Former Deputy Principal of the Ellerslie Secondary School, Celeste Porte, in
conversation with Acting Education Officer with responsibility for SPBMP; Andrea Baptiste, Principal of the Ellerslie Secondary School; Major Errol Brathwaite; and past teacher, Hartley Forde.
Deputy Principal (acting), Ronald Leacock standing with former French and Spanish teacher, Stanton Jordan and English teacher, Marcelle Phillips and Chairman of the Ellerslie Secondary School’s 'School Positive Behaviour Management Programme', Quincy Jones, standing by the ‘Joran Phillips’ staff room after the plaque is unveiled.
Former Mathematics teacher, Owen Codrington and former Deputy Principal of the Ellerslie Secondary School, Celeste Porte, admiring the sign after it is unveiled. This lower staff room is now called the ‘Codrington Porte’ staff room. Looking on is 'School Positive Behaviour Management Programme (SPBMP)', Acting Education Officer, Andrea Baptiste.
Staff rooms, points renamed at Ellerslie
A number of staff rooms and staff points at Ellerslie Secondary School now bear the names of past educators of that institution.
These plaques were unveiled this week during the “School Positive Behaviour Management” Programme’s renaming of staffrooms and retirement function at the school.
Acting Deputy Principal, Ronald Leacock, expressed his delight at the initiative which paid respect to those who played as role in shaping students and building the school over the years.
He said the move gives the school “another opportunity to recognise the contribution made by several of our staff whose work here at Ellerslie formed the cornerstones on which we built for the last fifty years.”
He continued, “this is our first publically launched initiative. Over the coming year, we will be rolling out several other initiatives. Some will attract public attention while others will be quietly done within the school environment. Our overall goal therefore is to create a culture that will allow the new vision for Ellerslie to be fulfilled and for Ellerslie to become the school of choice over the next 50 years of our existence.”
Also speaking at the launch, Acting Education Officer with responsibility for the School Positive Behaviour Management Programme (SPBMP), Andrea Baptiste, congratulated the school. She said, “I want to applaud your efforts because this is the first time that we have seen you actually giving credence and acknowledgement to those who have definitely been cornerstones of this school.”
At the school, the upper staffroom is now called the “Jordan Phillips” staff room, named after former French and Spanish teacher, Stanton Jordan and English teacher, Marcelle Phillips. The lower staff room is now called the “Codrington Porte” staff room, named after former Mathematics teacher, Owen Codrington and former Deputy Principal of the school, Celeste Porte. There is also the “Webster Williams” staff room, named after teachers, the late Muriel Webster and Nikita Williams who passed away whilst in office.
There are additionally the staff points. These areas are the “Sylvia Walcott” point, named after the former Home Economic Head; the “Yvonne Vaughan” point situated in the area of the art room; and the “Hartley Forde” point located in the Industrial Arts room.