st
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Monthly Newsletter of Jesuit Memorial College, Port Harcourt
October 2018
PEARLS OF THE MOMENT
... in this issue
Pearls of the Moment P.1
Principal’s Desk P.1
School Calendar P.2
Entrance Exam Ad P.3
Nota Bene P.4-5
Inter-house Sports Invitation P.5
Jesuit Education P.6
Honours/Stars Club P.7
SAT Results P.8
Assembly Address P.9-10
Students Write-ups P.11-16
Staff Write-ups
P.16-19
Birthdays P.20
Whom to Contact P.21
Photos Speak P.22-23
IWUEZE Wisdom Oluwatobi (SS 3B, left) and NWANGWU Tobenna David (SS 3B) each
scored 1450 (out of a maximum of 1600) in SAT of October 2018. This score places them among
the top 1% of over 500,000 students who took the test worldwide. Wisdom also scored 34 (out of
36) - the highest score so far in Nigeria - in ACT of October 2018. AKALONU Onyinyechi
Chinenye (JS 1C, centre) obtained the highest average score in JMC in 2018/2019 Term 1 Regime
1, which was her first ever Regime in the school.
PRINCIPAL’S DESK
1. Greetings/Inter-house Sports
Competition: Warm greetings as we
prepare assiduously for our maiden interhouse sports competition, which is
scheduled for Saturday 17 November.
Parents of our Precious Pearls are all
invited. The competition will begin at
9:30am in the school premises. Parents
are reminded not to bring food for
students. The following day (Sunday 18
November) is 2nd Visiting Day.
2. Ignis Anniversary: Ignis newsletter is
exactly a year old this month, the first issue being that of
October 2017. Please join me in thanking our editorial team,
headed by Mr ALUMO Terna, for regularly publishing the
newsletter and for improving on its quality over the months.
Thanks also to all students and staff who have sent items for
publication and to all our readers.
3. October 2018 SAT and ACT Scores: I have received
scores of 37 Pearls who took SAT of October 6, 2018. Please
join me in congratulating IWUEZE Wisdom Oluwatobi and
NWANGWU Tobenna David who scored 1450 (out of a
maximum score of 1600) each. This score places them
among the top 1% of over 500,000 students who took the
examination worldwide. More than half (19 out of 36) of the
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Pearls featured among the top 10 percent worldwide. Their
names and a summary of the overall performance are published
later in this newsletter. 14 Pearls wrote the ACT. IWUEZE
Oluwatobi Wisdom scored 34 (out of 36) - the highest score so
far in Nigeria. OKEKE Kingsley Ikechukwu scored 33.
Congratulations to them all.
4. PSAT 2018: All 78 students in SS 2 wrote PSAT 2018 on
Wednesday 10 October. The results will be out in the first week of
December.
5. PreACT 2019: Plans are underway for our SS 1 and SS 2
students to write PreACT on Saturday 30 March 2019. Like PSAT
(which our students write in first term of SS 2), PreACT is an
excellent preparation for such international tests as the ACT and
SAT, which many top universities in North America and Europe
require. I have already emailed parents of SS 1 students in view
of the test. In due course, I will email parents of SS 2 students on
the same subject.
6. Extension of Library and ICT Laboratories: About a week
from today, we will complete the present extension of our school
library and ICT laboratories. The extension project will see the
sitting capacity of the library increase from 80 to about 340
persons. In fact, this time last year, the library had a sitting
capacity of only 50 persons. As for the ICT laboratories, the
capacity will increase from about 80 to 120 computers. This will
guarantee our students one-to-one access to computers
whenever it is the turn of their class to use those facilities.
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1-Sep
1-Sep
8-Sep
10-Sep
30-Sep
1-Oct
Oct 2-4
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6-Oct
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10-Oct
| PSAT for SS 2 students
20-Oct
| University Fair for SS 2 and SS 3 students (8:30am-5:30pm.
21-Oct |
27-Oct |
Oct 29-31 |
1-Nov
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10-Dec
(Parents of SS 2 and SS 3 students are welcome)
First Visiting Day (Mass begins at 10:00am)
ACT for SS 3 students
Second Continuous Assessment Test
All Saints Day [Feast Day for All School Houses] (No Classes)
7-Nov
| DELF
Nov 16-19| Break Weekend (No classes)
16-Nov | Inter-house Sports Heat
3-Jan
5-Jan
| Resumption for staff
| Resumption for returning students (9:00am-4:00pm)
16-Feb
| Inter-class Sprint Competition
Apr 12
13-Apr
| End of Term Show (5:00pm. Parents are welcome)
| Vacation begins for students (except JS 3, SS 1 and SS 3 students).
(School pick-up: 7:30am-1:00pm; Flight Departure:
8:30am-2:30pm)
Apr 13-17 | Kairos Retreat 4 (K4) for SS 2 students
Apr 13-26 | Citizenship and Leadership Training for SS 1 students
Apr 13- May 3 | Revision Programme for JS 3 and SS 3 students
14-Apr
| Palm Sunday
17-Feb
| First Visiting Day (Mass begins at 10:00am)
18-Feb
| Debate/Spelling Competition
Feb 22 - Mar 2| Admission Interview
5-Mar
| Dispatch of Offers of Admission
Mar 4-6 | Second Continuous Assessment Test
6-Mar
| Ash Wednesday
16-Mar | Open Day (9:00am-12:45pm) and Central PTA Meeting
(1:00-4:00pm). Parents should NOT bring food
17-Mar | Second Visiting Day (Cultural Day: Mass begins at 10:00am)
29-Apr
| Resumption for staff
1-May
4-May
| Workers' Day (No classes)
| Resumption for returning students (9:00am-4:00pm)
| Classes end
Apr 4-10 | Second Term Examination. Mock Examination II for JS 3 students
Feb 15-18 | Break Weekend (No classes)
| Publication of Admission Shortlist
(10:00am. Parents are welcome)
| 60 Angels Memorial Show (5:00pm.-7:00pm.
