Alexandra School Alumni Association celebrates

The Alexandra School marked its 123rd anniversary on Sunday with members of the Alexandra School Alumni Association joining the nearby congregation of the Speightstown Church of the Nazarene for its Sunday service.

It was the second activity in the ASAA’s week of activities to mark the school’s founding on September 24, 1984.

Minister Patricia Gulstone preached on the topic of judging people based on their past mistakes and her sermon centred on behaving as the Biblical Pharisees did in the time of Jesus. She based her address on St Luke 7: 37-50, the account of a woman of ill repute who washed Jesus’ feet with her tears, dried them with her hair and anointed them with perfumed oil.

Gulstone said some people were constantly defined by their past as society was not a forgiving one.

Earlier President of ASAA Felicia Sue outlined the history of the school as one of the oldest providers of secondary education in Barbados, listing the achievements of past students in a number of areas including law, tourism, sports, education and health.

She also presented a cheque to church leader Reverend Michael Gulstone, while inviting ASAA members to the other activities including a Career Day on Wednesday at the school from 9 am, and on Friday during morning assembly, Marcia Graham will give an address before the association makes a presentation.