PHILIPSBURG--“We need to continue to big up our young people when they excel, achieve or even when they give their best efforts,” Democratic Party (DP) leader and Island Councilwoman Sarah Wescot-Williams said in a congratulatory message to St. Maarten Academy PSVE students who were honoured on Wednesday for their academic achievement.
The students were honoured for doing well during the first half of the academic year.
Wescot-Williams said the students’ achievement is yet another positive showing by the youth.
“We often complain that not enough is publicly said about the positive sides of our youth in general. Equally important is to give them a chance to do all the above, at the same time teaching them that success does not come easy; that life’s path can be a treacherous one, and many more of the lessons that we were taught as youngsters ourselves,” she said.
“As former Commissioner of Education, it is satisfying to see our students excel and given the recognition for such.
“In this light, I congratulate the St. Maarten Academy PSVE students who have excelled during the first half of the 2009-2010 academic year. I encourage them to set an even higher standard towards the end of the school year. To challenge themselves even more. Positive peer pressure works,” she said.
“It is my hope that the pressure to excel will rub off on many of those around you.”