Parents are welcome)
15-Dec | Vacation begins for students (School Pick up:7:30am-1:00pm;
Flight Departure: 8:30am-2:30pm)
Dec 15-19| Kairos retreat 3 (K3) for SS 2 students)
22-Dec | Vacation begins for staff
Dec 24-Jan 2 | JMC offfices closed
29-Dec | Online Publication of First Term Examination Results
14-Dec
3-Apr
| Entrance Examination
16-Feb
| 60 Angels Memorial Mass and Procession
2018/2019 - SECOND TERM
30-Mar
| PreACT for SS 1 (and SS 2) students
7-Jan
| Classes begin
Jan 28-30 | First Continuous Assessment Test
9-Feb
October 2018
2018/2019 - FIRST TERM
Sale of entrance forms begin
17-Nov | Inter-house Sports Competition (10:00am.
Resumption for staff, prefects and new students (9:00am-4:00pm)
Parents are welcome)
Resumption for returning students (9:00am-4:00pm)
18-Nov | Second Visiting Day (Mass begins at 10:00am)
Classes begin
19-Nov | Debate/Spelling Competition
Mass of the Holy Spirit (10:00am. Parents are welcome)
30-Nov | Classes end
Independence Day (No classes)
1-Dec
| SAT for SS 3 students
First Continuous Assessment Test
Dec-3-11 | First Term Examination. Mock Examination
for JS 3 and SS 3 Students
SAT for SS 3 students
18-Apr
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Apr 18-21 |
19-Apr
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21-Apr
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24-Apr
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27-Apr
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Vacation begins for staff
JMC offices closed
Good Friday
Easter Sunday (Visiting Day for JS 3 and SS 3 students)
Online Publication of Second Term Results
Vacation begins for SS 1 students
2018/2019 - THIRD TERM
Jul 3-10 | Third Term Examination
12-Jul
13-Jul
6-May
| Classes begin
May 20-22| First Continuous Assessment Test
| End of Session Show (5:00pm. Parents are welcome)
| Vacation begins for students (School pick-up: 7:30am-1:00pm;
Flight Departure: 8:30am-2:30pm)
May 27
| Children's Day (No classes)
Jul 15-Aug 2|Service Project for SS 1 students
20-Jul
| Vacation begins for staff
2-Jun
| First Visiting Day (Mass begins at 10:00am)
27-Jul
| Online Publication of Third Term Results
Jun 10-12 | Second Continuous Assessment Test
Jul 22-Aug 10|JMC offices closed
23-Jun
| Maiden Graduation Mass and Ceremony (Mass begins at 10:00am)
Aug 19-28 | Staff Retreat (Batch 1: 19-23; Batch 2: 24-28)
2-Jul
| Classes end
Aug 29-30 | Staff Development Workshop
31-Aug
| Resumption for staff, school prefects and new students
2019/2020 - FIRST TERM
16-Nov | Inter-house Sports Competition (10:00am. Parents are welcome.)
(9:00am-4:00pm)
7-Sep
9-Sep
29-Sep
1-Oct
Oct 2-4
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Resumption for returning students (9:00am-4:00pm)
Classes begin
Mass of the Holy Spirit (10:am. Parents are welcome)
Independence Day (No classes)
First Continuous Assessment Test
19-Oct
| University Fair for SS 2 and SS 3 students (8:30am-5:00pm.
Parents of SS 2 and SS 3 students are welcome)
20-Oct
| First Visiting Day (Mass begins at 10:00am)
Oct 29-31 | Second Continuous Assessment Test
1-Nov
| All Saints Day [Feast Day for All School Houses] (No Classes)
Nov 15-18| Break Weekend (No classes)
15-Nov
| Inter-house Sports Heats
17-Nov | Second Visiting Day (Mass begins at 10:00am)
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18-Nov | Debate/Spelling Competition
29-Nov | Classes end
Dec-2-9 | First Term Examination. Mock Examination
for JS 3 and SS 3 Students
10-Dec
| 60 Angels Memorial Mass and Procession
(10:00am. Parents are welcome)
| 60 Angels Memorial Show (5:00pm.-7:00pm.
Parents are welcome)
14-Dec | Vacation begins for students (School Pick up:7:30am-1:00pm;
Flight Departure: 8:30am-2:30pm)
Dec 14-18| Kairos Retreat 5 (K5) for SS 2 students)
21-Dec | Vacation begins for staff
Dec 23-Jan 2|JMC offfices closed
28-Dec | Online Publication of First Term Examination Results
13-Dec
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October 2018
NOTA BENE
Ignis Monthly Newsletter: Ignis, the title of the newsletter, is
the Latin word for fire and flame – words with obvious
connection to the very foundation of the school. Students and
staff are invited to contribute newsworthy items for
publication: news/reports/updates about anything in the
school, personal reflection on anything concerning the
school, write-ups (poems, songs, essays, short stories, etc.),
art work (paintings, sketches, photographs, etc.) and indeed
anything worth publishing. Please email such items to Mr
Terna Alumo (alumo@jesuitmemorial.org) latest by the 15th
of every month.
Reading/Consulting the Newsletter: Please print copies of
the newsletter for your home and office. In particular, page 2
of the newsletter has an up-to-date version of the school
calendar. You may want to paste that page somewhere in
your home and office for easy reference. Hard copies of the
newsletter are available in the school library.
Parents' Contact: Parents are to update their contact
information (email address and phone numbers) regularly
by sending the information to principal@jesuitmemorial.org.
They are to do that especially if they notice that they do not
receive emails sent from the school.
Parent-Student Communication: The means of
communication of JMC students with their parents is by
email. Students are highly encouraged to email their
parents regularly, and vice versa.
Information on Student's Welfare: Parents are to contact
their children's class teachers whenever they desire to get
an update on the children's welfare. They may also contact
the Vice Principal (Student Life). The email addresses are
published in the Whom to Contact section of this newsletter.
Out-of-school engagements: Parents are to ensure that
all out-of-school engagements (visa appointments,
anniversaries, etc.) involving JMC students are scheduled
Hard copies of Ignis Newsletter: Parents are welcome to
for vacation. Medical (dental, optical, etc.) appointments
subscribe for hard copies of this newsletter by emailing the
should be scheduled for vacation as well. The school will
principal (principal@jesuitmemorial.org). Subscription costs
not allow students out of the compound for any such
N10,000 annually.
engagement except in cases of medical emergency. We are
insisting
on this because we want every student to
Request for Official School Documents: The principal's
experience every aspect of the well-rounded education we
office is happy to provide official school documents such as
transcripts, letters for embassies, and so on at the request of provide. Parents can indeed have their children resume
school as scheduled on the school calendar and remain in
parents. The expectation, however, is that the request is
made officially and sent to principal@jesuitmemorial.org. The school without interruption throughout the school year if
document will be ready five (5) working days after the request they plan early enough.
is received.
