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QRC.edu salutes this year’s Royalian recipients of national scholarships for performances at Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) 2011.  Awardees are as follows:

• MARK MIGUEL SEAN JOSEPH – Open Scholarship, Visual Arts
• SERGEI ANTON LUKE BOUCAUD – Additional Scholarship, Mathematics
• ZARION ANTHONY JASSIEM JACOBS – Additional, Scholarship Mathematics
• JAYSON NICHOLAS MICHAEL PAUL – Additional Scholarship, Science
• TAZE NICHOLAS RANSOME – Additional Scholarship, Mathematics

From the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) website:

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is a regional examining body that provides examinations for secondary and post-secondary candidates in Caribbean countries.

CXC offers a wide range of subjects in academic, technical and vocational areas for candidates of varying ages, abilities and interests from the English-speaking Caribbean and the Netherlands Antilles and Surimane.

Syllabuses for CXC examinations are developed by Caribbean educators who work in sixth form schools, community, state and teacher-training colleges and universities. Specialists from the private sector, commerce and industry are also consulted to ensure relevance.  CXC has established itself regionally and internationally as an examination body that adheres to high standards in syllabus development, examination administration and marking, and in the details of the certification that it provides.

In addition to providing examinations and certification for secondary and post secondary candidates, CXC uses its in-house expertise and technologies to provide technical assistance and consultancy services to both the public and private sectors across the region. These services include: the development of syllabuses; preparation and administration of national examinations; training in school-based assessment; item writing and other aspects of measurement and evaluation; analysis and preparation of reports of students’ performance; preparation of resource materials.

The site is fairly comprehensive but can use some tightening.  Of import to exam candidates in the immediate however would be online access to May/June 2011 examination timetables for Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) at http://www.cxc.org/examinations/timetables.

Billed as the sickest party to start the Christmas vibe, QRC Code Blue presents FRICTION: THE MOVEMENT OF TWO BODIES,ONE MOTION, INTENSE HEAT… HOW HEATED CAN YOU GET?

The event is carded for Saturday 11th December from 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm at the QRC Gymnasium.  Cover is $60 with invitations and $80 without, and two girls on one invite for $120 before 8:00 pm. Invitations are limited.

Music will be provided by GRINE STAR SOUNDS and THE LION TWINS & JHAZZY among others.

For information and invitations contact the following QRC Code Blue Committee Members:

KEVIN SKINNER – 795 1833
AKIL LEWIS – 779 2518
KEVAN MILLS – 747 9166
JONATHAN HOLDER – 774 7491
DARION MULLINGS – 746 6166
JEROEN BLUGH – 482 5701
JARED PENNY – 720 2380
DON JUAN ACOSTA – 754 1264
JAYON MURRAY – 331 3796

Register your attendance on Facebook at the event page.

Queen’s Royal College beat Naparima College in their semi-final round to make it to the finals of the 2010 edition of RBTT Young Leaders Debates.

The school’s debaters will come up against St. Mary’s College on Tuesday November 30, at the Andre Kamperveen Hall, Centre of Excellence. The event is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m.

The QRC Store opens on Saturday 17th July, 2010 at the Queen’s Royal College compound.

Catering to both current and past students of QRC and, of course, anybody else affiliated to the school, the store will stock an expanding range of student supplies and Royalian merchandise including textbooks, stationery, art supplies, scientific equipment, sport gear including replica football shirts, college art and memorabilia, novelty and gift items, and event tickets.  The store will afford its customers the convenience of being able to purchase all things Royalian on the College compound, and the knowledge that in so doing they will be making a financial contribution towards the College.  The profits are being shared between the store operator and the school.

In addition to be open Monday to Friday, the store will be open on Saturdays during the July/August holidays as well as during the school term whenever QRC has home games for Intercol and the Secondary Schools League.

For inquiries, please call: (868) 393 1759 or (868) 489 7477.

Courtesy Old Boy and track enthusiast Hayden “Tom” Noel, we have video of the QRC 4x400m team’s exploits in the High School 4x400m at the 2010 Adidas Grand Prix in New York City recently.  The video captures the second, third and final legs of a race against some of the top schools in the world.

According to Tom:

QRC winning the 4x400m for High Schools at the Adidas Diamond League event in New York (June 2010). Excuse the shaky start (guy sitting next to me bumping my arm) and the shouting (my Uncle being overly exuberant…understandably so [as a QRC Old Boy himself]!) Great race overall and excellent last leg from Jehue Gordon.

YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KukUK63uFk

Queen’s Royal College will be having a fund raising breakfast sale on Tuesday 9th March, 2010.

Michael Thompson, a QRC old boy, will be catering the breakfast which will be available for take-away from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. at the College Gym.   The meal will consist of three savoury items, including bake and saltfish, and one sweet item.

Cost is $35.00 and tickets are available at the College office.

All alumni and well wishers are encouraged to lend support to this venture.