Beneficiaries of James “Dick” Richards Trust

Shanisa Jones, 14 year old grade 9G student from Flint Valley, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, who attends Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) and maintains 83.8 average academic performance.

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) has been the safety net that has kept Shanisa in school. On behalf of Shanisa’s parents who reside in the peasant impoverished farming community of Flint Valley, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, the Association wishes to place on record its sincere gratitude to Sheila and Winston (Huntley) Hamilton, Nora “Kitty Teacher” Kirlew-Lawrence, Roy Holness, Kenneth Smith, Viola Cain-Hall, RN, Neville Jones, Beersheba Primary School Alumni, for their periodic generous sacrificial financial contributions that have enabled Shanisa to continue to attend and exce...

   Damanike Smith, 12 year old grade 7G student from Flint Valley, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, who attends Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS)  and maintains 69.1 averages academic performance.

Damanike Smith, whom the Managing Committee and the School Board at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) has decided to defray 50% of her school fees and inescapable miscellaneous expenses as a qualified beneficiary of James Richards Educational Trust Fund since September 2011, in her own quiet way, continues to make satisfactory progress at Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS.

Nickayla Stevens, 12 years old grade 7F student from Flint Valley, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, attends St. Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) and maintains a 75.6 academic performance.

Provision of Electricity –

Nickayla  and her mother occupied a one room apartment with no electricity.  Nickayla use to study her lesson with light from a kitchen bitch (kerosene tin lamp with wick) and light from her grand-father’s cell phone until BOSA provided electricity in the apartment.

Nickayla Stevens, a qualified beneficiary of James Richards Educational Trust Fund since September 2011, continues to do well academically at Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) where she excels in all her class subjects getting 90 in Spanish and 89 in Mathematics.

Tanhoi Guthrie, 13 year old grade 8-22 student from New Savannah, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, who attends Hampton High School and maintains 79.6 averages, 3.1 GPA academic performance.
Tanhoi Guthrie, a qualified beneficiary of James Richards Educational Trust Fund since September 2010, continues to do well academically at Hampton School. Her excellent academic average has earned her the coveted position at the Headmistress Round Table and a Gold Pin Award.