Student Air Tickets: Parents of students travelling by air
are expected to send their children's air tickets to
Communication: The principal's normal means of
travel@jesuitmemorial.org at least two weeks before the
communication with staff and parents is email. You are
actual travel day. This is to enable the school to make
welcome to email him anytime. Normally, he will reply within
arrangement for airport pick-up and drop-off. If we do not
24 hours except on weekends.
receive the air ticket of a student travelling by air, we will
Volunteer Service for Medical Practitioners: Parents who assume that the parents of that student have made (or will
make) private arrangement for his/her airport pick-up or
are medical practitioners are hereby invited to offer their
services in the school clinic on a voluntary basis. If you are a drop-off.
medical practitioner and would like to offer your services to
the school for 1-2 hours a week, please email the principal
(principal@jesuitmemorial.org) so we can work out a
schedule suitable to you and the school. Thank you in
anticipation of your generosity, and may God bless you.
Logging into Parents' Portal: Parents who are unable to log
into the parents portal (https://schoolcube.net/jmc/parents)
are to email imoto@jesuitmemorial.org for help and/or log in
details. They need to log into the portal to access their
children's results. Once logged in, they should take care to
click the right icon for the results.
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Food and Eating: We highly encourage all our students to
eat whatever is served in the school dining hall. Parents
should please support us in this regard by encouraging their
children to do same. Our expectation is that every student
eats at each meal at least one of the food items served.
Visiting your Child: We expect one or both parents to visit
their child in JMC every visiting day. Visiting days are as
published on page 2 of the newsletter. Parents, please plan
accordingly.
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October 2018
NOTA BENE
Food on Visiting Day: Some parents/guardians bring too
much food for students on visiting days. The students
themselves agree that it is unwise to so eat and drink on a
visiting day as to end up in the clinic the following day. So,
dear parents/guardians, please do not bring on visiting days
any food more than your child can reasonably eat within the 4
or 5 hours of visiting. A simple lunch pack containing your
child's favourite meal is enough.
Bringing Food to School: Parents are allowed (and highly
encouraged) to bring food to school for their children on
visiting days but not any other day. Visiting days are marked
as such in the school calendar. Open days and days for
drama shows, university fairs, memorial Mass/procession and
inter-house sports are not visiting days.
Cake: Our kitchen and bakery staff are happy to provide all the
food we need, including cake for birthday celebrations. As such,
we do not receive anything edible, including cake, from
parents/guardians for onward delivery/distribution to students.
This information does not apply to visiting days, when parents
are encouraged to bring their children's favourite meals.
Sending/Bringing Items: We are happy to receive items
mailed or brought in person for our students. However, the
approval of the Vice Principal (Student Life) should always be
sought and received beforehand. We do not receive any item
sent/brought without prior notice and approval. Here are the
contact details of the Vice Principal (Student Life):
vpstudentlife@jesuitmemorial.org, 07067303001.
Meeting the Principal: The office of the principal is open
to parents on visiting days and any school day (Monday –
Friday). However, except on visiting days, meeting is by
appointment. To book an appointment, please call
08147350617 or 08090099112. You may also email
secretary@jesuitmemorial.org.
Feedback: Please direct all feedback to
principal@jesuitmemorial.org. You may also want to
like/follow www.facebook.com/jmcprincipal to stay up to
date with school events.
S P E C I A L I N V I T A T I O N
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Box 18095, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
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Cordially Invite
all JMC parents
st
Annual Interhouse Sports
Competition
Under the Distinguish Chairmanship of
MR CHIGOZIE DIMGBA
Date: Friday, 16th November 2018 Time: 9:30am
Chief Host
Sports Director
Fr. Emeka Asogwa, SJ
iwunna@jesuitmemorial.org
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President
president@jesuitmemorial.org
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Venue: School Compound
RSVP
Fr. Ese Ehwerherume, SJ
Principal
principal@jesuitmemorial.org
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October 2018
JESUIT EDUCATION
COMMITTED PERSON
Ignatian Spirituality and Ecology: Entering into Conversation with the Earth
The Earth, in all its wonder and
diversity of creatures, is in crisis, and
responding to this crisis will require
every ounce of our willingness, skill,
creativity and commitment. Any
contemporary theology that claims to
address the ecological crisis will need
to be a theology that understands the
human person as part of the natural
world. My assertion is that
committed Christians have a
particular role in the environmental
movement because of our
understanding of both the Incarnation
and communion. A communal
theology, which takes seriously the
incarnational grounding of our human
identity, transforms humanity’s
relationship to the natural world and
inspires an enriched approach to the
ecological movement. I would argue
that the sacramental tradition of
Catholicism, and especially Ignatian
Spirituality, offers unique points of
entry into ecological spirituality and
thus the restoration of creation. When
the great themes of Christian
theology, such as covenant and
incarnation, are brought to our
contemporary understanding of
ecology, with an attitude that is critical
yet respects the beauty and depth of
both disciplines, they raise our
ecological vision from one of mere
materialism to one of reconciliation,
re-creation, and ultimately
resurrection.
In what follows, I do not pretend to
offer the full realization of what will
come from this meeting of Ignatian
Spirituality and an ecological
imagination, but I hope to offer a few
initial approaches. The tradition of
Ignatius provides a foundational
dimension to the spirituality of the
contemporary Church. In examining
aspects of this spirituality, I hope to
show how both its incarnational
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grounding and the character of
kinship (communion of subjects) may
act as means to understand and
encounter God as Creator,1 thus
allowing our ‘kinship’ with the Earth
and all of creation to inform our
encounter with the Incarnate Christ.
Ignatian spirituality demands a critical
awareness of the environment in our
daily lives, moving us from a sense of
mere stewardship of the Earth to a
deeper committed covenant of
membership in the order of creation.
