June 15th, 2014. – Konbit Pou Potapiman held its annual Excellence Awards program to honor and recognize 7 top students who achieved high academic scores in the classroom.
The ceremony which took place June 15th, in Port-a-Piment at the Notre-Dame du Rosaire Church, was conducted by the KPP local representative Mr. Francois Frazil.
Mr. Frazil highlighted the importance of this activity in the community. He congratulated the students for their dedication toward excellence and urged them to maintain the course.
All of the students being honored were nominated by their school administrators. During the ceremony, each of the students accompanied by their parents received the Eric Belfort Excellence Award certificates as well as a monetary reward that will help parents defray the cost of the next academic school year.
In addition to the awards presentation, the program featured a thank you remark by the Eric Belfort Excellence Award recipient, Christelle Simon from College Stella Maris.
The recipients of the awards are as follows:
1– Wesline Guerrier – Ecole Fondamentale d’Application
2- Jaresson Jean-Charles – Ecole Fondamentale d’Application
3- Charline Jean-Baptiste – Ecole Fondamentale d’Application
4- Magda Brezeault – Ecole Notre-Dame du Rosaire
5- Cherlie Ibas – Ecole nationale de Figuiers
7- Christelle Simon – College Stella Maris
This program was made possible through the donation of a family member of the late Eric Belfort to honor his life and accomplishments. M. Eric Belfort was a long time resident of Port-a-Piment. The funds were matched by the Merrill Lynch/Bank of America through their Matching gift program.
Konbit Pou Potapiman Inc thanks the donor as well as the Merrill Lynch/Bank of America for making this program a successful initiative. We also thank the KPP local representatives, M. François Frazil and Mrs. Roselène Gentil as well as the parents, students and the local school officials for their involvement and participation.
Please click on this link for some pictures of our honorees: