Education Minister congratulates Earth Hour winners

Greenrock and the Bermuda National Library, Youth Services, also sponsored the contest.

Dame Jennifer said: “I am thrilled to recognise the accomplishments of students from our public and private schools.

“I must extend special congratulations to the four CedarBridge students Charnae Richardson, Kamel Easton, Jair Duke and Sherrita Bailey, who snatched winning spots in the 2011 Earth Hour Essay contest.”

She continued, “The 2011 Earth Hour Essay Competition demonstrated that social and environmental issues see no boundaries when it comes to our children, as they are all affected by what takes place in our surrounding community — regardless of whether they are in the private or public school system.”

She also commended the contest organizers for challenging students to not only critically think about what is taking place globally with our environment, but challenging them to articulate it in an essay format.

 “The results were thought provoking and insightful literary pieces, and for me this is further proof of the levels of excellence throughout our education system,” she said. 

“To our winning students, I am delighted to celebrate your achievement, and I urge you to continue to strive for excellence in whatever you choose to do.

“You are the future of this country, and when you engage in initiatives such as this you do yourselves tremendous benefit by evolving and expanding your learning process.”