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Energy Conservation Programme for Inner-City High Schools
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The
Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) has launched a Energy
Conservation Programme for Inner-City High
Schools. It is designed to educate the youth in
environmental and energy conservation matters, while
seeking to improve their behaviour, attitudes and
values. The venture also exposes students to another
part of the island through visits to the
Font
Hill Beach Park (owned
by the PCJ) in St. Elizabeth.
The
Programme, which began in April 2003, will run initially
for a four-year period. Thirteen High
Schools have been participating in the Programme. They
are as follows:
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| Children
having fun at the beach. |
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Charlie
Smith High |
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Holy
Trinity High |
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Penwood
High |
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Tivoli
Gardens High |
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Trench
Town High |
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St.
Anne's High |
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Dunoon
Park Technical High |
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Papine
High |
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Edith
Dalton James High |
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Clan
Carty High |
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Haile
Selassie High |
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Constant
Spring Primary & Junior High |
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Denham
Town High |
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Teacher
from Trench Town High enjoy lunch at the Beach
Park.
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photo for larger image) |
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Students
from Clan Carty High pose on their arrival at
the beach.
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photo for larger image) |
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Students
from Haile Selassie High School participating
in the Exhibition.
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photo for larger image) |
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Programme are as follows: |
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- Half-day
interactive presentations, and
an exhibition on energy conservation, and
the environment are held at the PCJ Resource
Centre.
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| Student
from Edith Dalton James High
receiving quiz prize at
Exhibition. |
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- Students
receive give-aways (pens, squeeze
bottles, caps, etc.) promoting
"Energy Conservation"
- Compact
fluorescent lamps are issued to the
teachers as tokens that promote energy
efficiency and conservation
- A
copy of "Jamaica's
Energy", a
publication by Dr. Raymond Wright, Group
Managing Director of the PCJ, is donated
to the school's library.
- Posters
highlighting energy conservation tips
are presented to the teachers for
mounting in their schools.
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- A
competition staged during each term, at the end of which, forty students and their
teachers are recipients of an all-inclusive
trip to Font Hill Beach Park. The criteria
for selection are:
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- Maintenance
of an excellent attendance record.
- Behaviour
must be of a very high standard.
- Reasonable academic record.
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- A
talk on good "Values and Attitudes" is given in all the schools during devotions by
a representative from the Family Life Ministries.
Questionnaires
are distributed to the schools for feedback.
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