Pares Primary School

Motto:   SUCCESS BELONGS TO THE MOST PERSEVERING

Administration

PRINCIPAL: Miss Lois Drew


 


SECRETARY: Mrs. Tavie Lee Martin
Tavie Lee has been the secretary at the Pares Primary schoolsince September, 2011. Before entering the working environment, she graduated from the Seventh-day Adventist Secondary school and ABICE where she completed several courses in business. She then earned her spot as an intern at Phillips, Phillips & Archibald Law firm before she became a member of our staff. Ms. Lee is a well focused independent young woman who is always smiling and ready to take on any challenge thrown at her. She is filled with excitement and motivation which keeps her going. One of her most favourite past time is listening to music and interacting with others. Her slogan “Proper perseverance prevents poor performance” acts as a motivation for her everyday life and future goals.

Teachers

KINDERGARTEN: Mrs. Carolyn Daniel Romeo

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GRADE 1: Mrs. Cynthia Tomlinson
GRADE 2: Ms. Fontaine
GRADE 5: Ms. Jesseca Lewis

“Anything ardently desired, sincerely believed in, enthusiastically acted upon, vividly imagined will inevitable come to past”. Paul Meyers


      The morning broke; a new life bounced its way into history. It was the dawn of a new day which seventeen plus years later would profoundly impact the teaching profession in Antigua/ Barbuda. As a girl Jesseca, Alicia Lewis had carved her path, as this young girl grew she developed into a graceful, diligent young adult who from the onset knew she would impact the lives of children in her society. Perhaps it was her father’s ambition which she gleefully eyed, maybe it was her father’s dedication and commitment that she had cheerily admired which has fashioned and fostered her own aspirations. Upon completing secondary school, the window of the teaching profession swung opened and beckoned her.

      Miss Lewis began her teaching profession on October 16th 1987 at the Willikies Primary school. For the academic year 1997/98 she continued her teaching sojourn at the Parham Primary School. As the turn of the century rolled in, she rolled out of Parham Primary and into Pares Primary where she serves as the Grade 3 teacher. Miss Lewis was awarded teacher of the year 2010/2011 at Pares Primary. The Ministry of Education will award her this year (2013) for her service of over 25 years in the teaching profession

      She is the proud mom of one son Ahmed and one daughter Loscinhe. She is of the opinion that teaching is a noble profession. It is a sacrificial one. It is a challenging one. Hence she concludes as did the Apostle Paul “The race is not for the swift but for those who endure to the end”. God has been her light and her salvation; He has provided her with grace, tolerance, strength, love, guidance and most of all the gift of teaching and for this she is truly thankful.


GRADE 4: Mr. Alden James
GRADE 3: Mrs. Reiber Browne Goodwin

SPANISH: Miss Janelle Saunders


Janelle Saunders began her teaching career in October 2011 at the Potters Primary School. She comes from a family which is no stranger to the education system as both her parents are teachers. She attended the Antigua Girls High School where she discovered a love for Spanish. Upon graduation she attended the Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama where she pursued a bachelor of social work degree and a minor in Spanish. She is happy that she has found a way to incorporate two of her loves. Spanish and children. 

READING COACH: Mrs. Rosemarie Roberts

Rosemarie Roberts is a dedicated teacher and a visionary educator whose passion is to empower students to aspire to their full potential through Reading.

Rosemarie Roberts received teacher education diploma from the University of the West Indies through the Antigua State College, a post graduate certificate in dyslexia and Literacy from the Dyslexia Institute (now Dyslexia Action) validated by the University of York and the Commonwealth Certificate for Teacher ICT Integration (CCTI) sponsored by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), in collaboration with SchoolNet SA. She is also a certified COL (Commonwealth of Learning) online tutor

With over thirty years of experience in education in private as well as  public schools in Antigua and Barbuda and the US, Mrs. Roberts has built a reputation as an expert reading teacher. She currently serves as the "Reading Specialist" at Pares Primary School. She was the trainer for the second place winners of the Courts OECS National Reading Competition and the National Spelling Champions 2015/2016.  Mrs. Roberts has completed an introduction to  Special Education diploma course with the University of Southern Caribbean and is working on a Masters of Art in Inclusive Special Education with Roehampton University online.  Rosemarie Roberts is the Teacher of the year 2012/2013 in zone 2 and was acting principal at the Pares Primary School for the first term 2014/2015.  In 2014/2015 she was teacher of the year at Pares Primary.  She co-hosts the TV Reading Programme - Reading The Magic Key. 

Mrs. Roberts holds dear the quotation ”Teach the child in the way he learns.”  Her accomplishments include setting up the Pares Primary Literacy Centre,  tutoring at the Antigua and Barbuda Centre for Dyslexia Awareness, private tutoring, and conducting reading workshops with the specialist teachers of Zone 4, Zone 2, and supervisors of the Early Childhood department.  Mrs. Roberts also co-facilitated workshops at the Summer Institute sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the teachers of the Lutheran schools from Antigua, Grenada and St. Lucia.  She is a member of the International Reading Association. She was also involved in training teachers and supervising the collection of data for the OECS/USAID Early Grade Student Reading Baseline Assessment (April - June 2016)

Mrs. Roberts is married to the one and only Clephane W. “Terrific” Roberts, an educator, author and the Founding Director of Success Concepts International. The union has produced three children, Chaldane, an entrepreneur, Rochere, working on her Massachusetts Real Estate License and Ronelle  who graduated from the Antigua and Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute with an Associate Degree in Hospitality Management.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION, ICT and Home and Family Life Education (HFLE): Michael Christopher

School Chaplain

Pastor Emanuel Elizée was born on the nature island of the Commonwealth of Dominica. After the death of his mother he migrated to Antigua in 1973 at the age of ten where is attended the Ottos Government School (Mary E. Piggott). He gained a Common Entrance scholarship to the Ottos Comprehensive School in 1974 and graduated in 1980.

 

After graduation, Pastor Elizée worked at the Christos Supermarket (Fort Road) as a shelf clerk and cashier from December 1980 to December 1983.

Pastor Emanuel Elizée attended the Barbados Baptist College from January 1984 to May 1985 and graduated with a Diploma in Theology.

 

Upon graduation from Barbados Baptist College he was employed at the Caribbean Distribution Company as a sales representative, where he worked from 1985 to 1987. During that same time Pastor Elizée held the position as Assistant Pastor at the Villa Baptist Church until he migrated to Canada to pursue a degree in theological studies.

 

Pastor Emanuel Elizée was ordained to the pastoral ministry on May 13, 1995. His academic preparation includes pre-seminary studies (Diploma in Theology—Barbados Baptist College) and earning a ministry degree (Bachelor of Religious Studies—Central Baptist Seminary, Toronto, Canada).

His ministry experience includes service as Pastor of Meadowcrest Baptist Church (Whitby, Ontario), Secretary of the Fellowship of Baptist Churches, Central Lake Ontario Association (Canada), and his current role as Presiding Elder of the Villa Baptist Church (1996-present).

 

Pastor Emanuel Elizée is married and has two adult children. In addition to his pastoral work, he is the Director of Pneuma Leadership Training Institute, an organization focused on developing skills in both public speaking and administration.  

 

Pastor Elizée has been the Chaplain at the Pares Primary School from May 2005 to present.

Ancillary Staff

SCHOOL MEALS: 
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SCHOOL MEALS: 
Ms Jodeph
Norma Lloyd
Carol Nicholas

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