A student from Pioneer Preparatory School, Louise Aarons, representing Dominica has won the the Courts OECS Reading Championship.
The competition took place in Grenada on Thursday.
She took home $5,000 in cash and $5,000 for her school.
Jarret Jean-Jacques was the winner in the national competition here in Dominica but was unable to travel to Grenada to participate in the OECS competition and was replaced by Aarons.
Grenada came in second in the competition.
Chief judge, Angela Marriette, said the competition was the toughest that was ever judged.
She stated the students were able to read passages to an audience which they were seeing for the first time and they were able to do so excellently.
“Our expectations of these students were that they read accurately with the appropriate speed and expression,” she said. “We found that the students had excellent decoding skills, they they were able to recognize words automatically, speed or rate of reading was appropriate for the two different scripts.”
She said the students were able to display “an awareness of stress, intonation, pauses, both after exclamation marks and between paragraphs.”
“We the judges agree that this was the toughest reading competition that we have ever judged,” Marriette noted. “This is an indication that the Courts Reading Competition is bearing fruiting; teachers in the various schools across the islands seem to be doing something differently.”
congratulations Louise on your victory. May God richly bless you and your parents.To Estos – Principal good going keep it up!
Congrats Pioneer on your victory ! And not forgetting you Louise and your family . Keep up the good works.
congratulation little Louise for making your country and your school proud . Keep reaching for the stars. May god continue to bless you .
Louise congrats! You and your mom worked very hard. You guys deserve it.Yvette darling, continue to inspire your daughter and may the good Lord continue to shower his blessing upon you,
Everywhere Dominican go, they excel. Once they put their mind to something the sky is the limit. I have said it before and I will say it again Dominican are intelligent. Congratulation to the young lady. Keep up the good works and God bless u.
except when they stay home.
except when they stay home. they go to other islands and further afield and they excel. so there must be something in this island that keeps them back from reaching true potential.
What do you mean? I feel I know what you are driving at, why you stated it and who you are blaming. But you are wrong. Always trying to blame someone for the failure of others. Take that out of your mind. If the opportunities are there, some of them will excel. Who is to blame for those who do not excel whether in Dominica or not? It takes one person to be the winner and not everyone will win. That is the way the ball rolls.
You mean, “Simply the best?”
love u louise aim for excilence girl don,t make no one keep u down
congrats
Awesome! Good job.
Congrats young star we all are proud Dominicans keep up the good work
Well done, Louise! Thank you for representing Dominica so well and for making your family and school proud. You did it for all of us, and all the other great readers of Pioneer Prep who represented us well in past competitions. Hooray for Louise! Hooray for her parents, especially her mom, Yvette! Hooray for her coaches! Hooray for Dominica! Hooray for Felix Henderson and all those who support him! Hooray for Pioneer prep!
Great job!
Congratulations to you. You do look like a brilliant one who loves reading. It shows on your face. I have always said, reading is an education in itself. One who loves to read is also fluent in the English language. Good luck for future reading competitions and your studies.
Congratulation Louise for making your country proud . Well done to your teachers, school and your parents. Keep reaching for the stars. God bless you .
Great Job Louise!!!!!
Well Done Louise! Congratulations to you and your mom. Continue to do what you do best, Reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulation to our Young lady and Future leader. God blessing.
You have a bright future, please keep reading and you can help someone as young as you are.
Wonderful well you made the you replaced very proud of you. In life every disappointment is a blessing. Congrats to you and the others. May God continue to bless you in your school works.
Congratulations girl, well done
Hey aunty Petro Louise, so very proud of you, always knew you would make us proud, you got it girl so just reach for the stars.
Remember the days of “Ginger the crocodile” you enjoyed reading even when you were a wee little baby girl. Love u loads Louise.
Congrats Yvette you too deserve your flowers and ofcourse Felix, Pioneer Prep and the rest of the team. Great job, proud to be Dominican.
Aunty Petro and family
Very proud of you young scholar, your parents,school and the entire island of Dominica shouldbe also. The judges acknowledged that this was the hardest competition so far, which makes me know that you put your all into it, so keep aiming, and aim high, your peers should follow and work as hard. Just saying!!! you go girl congrats.
Congratulations Louise! We are very proud of you! Way to go Pioneer Prep, keep up the good work.
Reading and good articulation is quite important in any child’s life. Thumbs up Pioneer Prep, DBS, teachers and parents who continue to support their children.
To all children, keep on finding great adventure and knowledge in READING!
Great job, young lady. Keep pushing. Just sorry more Dominicans won’t acknowledge your success…politics deserve more I guess.
Congrats young lady…dominicans here and abroad are very proud of you my dear. Special thanks to those who encouraged you all through and Mr. Felix Henderson….kudos to you Sir……nafternoon tan
We are all proud of you. You have also made Dominica proud.
louise, good work yvette must be filling good and proud am very happy for you keep that up gpd bless you.
Congratulations
Thanks Louise for making us proud, I knew you could do it. Continue doing your best and remember always to put God first in all you do. Congrats to your mum and other members of your family not forgetting your school.
Congratulations Ms Aaron. I am proud of you.
Excellent news! Congratulations young lady!
Congrats to Dominica!!! Congrats and million thanks to Louise for stepping in and making all of us and Jarret proud!!! I knew this year was going to be the competition to set the bar even higher while following the young readers at the inter-school zone and Dominica level. Yesterday I was moved by the level of articulation, poise and diction these students were able to deliver.
Felix Henderson special blessings and thank you!!! I recall how simple you started this and then it took root in Dominica, followed by the other OECS islands. You are such a God-Given talent and visionary! Thanks to all those who made this competition what it has become today.
Congratulations to you young lady, mommy n daddy of Loius please do not stop encouraging her. great job. loius please gather your friends sometimes and read
were they seeing the passages for the first time or were they seeing the audience for the first time????
… English boy….hehehe
Congratulations Louise for a job well done. We are very proud of you. Well done to your Mum Yvette and your Teachers for working with you too. Congratulations to Pioneer Prep – Dominica’s number 1 Primary School.
congratulations is in order to this young lady may she strive and attain higher heights.
congrats young lady
Congrats little lady. I am an advocate for readers
You go girl!!!. Congratulations to Louise and the Pioneer Preparatory School – you are the best.