Jr. Junkanoo 2023

5:30pm, and continued until after 9pm, as each school showed off their creativity, and unbridled passion of youth for the art of junkanoo. At the start, moderator, Ms. Smith had announced that a special tally team had been secured especially for the event, who would, for the first time, provide the announcers with the final results, immediately following the end of the parade competition.

So, as the final drum line made their way off of the main thoroughfare, officials gathered, along with the senior high groups who had performed at the end, as junior junkanoo parade grand marshall, Mr. Leary announced the final results. music and theme portrayal, with North Eleuthera high taking the title for best choreography and tying for first place in the best banner category.

Category titles in the primary division for best banner and best music, went to Tarpum Bay primary. Best choreography and theme portrayal were taken by Wemyss Bight primary.

In the junior high division, best banner, music as well as theme portrayal went to the Harbour Island Green School, with the Deep Creek Middle School earning the best choreography title.

Overall 2023 Junior Junkanoo Parade winners announced in the three divisions were: Wemyss Bight Primary School with 340 points in the primary division; Harbour Island Green School in the junior school division with 353 points; and Central Eleuthera High School with 350 points in the senior school division. See Official Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture Results in the 2023 Eleuthera Junior Junkanoo Parade Competition on the right Photo Features cont

In the senior high grouping, Central Eleuthera high also walked away with best banner (in a tie with North Eleuthera), in April for Junior Schools.

Check out these winners: Spelling Competitions

Continue - Emma E. Cooper and Emily G. Petty, Claim Champion Titles for Grades 5 & 4 (primary)

In its comprehensive spelling program within Eleuthera, the Ministry of Education hosts, in addition to its District Spelling Bee - which has students from grades 4 through 8 competing for the opportunity to represent the island at the National Spelling Bee competition - primary level spelling competitions for each individual grade, including grades 1 through 5.

The grade five, and the grade four spelling competitions were hosted at the Ministry of Education’s Resource Center in Savannah Sound during late February and early March, respectively, as the Ministry of Education moves through the grade levels of competition.

The champion in the grade five spelling bee, hailing from the Emma E. Cooper primary school, was Breona Sineus, followed by Cay’mani Kiki- varakis from Emily G. Petty in second, and Nicolas Posner of the Harbour Island Green School in third.

The overall spelling champion in the grade four spelling bee, which was held at the Resource Center on Thursday, March 9th, 2023, was Gabriel Fox, from the Emily G. Petty primary school.

DIV: PRIMARY SCHOOLS

BEST BANNER

1ST TB Primary- 68 PTS

2ND EEC Primary- 67 PTS

3RD GC Primary - 62 PTS

4TH DC & WB Primaries - 61 PTS

BEST MUSIC

1ST TB Primary- 73 PTS

2ND WB& EEC Primaries - 64 PTS

3RD DC Primary- 49 PTS

4TH GC Primary - 46 PTS

BEST OVERALL SCHOOL

1ST EEC Primary- 69 PTS

2ND TB & WB Primaries - 67 PTS

3RD GC Primary- 63 PTS

4TH DC Primary- 57 PTS

EST CHOREOGRAPHY

1ST WB Primary- 73 PTS

2ND EEC Primary - 67 PTS

3RD GC Primary - 62 PTS

4TH TB Primary- 59 PTS

5TH DC Primary- 50 PTS

BEST THEME PORTRAYAL

1ST WB Primary - 75 PTS

2ND EEC Primary - 67 PTS

3RD GC Primary - 66 PTS

4TH TB Primary- 61 PTS

5TH DC Primary - 55 PTS

OVERALL PS WINNER

1ST WB Primary - 340 PTS

2ND EEC Primary- 334 PTS

3RD TB Primary - 328 PTS

4TH GC Primary- 299 PTS

5TH DC Primary - 272 PTS

DIV: JUNIOR SCHOOLS

BEST BANNER

1ST HIGS - 66 PTS

2ND DCMS - 60PTS

BEST MUSIC

1ST HIGS - 69 PTS

2ND DCMS - 68 PTS

BEST OVERALL SCHOOL

1ST HIGS- 75 PTS

2ND DCMS - 65 PTS

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

1ST DCMS & HIGS (TIE) - 72 PTS

BEST THEME PORTRAYAL

1ST HIGS- 71 PTS

2ND DCMS - 67 PTS

OVERALL JR WINNER

1ST HIGS - 353 PTS

2ND DCMS - 332 PTS