One manifestation of this deeper
covenant is found in a Eucharistic
Ecology that both emerges from the
tradition and is imaged in Ignatian
spirituality. This view is not simply
instrumental, but rather sacramental:
the very relational quality of God as
actualized in creation. Such a
perspective recognizes that we are
engaged in a relationship with the
Incarnate God, and, therefore, must
see ourselves as kin with all creation,
both biologically and spiritually. The
model and movements of the
Ignatian Examen, serve as a tool for
persons to enter into the
conversation through this
transformative practice. The world
can no longer sustain the
dichotomies of spirit and matter or
ecology and spirituality. The
responsibility is ours--perhaps
especially those of us graced by the
gift of Ignatian spirituality—to
reconcile these opposites for the life
of the world. This demands an
ecological conversion and
commitment, by which we address
the current environmental crisis with
a fresh recognition of our kinship with
the created order. A new-found
communion can enable us to
overcome abstraction and to know
the bonds of Heaven to Earth, of
Spirit to Matter.
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Applying the Spiritual Exercises: A
Way of Commitment
In the Spiritual Exercises, we find a
basis for both a creation-centered and
resurrection- centered approach to
Ecological Spirituality. The fullest
expression of this approach is found in
the Contemplation to Attain Divine
Love. However, there are several key
mediations that assist in sensitizing us
to the ecological issues of our time.
Ignatius’ view of Christ as “Eternal
Lord of All Things” -- a resurrection
centered approach -- addresses the
polarization of human transformation
over and against the redemption of
creation. To argue that Ignatius was
focused on the transformation of the
natural world would be anachronistic;
however, it is clear that for him creation
is the place for salvation. Indeed, it is
within the wonder of creation that we
begin to comprehend Ignatius’ mystical
principle of “finding God in All things.”
At the beginning of the Exercises, we
experience God through creation
around us and we are moved
spontaneously “to praise, reverence,
and serve.” In the third rule of
discernment, Ignatius indicates that
we cannot know God apart from
creation. He presents consolation as
“an interior movement…aroused in the
soul, by which it is inflamed with love
of its Creator and Lord, as a
consequence, can love no created
thing for its own sake, but only the
Creator of them all” (SpEx #316). The
movement toward indifference (i.e.
relating freely) in the Principle and
Foundation, the Meditation on the
Incarnation, and the Mediation on the
Two Standards assist in increasing our
ecological awareness.
[Excerpt from Carver, SJ, Joseph (2015),
“Committed Person” in SIPEI, Bacelona.]
... to be continued in the next edition.
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October 2018
2018/2019 FIRST TERM REGIME 1 HONOUR ROLL / STARS CLUB
To be on HONOURS, students must obtain an average of at least
90.00% in the regime.
JS 1
90s or Stars Club is reserved for students who have obtained an
average of at least 90.00% in the term.
HONOURS
SS 3
IWUEZE Oluwatobi Wisdom, SS 3B. Average: 91.82
OKEKE Kingsley Ikechukwu, SS 3A. Average: 90.81
OUR MISSION
JS 3
OBIDIKE Chidera Christine, JS 3D. Average: 91.78
AKALONU Onyinyechi, JS 1C. Average: 92.16
IWUEZE Favour Anuoluwapo, JS 3A. Average: 91.09
Jesuit Memorial
College strives to form
leaders who are open
to growth,
intellectually
competent, loving,
religious and
commi ed to jus ce.
JS 2
OFONIME Iniobong, JS 2D. Average: 91.62
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ATTAH Kamsiyochukwu, JS 2C. Average: 91.45
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CHECHEY Homa, JS 2B. Average: 90.68
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October 2018
JMC STUDENTS SAT RESULTS
SAT OF OCTOBER 2018
Number
Mean
Mean
Total Score Math
Mean
ERW
Met Both
Benchmarks
Met Math
Benchmark
Met ERW
Benchmark
Met No
Benchmark
JMC
36*
1281
659
622
94%
94%
100%
0%
TOTAL
GROUP
516,564
1124
567
557
58%
62%
79%
17%
14%
16%
12%
36%
32%
21%
–17%
% Difference
* Okeke, Kingsley Ikechukwu (98th percentile)’s data was not included in computation of this table. One of the 36 students included is not in JMC.
That student features below the 80th percentile, thus wrongly lowering JMC’s average.
SAT OF OCTOBER 2018
US Nationally Representative Sample Percentile
Number of JMC Students
99%
90% and above
% of JMC Students
2
6%
19
53%
SAT OF OCTOBER 2018
NAME
US Nationally Representative Sample Percentile
1
Iwueze, Wisdom O.
2
Nwangwu, Tobenna D.
99%
99%
3
Okeke, Kingsley I.
98%
4
Fagbami, Ayodele T
97%
5
Maxwell-Mgbudem, Michael C.
6
Nuka, Joshua T.
97%
97%
7
Omayuku, Osan O.
8
Ojile, Udhedheoghene
9
Okesanjo, Omolola O.
97%
96%
96%
10
Okwuokwu, Chikamso B.
96%
11
Ugboaja, Chizobam S.
12
Ekwedike, Stephen T.
96%
95%
13
Emeh, Ebubechukwu J.
94%
14
Agabi, Enaji K.
15
Anyanwu, Tochukwu S
16
Orusa, Precious O.
93%
93%
93%
17
Okakuro, Eferoghene
Onwuanyi, Gamaliel I.
Oriakhi, Osagie J.
18
19
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92%
90%
90%
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A talk delivered on Monday 8 October, 2018
on the Virtue of the Week – Kindness – by
OKEKE Chinedu Vincent (SS 2A) during the
school assembly
October 2018
A talk delivered on Monday 22 October, 2018 on the Virtue of the Week –
Tolerance – by OJIAKO Cindy Harachi (SS 2C) during the school assembly
My name is Ojiako Cindy Harachi of SS 2C and I am
presenting the virtue of the week, tolerance.
Good morning to
everyone. My name is
Tolerance is a fair, objective, and permissive attitude
Chinedu Vincent Okeke.
towards those whose opinions, practices, race,
This week's virtue is
religion, nationality, etc., differ from your own.
Kindness.
Kindness is the quality of
Take a moment to think about your lifestyle: your
being friendly, generous,
behaviours, actions, thoughts, and environment.
and considerate.
