. We always need youth in The
Bahamas that are technically trained, and we’re glad to see that over
the years more and more of them are becoming involved in the scientific
fields.”
