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Monday, May 5, 2025

Siblings shine in reading and writing

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Guardian Media
1397 days ago
20210711
Siblings Gabriel and Hannah Caesar

Siblings Gabriel and Hannah Caesar

Nicole Drayton

HAN­NAH CAE­SAR

Han­nah Cae­sar is sev­en years old and a re­cent­ly pro­mot­ed Stan­dard 2 pupil of Good Shep­heard An­gli­can Pri­ma­ry School. Her favourite sub­jects are Math and Gram­mar. Her favourite colours are gold, sil­ver, cream, pink and pur­ple. She loves play­ing with OMG AND LOL Sur­prise dolls. Al­though she en­joys watch­ing her favourite car­toon Masha and the Bear, she is in­ter­est­ed in learn­ing about oth­er things sci­ence-re­lat­ed like her broth­er, Gabriel and would of­ten look at shows like Dr Binocs, Bright Side & Juny & Tony that teach­es them. Han­nah is al­so an avid read­er and of­ten vis­it­ed the Mal­oney Li­brary be­fore the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic hit T&T to read just about any­thing. She does not have a favourite book or au­thor, but most re­cent­ly start­ed read­ing Nan­cy Drew be­cause she too wants to be a spy when she gets old­er. She al­so wants to be a bou­tique bil­lion­aire.

Han­nah loves sto­ry­telling and com­pet­ing. In 2019, she placed third in OMAC’S (Open Minds and Cre­ative Arts) an­nu­al read­ing and sto­ry­telling com­pe­ti­tion, be­com­ing the youngest par­tic­i­pant to ex­cel in the 6-8 cat­e­go­ry. In 2020, she par­tic­i­pat­ed in the BO­CAS Lit Fest Drag­onzil­la’s short sto­ry writ­ing & sto­ry­telling chal­lenge and placed third in the 5-8 cat­e­go­ry with her sto­ry ti­tled "COVID life". Most re­cent­ly, Han­nah rep­re­sent­ed her school by par­tic­i­pat­ing in OMAC’S (Open Minds and Cre­ative Arts) an­nu­al Word Waves 21’ read­ing and writ­ing com­pe­ti­tion. She com­pet­ed in the 7-9 cat­e­go­ry and placed sec­ond with her short sto­ry, "Masha and the Bear".

Like her broth­er, she is al­so a young acad­e­mia. How­ev­er, it is not al­ways about the books. She is al­so a Track and Field ath­lete of Abi­lene Wild­cats Ath­let­ic Club and has a de­sire to one day com­pete in the Olympics. Han­nah is al­so a promis­ing stu­dent and ath­lete and con­tin­ues to as­pire for great­ness both in and out of the class­room.

GABRIEL CAE­SAR

Gabriel Cae­sar is six years old and was re­cent­ly pro­mot­ed to Stan­dard 1 at the Good Shep­heard An­gli­can Pri­ma­ry School. His favourite sub­ject is Math and his favourite colours are red, blue and green. He en­joys play­ing with any toy that has wheels at­tached to it. Al­though he en­joys watch­ing his favourite car­toon Wol­foo he has shown in­ter­est in learn­ing about oth­er things like, "why mos­qui­toes bite," germs, the use of body parts and sim­ply any­thing sci­ence-re­lat­ed. He would of­ten look at shows like Dr Binocs that teach­es them. Gabriel is an avid read­er and like his sis­ter, Han­nah, he of­ten vis­it­ed the Mal­oney Li­brary to read just about any­thing. He does not have a favourite book or au­thor but most re­cent­ly start­ed read­ing Nan­cy Drew be­cause he said when he gets old­er he wants to be a spy.

Gabriel re­cent­ly rep­re­sent­ed his school by par­tic­i­pat­ing in OMAC’S (Open Minds and Cre­ative Arts) an­nu­al Word Waves 21’ read­ing and writ­ing com­pe­ti­tion. He com­pet­ed in the 7-9 cat­e­go­ry and was the youngest con­tes­tant to ever win the com­pe­ti­tion. His mom, Tes­sa Dray­ton was hes­i­tant at first to let him par­tic­i­pate be­cause it was his first time com­pet­ing and he was go­ing up against old­er stu­dents. How­ev­er, he said he was con­fi­dent he will do well and pressed her to reg­is­ter him. His mom had "No re­grets as he did well, sur­pass­ing the ex­pec­ta­tion of those present who heard him read."

Al­though Gabriel is a young acad­e­mia, it is not al­ways strict­ly about the books. He is al­so a Track and Field ath­lete of Abi­lene Wild­cats Ath­let­ic Club and is re­ferred to as the “Flash” for his speed. Like his sis­ter, Gabriel is al­so a promis­ing stu­dent and ath­lete and con­tin­ues to as­pire for great­ness both in and out of the class­room.


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