Now think about someone else's. Chances are that
Affection, gentleness,
warmth, concern, and
Okeke Chinedu
care are words that are often associated with
kindness. One requires a lot of strength and courage
to be kind because those who are kind are often
considered naïve and weak. However, it is good to
OJIAKO Cindy
some aspects of other people's lives annoy you. Many people are surrounded by
others who appear to be incompetent' and 'annoying'. Understanding tolerance
can help shift our attitudes toward others, leading us to a more productive and
happy life. It is a version of the golden rule in that, insofar as we want others to
treat us decently, we need to treat them decently as well.
be kind. It is good to be kind because by acting
kindly towards others, we feel a sense of pride which
ultimately translates into our very happiness. Being
kind to others also has the potential to boost our
confidence and can provoke in others around us a
Lack of tolerance leads to fighting, violence, and finally destroys the peace and
security of society. When people fail in their arguments, they become intolerant,
and then they use force and aggression to support their point of view. We have
seen considerable incidents in recent history where, because of lack of tolerance,
people have attacked people of other faiths, their places of worship, their
sense of love.
communities. How nice it would be if everyone tries to express himself in a decent
Kindness is a quality that is contagious. If you are
and respectful way with tolerance.
kind, people around you will notice you for being
kind. When people notice you for being kind, they
will become inspired themselves to act that way.
Imagine the experience of seeing someone display
kindness towards a stranger. When this type of
encounter occurs, one often finds oneself wanting to
do the same, desiring to be the one to make
someone's day; to be the reason that someone has
The world is full of diversity, and that is the beauty of our universe. If there had not
been any diversity, the world would appear boring and unattractive, and without
any competition. The worldwide celebration of the International Day for Tolerance
was an annual observance declared by UNESCO in 1995 to generate public
awareness of the dangers of intolerance, and to help people understand the
importance of tolerance. The annual celebration of this day reminds us how
important and crucial these values are. It does not mean that we only observe
tolerance on this day, but this day is just a reminder, so we carry on these values
a smile on their face.
throughout the year.
The “Golden Rule” which permeates cultures, races
and generations, states that we should treat others
the way we want to be treated. This Golden Rule is
simple, yet valuable and relevant today as it were
yester years. The golden rule teaches us to be kind
since we all wish others to be kind towards us.
Tolerance does not mean that only one person or party shows tolerance and the
others do not. When some people disagree on a certain issue they must advocate
and express their opinion in a respectful manner. Hateful and provocative words
should not be used. Tolerance must be shown from both sides on issues in order
for it to be effective. Here, let it be clear that showing respect and tolerance to the
opinions of others does not necessarily mean you have to compromise your
You may like to ask yourself this question: how nice
and kind am I towards those who are around me?
principles or embrace or believe in others' ideas. It is simply a matter of
fundamental human rights.
Today, let us all try using kind and soothing words to
all the people we meet and we will see how happy
we can all be.
We can show tolerance in JMC by accepting the way people behave towards us in
various situations especially if their characters are annoying or unpleasant.
Teachers can also be tolerant of their colleagues in their different fields and
Thank You.
learning to respect the way their colleagues make their own decisions.
Thank you and have a beautiful day.
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A talk delivered on Monday 15 October, 2018 on the Virtue
of the Week – Suffering a cause – by OKORIE Fortress
Kosisochukwu (SS 2D) during the school assembly.
Suffering is usually
described as a negative
feeling or emotion that
involves a subjective
character of
unpleasantness, aversion,
harm, or threat of harm.
Suffering a cause is going
through pain and affliction
for someone or something
OKORIE Kosisochukwu
that is important to you.
Because we live in such an entitled society, often, we do
not see suffering as a virtue. We often think of suffering
only during the times we are assailed by circumstances
we cannot handle. When we choose to or have to go
through the same affliction for people or things that are
of importance and value to us, we see it as sacrifice and
not suffering a cause. The virtue of suffering is one that
stems directly from the suffering Christ. The same Christ
tells us to pick up our crosses and follow Him. This
Christ knows what it means to suffer for a cause, what it
means to go through unimaginable pain for people you
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love and for things we believe in.
Saint Ignatius of Loyola said, “if God gives you an abundant
harvest of trials, it is a sign of great holiness which He desires
you to attain.” Suffering in itself is not exactly a virtue, it is the
underlying love of suffering for something, an ideal or
someone that is truly remarkable. Suffering a cause is not
necessarily about the pain, or the torture, the affliction, the
torment, but the absolute love that guides all the actions. It is
the willingness to suffer for one's convictions and out of love.
For us here at JMC community, suffering a cause can occur in
all manner and ways; as a prefect of your class, you may not
be liked by your classmates for submitting their names for
noise making during study hall; as a table head, you maybe
disliked by many students for stopping them from making
food deals etc. When we stand up for a principle, something
or what we believe is right regardless of other people's
negative opinions, we are suffering a cause. Today, I invite
you to stand up for what you believe is right.
My name is Okorie Kosisochukwu
Thank you and have a lovely day.
MY EXPERIENCE IN JMC
Attending school in Jesuit Memorial College is a nice and eventful
experience. In the beginning, there were a lot of unfamiliar faces but as
time went on, I found friends who made my experience better.
From the quality of the school resources to the standard of education, I
can only think of JMC as one of the best places to be. The library and
the I.C.T. labs are second to none for schools of the same category in
Nigeria.
There is much to learn and so much that I am yet to learn. We all have
to do our best to make the most of our school experience.
By ERAYE Daniela Ine, JS 1A
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ERAYE Daniela Ine
In my opinion, JMC is a beautiful and a well-designed school. To survive,
one has to be studious. I have learnt a lot since I got here. The
extracurricular activities such as clubs, house reunion, games, PSE and
IBA help the school to aim for excellence in all students. The school has
encouraged me to be better at everything and learn to try new things.
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AN EVALUATION & COMPARISON
ON THE CATHOLIC LIFE-STYLE IN
JMC WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD
OUR WORLD TODAY
The world, full of varied species of both
plants and animals, is not the way it used
to be thousands of years ago. The change
it has undergone, what is it going to do to
us in the future come? Is it for the good or
bad of human kind?
OBIDIKE Chidera
ONYEKATU Chiamaka
As a new student of
the college, I have
taken time to
observe the Catholic
life-style in JMC and
tried to compare it
with that of other
parishes outside of
the school. I found out that there are no
much differences. However, I observed
that there are a few differences which
makes JMC stand out.
Recent flood in Abeokuta, caused by adversed changes in the atmosphere
Nowadays, we have cars running on fuel.
