On the 5th of August The Learning Center completed yet another successful month of summer classes. This was the first summer class since Covid-19 held our little island hostage. This year I tutored along with at full staff of Kabrina, Tracey, Deverne, Juliette, Joleen, Molishka who all made certain that their classes were a perfect combination of fun and learning.
Summer class this year was at no cost to the parents, which they expressed their gratitude for. Occasionally around this time on the island of Bequia parents are scrambling to gather back-to-school items for their child/children. A process that has been known to be quite expensive. We hosted over 40 children ranging from Kindergarteners to 6th graders, a majority being from the lower grades. There were children in attendance from every primary school on the island.
This year we also hosted a book report challenge. Kids were asked to take home books from the library and come back to do book reports which would earn them a sticker on the leaderboard chart. The most astonishing thing happened during that challenge that the tutorers did not see coming. For the first time ever, the youngest of the kids dominated the chart, being the ones doing the most book reports. We had two second graders top the charts by reading over 20 books. Kylie Richards and Avery Ollivierre who are both second graders did a superb job at reading and understanding the books they read. In the end Kylie read 29 books and Avery read 26. We also had 6th grader Kevecia Dasilva who read 18 books and to our absolute surprise, Ryder Leslie who is just entering Kindergarten read 3 books. We cannot express enough just how proud we are of our little readers and all the hard work they've put in during the summer class.
I'd say this summer was one to remember. The kids left with a new sense of self, new and healthy learning habits and a new found love for table tennis. We look forward to reopening in September and continuing our work with these amazing tiny humans.
