Lost in the hus­tle and bus­tle of Car­ni­val 2010 was the Achieve­ment Day ex­er­cise staged by St Fran­cois Girls' Col­lege of Bel­mont last month at Queen's Hall, St Ann's. The event cov­ered stu­dent achieve­ment over the aca­d­e­m­ic year 2008-2009. In her ad­dress, out-go­ing prin­ci­pal Pa­tri­cia Mc In­tosh com­mend­ed the stu­dents for their out­stand­ing per­for­mance in aca­d­e­mics, as well as in sport and cul­ture, and laud­ed their self­less ef­forts in vol­un­teerism as they ven­tured out in­to so­ci­ety to as­sist in al­le­vi­at­ing the con­di­tion of the less for­tu­nate.

Stu­dents of St Fran­cois Girls' Col­lege give a stand­ing ova­tion to out-go­ing prin­ci­pal Pa­tri­cia Mc In­tosh.

Mc In­tosh al­so urged the stu­dents to be part of the so­lu­tion, in all ar­eas of life, and not part of the prob­lem, and to main­tain their fo­cus on God and fam­i­ly. She al­so re­mind­ed them of the School's mantra: Just fo­cus and do it. McIn­tosh al­so praised the teach­ing and sup­port staff for their hard work and com­mit­ment and thanked the School Board, PTA and alum­nae for their ded­i­ca­tion and sup­port. The fea­ture ad­dress was de­liv­ered by Pas­tor Clive Dot­tin of the Sev­enth Day Ad­ven­tist Church.

To a packed Queen's Hall, the St Fran­cois Girls' Col­lege Steel Or­ches­tra, a San­fest win­ner, per­forms Shad­ow's Bass­man.

He de­liv­ered a stir­ring and im­pas­sioned ad­dress in which he en­cour­aged the stu­dents to keep God at the cen­tre of their lives and to re­main stead­fast in the val­ues and morals that they have ac­quired at the school and to con­quer all chal­lenges that they may en­counter in their path to suc­cess.