At the time cars were built, it might have
been a God-given gift. No more walking
long distances and carrying few loads to
reduce the weight of what carry. You can
go as far as you want with as much goods
Another observation is this: in JMC,
or people as you want. Everything however
students are given cheques only on special
comes with a cost. We have unconsciously
occasions so that they can do their
traded our fresh air and green nature for
offerings whereas for the churches outside
pleasure. The fumes that come out from
of the school, money offering occurs
the cars we drive each day have greatly
everyday Mass is been celebrated.
changed the atmosphere in a negative way.
We now have soot, the air is awfully
Also, outside the school, churches allow
polluted, the water and land included. All
only their fellow Christians to worship
because we want pleasure.
with them. But here in school, Christians,
non-Christians as well as those who don't
Wood, a very valuable material in our
have any religion worship together.
world today, is reducing in quantity each
day. Why is that so? Maybe it is because it
Outside the school, Catholic churches only
is in our nature as human beings to
offer communion to communicants. In
consume. We are consumers after all in the
JMC, in addition to given communion to
food chain. This might lead us to gradual
communicants, non-communicants are
extinction because we do not use and
offered special
replenish. In our houses today, there must
blessings.
be something made from wood. Even if it is
not the entire object made from wood, a
JMC also
part would have wood made out of it. This
allows nonwood we use, does it fall from heaven?
Catholics to
Why is it that it is cut down anyhow like it
participate in
Fr Ese blesses a student during Mass
would magically grow back? We do not
some Catholic
grow back what we have cut down. This is
events without discrimination.
one of the reasons why our environment is
I personally like the fact that sermons in
getting destroyed. Deforestation gradually
the school are short and are usually
leads to desertification. Desertification
between 15 to 30 minutes.
leads to drought and famine. Drought and
famine are our future if we do not get
In conclusion, Catholic life style in JMC is
things right and start planting.
nice and slightly different from the ones in
other parishes. However, the beauty of
Global warming in a way sums up the
celebrating Mass is still the same with that
result of human carelessness towards the
of other parishes.
care of the environment. We have greatly
harmed our God-given gift both
By ONYEKATU Chiamaka, JSS 1A
consciously and unconsciously. Our planet
In JMC, our Mass (Eucharistic celebration)
is a bit shorter, more understandable than
the one celebrated in most Churches I
have attended.
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is getting hotter and the cold regions of
the world are getting warmer. The excess
greenhouse gases we have in the earth's
atmosphere is increasing the
temperature of the atmosphere. The
fumes emitted from industries and
automobiles are added causes of global
warming. Things are rapidly getting out of
hand. Very soon the earth might be a hot
oven.
Picture: Gas flaring in the Niger Delta
There are always problems the same way
there are always solutions. We have the
problems piled up for us right now and
the solutions are still on stand still. We
need to act to improve the state of our
environment. It is not a one man effort. It
is a combined effort by everyone in the
world for the betterment of the world. If
we don't start now to reduce our level of
waste, things would get worse. We have
to start now to reduce the way we waste
resources and dispose non-biodegradable
waste in our environment. We need to
learn how to reuse, renew and recycle
our resources. We need to make our
world a better place for generations to
come and live a good life.
By OBIDIKE Chidera Christine, JS 3D
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A SIX YEAR JOURNEY: HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS
THE PSAT: MY PERSONAL REFLECTION
Often, when you are about to move to a
In third term of SS1, almost everybody
new environment, there are a lot of stories
resumed with variations of PSAT
that you will be told about such a place. And
preparatory books in their boxes. I didn't.
once in your new environment, there are
Fr. Ese kept sending mails to us
lots of things that you would expect to
regarding preparation for the test. To me,
happen. I am very new as a student in JMC.
I still had a lot of time, so I wasn't really
I came here with hopes and dreams. I also
bothered. It was actually close to the end
came here with lots of expectations which I
of my holiday when I realised that I
would like to share as I start a new life and
actually didn't have enough time to
my six year journey in JMC.
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prepare effectively. I had so much
materials to cover.
First, I came to this school hoping that I would be able to find a few
good friends, but it turned out to be harder than I expected. There are
As a result of my actions, I had to
so many new faces. I had this thought that if I went up to somebody,
sacrifice the last three weeks of my
they would reject me. But on the contrary, once I begun talking to
summer to practise. I read about the test and found out that I
someone, I realised that my thoughts were wrong, everybody seems
could qualify for a scholarship if I did really well. From then on,
likeable and is it difficult to just make a few friends.
I began practising seriously. I continued practising even after
Obiorah Trinity
resumption.
I was also hoping to easily make good grades, but after my first class,
I found out that in such place like JMC, that would be quite hard to
The week before the test, I read in a PSAT preparatory book
achieve. I have realised that if I have to make good grades, I have to
that I should not try to gain new skills but fine tune the ones I
work harder and study harder.
already had. Instead, I decided to do both simultaneously. The
day before the test, I studied as hard as I could. The test was
I had a bad impression of the school. Before coming to the school, I
written on Wednesday, October 10th and on that day, we didn't
had the impression that as a Jesuit school, any bad thing or offense
have classes in the morning. We were advised not to study,
you commit means expulsion, suspension, or other forms of
but to relax and compose ourselves. In all my anxiousness, I
punishment. But I found out that that is also not true, the school
could all but listen. I studied until the last minute before the
actually shows mercy. I was also surprised when I found that there is
test.
enough food and constant electricity which makes life easier.
When I was in the hall, I could say I was surprised that it was
possible to be more anxious than I was prior to the exam, but
On my first day in the school when I got to the boys hostel, I was
all I could do was to pray. Not surprisingly, I was able to get
scared because of the size of the building. But as I spent my first
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night, I realized that it wasn't so bad, it was a little shocking though,
but it was okay.
This one makes me think that you should not believe all that you hear.
Before I came to JMC, I heard that they steal in this school. So I was
worried that my things would be stolen by other students since I have
a lot of things that are precious to me. Later on, I would realised that
myself composed and allow all the rules sink in before the test
some students actually ask for things instead of just taking them from
began. The exam took about three hours thirty minutes in all.
you or from your locker, like when an SS3 student came up to me and
Some sections were very good while others were just good.
kindly asked me for something.
