Anchovy Primary School lauds cops
Published:Tuesday | December 18, 2018 | 12:00 AMHopeton Bucknor/Gleaner Writer
WESTERN BUREAU:
Several officers assigned to the St James Community Safety and Security Branch and the St James Federation Constable Branch Board were recently honoured by the Anchovy Primary School, also in St James, for projects they recently undertook at the school.
"We are all very grateful for the support we have received from the officers, especially the teachers and students from the grade three block, who had the classrooms painted," said Cheryl Grant Mitchell, the school's principal. "We are really appreciative of what they did and we just wanted to thank them publicly."
The officers were each presented with a gift as a token of the school's appreciation for their individual contribution to the success of the project, which was carried out over three months.
HAPPY TO HELP
Detective Woman Constable Nadine James, who also serves as chairman of the St James Federation Constable Branch, told The Gleaner that her team was happy to have been able to do what they did for the school, noting that the gifts they received as a token of the school's appreciation were kind gestures, which they appreciate.
"We completed the project by the painting of grilles, doors and other sections of the school, which complement the earlier work we did in cleaning up the compound," James said. "This outreach exercise, which we did under the theme, 'Service above self', is the first of many such projects we will be embarking on during our outreach programmes across the parish."
Constable Christopher Foster, the public relations officer for the Police Federation Constable Branch, said following an incident at the school, where a child was killed by a car driven by a teacher, they took the decision to do something to lift the spirit of the school family.
"Following the accident at the school, we the officers of the Community Safety and Security Branch and the Federation Constable Branch Board decided to embark on the project," said Foster. "We are happy we did as the school is very pleased about what we did."