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PHOTOS: JIS Participates in Second Staging of the Boys’ Symposium

June 4, 2024
PHOTOS: JIS Participates in Second Staging of the Boys’ Symposium
Photo: Rudranath Fraser
The 2022 LASCO Teacher of the Year and Founder/Organiser of the Boys’ Symposium, Jody Brown, shares the motivation behind his initiating the event with JIS News, during this year’s second staging at Rudolph Elder Park in St. Thomas on May 31. The event aims to empower boys attending primary schools in Portland and St. Thomas. This year’s attendees participated in several engagements, including troubleshooting equipment, cardboard recycling, art and craft, and jewellery making. An invitation was also extended to members of the wider public to interact with representatives of the various booths mounted by government and corporate entities.

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Videographer in the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Social Media Department, Deron Douglas (right), shows students of Seaside Primary School in Portland proper camera-operating techniques during this year’s second staging of the Boys’ Symposium at the Rudolph Elder Park in St. Thomas on May 31. The event, which is the brainchild of 2022 LASCO Teacher of the Year, Jody Brown, aims to empower boys attending primary schools in Portland and St. Thomas. This year, the boys attending participated in several engagements, including troubleshooting equipment, cardboard recycling, art and craft, and jewellery making. An invitation was also extended to members of the wider public to interact with representatives of the various booths mounted by government and corporate entities.
Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Special Projects Officer, Romona Geohaghan (right), observes critical thinking skills being demonstrated by students attending the second annual Boys’ Symposium at Rudolph Elder Park in St. Thomas on May 31. The event, which is the brainchild of 2022 LASCO Teacher of the Year, Jody Brown, aims to empower boys attending primary schools in Portland and St. Thomas. This year’s attendees participated in several engagements, including troubleshooting equipment, cardboard recycling, art and craft, and jewellery making. An invitation was also extended to members of the wider public to interact with representatives of the various booths mounted by government and corporate entities.
Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Audio/Visual Technician, Rickardo Duhaney (right), explains the troubleshooting process for television with patrons of the Boys’ Symposium, which was held the Rudolph Elder Park in St. Thomas on May 31. The event, which is the brainchild of 2022 LASCO Teacher of the Year, Jody Brown, aims to empower boys attending primary schools in Portland and St. Thomas. This year’s second staging saw the boys participating in several engagements, including troubleshooting equipment, cardboard recycling, art and craft, and jewellery making. An invitation was also extended to members of the wider public to interact with representatives of the various booths mounted by government and corporate entities.

 

Last Updated: June 4, 2024

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