All in all, the PSAT was a wonderful experience as my first
I have great hopes and expectations from JMC for the six years I hope
international exam. It was an insight to what the SAT might be
to spend here, so do the rest of my set mates. These hopes and
like. I am very eager to see what my scores and I hope they
expectations are very special to me. I intend to never lose focus of my
are what I expect.
goals and always value all of my hopes and expectations and live up
to them.
By OBIORAH Trinity Oluebubechukwu, SS 2A
By OKOYE Frank Chidubem, JS 1A
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A REFLECTION ON JMC SECOND UNIVERSITY FAIR
JMC had its second university fair on Saturday, 20th November,
2018. There were so many different universities and colleges
and education from different parts of the world in attendance.
Some of the institutions that featured in the fair were Academic
City College Ghana, Concord College UK, Stanstead College
Canada, Westerfield College Lagos, United World Colleges,
Brookstone School, Global Education Counselling, United
Kingdom Education Advisory Service (UKEAS), Education USA
Adviser (EDUSA), CBEU Consult Limited (Pan Atlantic
University Lekki), CIC Educational and Professional Services
LTD, Nile University of Nigeria, University of Central Lancashire
Preston, England, University of Kent, University of Reading,
University of Huddersfield, University of Southampton,
University of Tampa Florida USA and University of Salford.
The event started with an introduction of all the universities by
the master of ceremony, Mr. Samuel Chisom. Each University
was given an opportunity to give a brief presentation on their
schools – academic life, housing, social activities etc.
There were short breaks in between
the talks to stretch and just relax a
little. After the talks presented by the
various representatives of these
institutions, it was the question and
answer session where both students
and parents where given the chance
to ask question to the representatives.
At the end of the programme, students
with their parents had time to
interactive with the representatives of
the universities at their various stands
on a one on one basis.
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JMC SECOND UNIVERSITY FAIR
On Saturday, 20 October 2018 was
the second University Fair in the
history of Jesuit Memorial College.
Being my first University Fair, I really
did not know what to expect. I did not
want to get my hopes up too high
thinking that universities from all over
the world would show up but I also did
not want to be too pessimistic. I really
just kept an open mind for whatever
may have been coming my way.
OKORIE Fortress
By the time all the universities had started arriving, I was
already quite impressed. It took a while for the students to
settle down before the event began. Initially the universities,
when they were introduced, seemed rather small in number.
The bad part of this is would be that the knowledge we would
get from the event would be limited but the good part would
be that it would not take too much time. However, to my
surprise, by the end of the university fair, there were up to
twenty if not more universities present.
I was excited to see universities from the UK, USA and even
Hungary present. I was most especially excited to see United
Word Colleges, the school my sister attended. I made sure I
paid attention to what the representatives had to say since
one's choice of university could be a big determinant of
success or failure in life.
ERAYE Vanessa
The experience for me was very educational and inciting.
Though at first, I was indifferent especially since the names of
the Universities invited did not seem to fascinate me. Also, I did
not think I was going to learn a thing from the fair because I had
already participated in one the previous term and I had my mind
made up on my University options. After listening to them, I was
able to pick a few new things that will help me in my choice of
university and the course to study. I believe the fair was an
opportunity for us to make life-changing decisions.
From the presentations to the interactions I had with some
university representatives, I can indeed say that this
University Fair truly enlightened me about what to look for
when I begin college applications and what the universities I
will take interest in will be looking for in my college
application. It is never too early to plan one's future and this
University Fair has got me thinking and setting goals and
aspirations for my future.
I am very grateful to the school for organizing this University
Fair. I really look forward to the next one so that I can gain
useful tips and gather information that will help me properly
map out a successful future for myself.
OKORIE FORTRESS KOSISOCHUKWU, SS 2D
ERAYE VANESSA, SS 3A
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CIRCLE
MY LITTLE MENDS
Flick of wrist, sleight of hand
The Painter teaches man
The infinity of a grain of sand
Lies unknown in a little span
What runs through my head,
Neither half of what I said,
Seems like absolute reality,
Fading away this mentality,
Is as good as planning a trap,
Deeper than this living crap,
Believing his Proserpine kiss,
While singing with no bliss,
A whole new journey,
Similar in tales of I, honey,
A word I cannot speak,
Because every sip or lick,
Is bound to end my little mends.
STEP BY STEP
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Flick of wrist, play of notes
The Maestro feels with man
Forgotten tunes of capsized boats
Sail high above the ban
Flick of wrist, play of skill
The Porter creates for man
The spark to light a man's will
Is found in the words, "I can”
IFEANYI Maryrose
I take one step every day,
A hundred steps backward every night,
Acting like a star in a play,
An action movie with no fight,
A single word i will say,
A million bulbs it will light,
Whispering short words, i will pray,
Still left with nothing but sight,
Once the sun sets i will lay,
Underneath the blanket hiding all fright.
Poems By IFEANYI Maryrose, SS 2C
LIFE
Flick of wrist, dots of red
The Teacher consigns man to hell
Years of toil and hardwork, dead
Tell the story of how he fell
Flick of wrist, sleight of mind
UGBOAJA Stephany Chizobam
The oracle sees for all
Woe to the good and woe to the kind
The evening heralds your fall
Flick of wrist, strike of gavel
The judge has sealed man's fate
"To the dungeons" to grope and grovel
Until man is late
Flick of wrist, sleight of words
The writer feels without knowing
The struggle of obeying self-acclaimed Lords
The frustration of a tailor's sewing
Flick of wrist, sleight of eyes
God ponders and decides
That the life of happy goodbyes
Is reserved for he who abides.
Life is a long sleep
maybe, one too deep
It comes as a shock to many
Some rainy, others sunny
UGBOAJA Stephany, SS 3A
Since everyone has his mood
Just wish that yours shall be good
BY BATUBO VANESSA, SS 1C
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NEVER GIVE UP
MY SHOES TO HAVEN TO HAVOC
Everyone tries to do well in life
They do their best to thrive
But most times, they end up failing with strife
I rise up today to the bright shining sun
The beauty of the day keeps me going
I take a warm bath
I wear my best of clothing
My best day yet awaits me.
We work very hard and strive
To hope for a new day with life
Then that trial,
That quest or task
All ends up in vain
I have a nourishing breakfast
read a pleasant book
at the start of the day what more do I need?
