During the months of March, April and May 2018, a student contest, “Débat Génie Scolaire”, organized by the Haitian National Police and the Department of Education was held in the department Sud of Haiti. Fifty four (54) national public schools participated.. EFACAP of Port-a-Piment was represented by a team of 8 students from its class of 9eme Annee Fondamentale (9AF).
The contest would challenge the students on their knowledge of French, Creole, Mathematics and general contemporary subjects.
The EFACAP School of Port-a-Piment was a participant and made it to the final stages.
The students first competed at the commune and district levels.
EFACAP of Port-a-Piment won all the preliminary phases and thus qualified to represent the district of Côteaux. The district of Côteaux is formed by the communes of Coteaux, Roche a Bateau and Port-a-Piment.
The finale was held in Cayes and was completed on May 25th 2018. EFACAP of Port-a-Piment won Third Place. The National School Ste Rose de Lima of Maniche and The National School of Colette from Torbeck won 1st and 2nd place respectively.
We congratulate these devoted students for their tenacity and resolve. We salute the students from EFACAP of Port-a-Piment for their engagement, motivation and will to beat the odds. We congratulate the teachers for their service. We also recognize the school director, Prof Josue Paul, for his dedication and commitment.
Konbit Pou Potapiman is proud to have supported the EFACAP of Port-a-Piment and its students in this competition.
The students who participated and won the 3rd place as a team are:
- Sofia Jean-Baptiste
- Vendimière Kryford
- Asline Guerrier
- Becky Toussaint
- Jean-Michel Clergy
- Idea Hyppolite
- Germane Vital
- Breslow B Francois
Congratulations to all the winners!
