June 04th 2011
Choiseul Student Is Top LIME SUBWAY Primary School Speller

LIME Subway National Spelling Bee champion Chessa Obeius and Her Excellency Dame Pearlette Louisy along with sponsors and other prize-winners.

<<<LIME Subway National Spelling Bee champion Chessa Obeius receives her top prize from Her Excellency Dame Pearlette Louisy

Chessa Obeius ended the LIME / SUBWAY National Spelling Bee with a bang, confidently sounding out R-E-M-I-N-I-S-C-E to lift the first place trophy and a bevy of prizes for herself and her school. Representing District VII, the fifth-grader earned a cheque of $700 for her school, Reunion Primary, from SUBWAY. Along with her trophy from the Ministry of Education, she copped a value meal voucher from SUBWAY, and a brand new Lenovo ThinkPad laptop from LIME, along with 12 months of free Internet access.
Chessa won from an initial field of over 20 students from all eight educational districts. The competition involved regional spelling bees and culminated with the Final on Wednesday at the National Insurance Corporation’s Conference Centre in the Francis Compton Building. “I am excited,” said the champion, clutching her prizes closely. “None of the words really gave me any problems, my teachers helped me prepare and I was very confident.”
Dania Pierre of Camille Henry Memorial and District II took second place, winning $600 for her school, a value meal voucher from SUBWAY, and a Lenovo ThinkCentre all-in-one desktop computer with six months Internet access from LIME.

<<Alana Aimable, LIME SUBWAY Secondary Schools' Spelling Bee champion, receives one of her prizes from Her Excellency Dame Pearlette Louisy

Third place went to McJaena Joseph of District V, who earned $500 cheque for Mon Repos Combined, a value meal voucher from SUBWAY and an Alcatel OT-808A mobile phone from LIME, with $100 credit.
“This was the most exciting competition since we began sponsoring the Spelling Bee in 2009 along with SUBWAY,” said Terry Finisterre, LIME Corporate Communications Executive. “It is great to see these children putting so much effort into this and really supporting one another, and we are always pleased to be able to give something back to the education system and the communities in which we live and work.”
“We are very grateful to our sponsors,” said Angela Mariatte, Curriculum Specialist at the Curriculum and Materials Development Unit (CAMDU) which organizes the competition under the auspices of Her Excellency, Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy. “These students are earning real rewards by dint of their hard work and consistency and we at CAMDU are very pleased with the support for this year’s Bee.”
In addition to the prizes for the top three students, SUBWAY also provided refreshments for the event and gave each of the finalists a SUBWAY drawstring bag.

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