PHILIPSBURG–The Community Police Officers who headed the Cops and Kids Programme held the school debate finals at Hillside Christian Schools Asha Stevens Campus in Cay Hill on Wednesday morning, between sixth grade pupils representing the Seventh-Day Adventist School, Sister Borgia School, Oranje School and Ruby Labega School.
Ruby Labega School defeated Sister Borgia School during the first round, eliminating it from moving on to the quarter-finals. The topic of this debate was: “Should students be allowed to drink sodas?”
The second round using the same topic was held between the Seventh-Day Adventist School and Oranje School. The Seventh-Day Adventist School won this round and moved on to the finals against Ruby Labega School.
The topic for the final round was “Should animals be caged for entertainment?” At the end of this debate the championship was awarded to the very strong Seventh-Day Adventist School.
Police Chief Carl John, Uniformed Division acting head Chief Inspector Benjamin Gout and police spokesman Chief Inspector Ricardo Henson attended the debate. During this visit the Chief John expressed words of encouragement and congratulations to all pupils present and encouraged them to continue doing well in school, because without an education they would be nowhere.
He also congratulated the school debate organising committee, the panel of judges, the teachers, Pricilla Bell representing the Department of Education and all others involved in the event and encouraged them to expose these school debates to the public so that they also can see that the youth can do very well at school.
He said the youth of St. Maarten have been one of the main focuses of the Police Force and it will continue to engage in positive activities for the youth to bridge the gap between the youth and police. Finally, he also thanked his Community Police Officers for a “job well done” in making this event a successful one.
Source: The Daily Herald https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/66873-seventh-day-adventist-school-wins-cops-and-kids-programme-debate
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