Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - On Sunday The Rotary Club of St. Maarten-Mid Isle hosted the Semifinals of the Scotiabank Rotary-Rotoract Spelling Bee 2016.
The fifteen semi-finalists from eight schools were Asha Stevens Hillside Christian School: Radharoni Natram, Learning Unlimited School: Dhiren Punjabi & Krishang Motwani, Methodist Agogic Center Browlia Maynard Campus: Lavanya Budhwani, Rianna Ayoka Roberts & Sacha Tobias,Methodist Agogic Center Rev. John A Gumbs Campus: D'shenay Gayle & Vinti Atmaramani, Seventh Day Adventist School: Varsha Ghanash, St. Dominic School: Aman Sukhani, Suhani Nathumal & Syandra Caesar, St. Joseph School: Bani Rajpal & Denny Mo and the Adrian T Hazel School: Steven Connor.
In the Preliminary Round the participants had to write the selected words, but this week at the Semi-Finals, they had to stand in front of the audience and the judges and speak into the microphone with their selected word. Each participant had to spell fifteen words; each word was worth five points. At the end of the Semi-Finals there was no tie but it was a tight finish.
Headed to the Finals are 5 participants from four schools: Learning Unlimited: Dhiren Punjabi, Methodist Agogic Center Browlia F. Maynard Campus: Lavanya Budhwani, Methodist Agogic Center Rev. John A Gumbs Campus: D'shenay Gayle, St. Dominic: Suhani Nathumel & Syandra Caesar.
The highlight this week was to have up on stage three parents and one principal to spell words to win Telcel top up cards donated by Telcel.
The semifinalists will head to the finals will be on October 30th at the Belair Community Center, the semifinals will start promptly at 1.00 p.m. Everyone is asked to be on time, and participants should be there at least a half-hour before the start.
Family, friends, classmates and teachers are invited to come out to support and cheer on the five finalists, as there will be a prize for the school with the largest amount of supporters. There is also a 40†TV being raffled, so if you have bought a ticket, the drawing will take place on the final day of the Spelling Bee on October 30th.