EGBUONU Ifeoma
We most times don't get what we want from our hustle
We struggle,
Struggle to the highest pinnacle
To reach where we want to be and thrive
Instead we don't, we decline
But don't let that bring you down friend
Don't carry emptiness and sadness like heft
Because of that failure or disappointment you felt
All we can do is work harder
Try and try further
Even if you fail a thousand time
Don't back down,
Don't break down
But hold on, hang on a little longer
Because everything will turn around better
And most importantly,
Never give up!
I take a stroll round the streets
the whole neigbourhood pleased to meet indeed.
I go shopping to see what I can get
to see and believe hence to get and experience
I buy a pair of shoes, brand new!
just for me.
I find my way home and on my way stopped by a very
gentleman indeed
who says to me " your shoes to haven, your shoes to havoc”
deeply reflecting on my way back
I got home only to find myself asleep immediately
I arise to a bright sunny morning
and after the normal routine
prepare for a wedding party
I wear my prettiest of dresses
and put on my shoes to haven to havoc
Now it dawns on me that I put on these shoes to lead me
to restiveness or to troubles
to satisfaction or to distress
to happiness or to sadness
only HIM knows what awaits me next
By EGBUONU Ifeoma, JS 3A
I take each step
keep them in HIS holy bosom
pray to YAHWEH
to keep these shoes to haven
and not to havoc
By ANONYAI Amanda, SS 1B
ARKWORK
By OKERE Chidalu, SS 1D
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LIFE
ANTIDOTE
Life is a mystery
And sometimes gives a misery
It could be very confusing
And sometimes very amusing
The sun goes down.
Time has grown.
Nobles dine with gaiety.
Peasants retire with anxiety.
There is a key
Hidden for me
Very precious to me
But far from me
The master laughs heartily.
They look on contemptuously.
Clinks of glasses fill the air.
The anxious run to the lair.
If you can
Tackle life with all skills
Overcome each and every hill
Then you'll enjoy life and all its thrills
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ELUAGU Nneoma
Slowly, the goblet reaches his mouth,
eyes grow wide, looking south.
He drains it in one gulp,
North their eyes go, ready to pulp.
Never let go
Of what you can hold
And always be the best
When you're put to the test
Soon, he begins to choke
as though he had a dinner of artichoke.
Smiles grow from ear to ear,
silent smiles that people do not hear.
By Eluagu Nneoma Cheryl, JS 3A
He turns purple like the favoured aubergine of the land.
Swiftly, mocking lips are covered with the hand.
A squeal of laughter escapes followed by the rest.
The anxious leap from the lair to join the jest.
ARTWORK by KES-OGEDEGBE Paris, JS 2C
OKOLO Jessica
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Nobles scream with horrifying prestige.
All to be silenced by the mock vestige.
“Antidote! We need the antidote,” the anxious cry.
“Antidote to what?” the nobles pry.
“An antidote to Corruption.
An antidote to Oppression.
An antidote to Murder.
An antidote to Flounder.
An antidote to the poison
we eat everyday as though it was a bowl of 'fraïs poisson’
A place where:
The sun goes down.
Time would have grown.
Peasants would dine with gaiety.
Nobles retire with anxiety.”
“Can it happen?” a squeaky peasant voice speaks up.
“Never!” the once slumped master says, laughing as he rises up.
OKOLO Jessica, SS 3D
KES-OGEDENGBE Paris
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A FORTUNATE MISTAKE!
Once upon a time there was a teacher named Mrs.
Akpan. Mrs. Akpan, the class teacher of JSS 2A,
happened to meet the father of one of her students in
the market. He inquired how his son was faring. Since
Mrs. Akpan couldn't figure out who exactly the man's
son was she answered casually, ''Oh! He is O.K.''
‘'You mean he behaves well in class and studies well?''
repeated the parent. Still confused as to the identity of
the child, Mrs. Akpan replied, ''Of course, he is a fine
lad.''
That evening, the father reported the incident to his son,
Item-Ufok. He couldn't believe his ears. He had all along
felt that his teacher considered him one of the
mischievous ones in her class. The next day, Item-Ufok
asked his teacher if she really told his Dad that he is a
fine boy. It was only then that Mrs. Akpan realized that
she had indeed made a serious mistake. Item-Ufok was
one of the most troublesome students in her class but it
was too late to correct the mistake. Besides, it would be
too embarrassing to tell Item Ufok what she really felt
about him. So, pretending to be serious, she said, ''Of
course, you are a good boy. Or do you doubt that?''
There was a look of relief on Item-Ufok's face.
From that day on, Mrs. Akpan pretended towards ItemUfok as if he was a well-behaved boy. Slowly, she began
to notice that he was indeed improving on his behaviour.
In about four months, Item-Ufok became a changed boy,
simply because his teacher made him believe that he
was good and he felt the urge to live up to her
expectation.
This means that what a child becomes during his life in
school depends, to a great extent, on his/her teacher's
input to his/her life. His character has already taken
certain, definite direction for good or evil. Still, the
teacher will become the central figure during his life in
school for better or worse.
According to a Psychologist, Dr. Haim Ginott, who was
himself once a school teacher, wrote:
I have come to a frightening conclusion. I am the decisive
element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that
creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher I possess tremendous power to make a child's life
miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument
of inspiration. I can humiliate or humour, hurt or heal. In all
situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be
escalated or de-escalatedand a child humanized or dehumanized.
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A teacher is a person
who gives not only the
knowledge but also
inspiration to liveand
encouragement in times
of difficulties to
overcome them. A
teacher has a clear
picture of his/her
students, their
UMOH Geraldine
capabilities and weaknesses and never underestimates them.
He/she believes that every child has his/her own potential to
prove. Teacher's words are like light that stand as a guiding
lamp in darkness, ultimately education is the base to our
wisdom.
A teacher has the patience to solve students' problemsand
always wants to be there for the students. Also, a teacher
never capitalizes on the negative side of a student, instead
focuses on helping the child improve on every aspect of life.
What the world lacks today is not so much learned people but
people who are really Human. Let me quote a Headmaster's
letter on the re-opening day to his teachers which Dr. Haim
Ginott reproduced in his book, ''Teacher and Child'':
Dear Teacher,
I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what no man
should witness. Gas chambers built by learned engineers. Children
poisoned by educated physicians. Infants killed by trained nurses.
Women and babies shot and burned by high school and college
graduates. So, I am suspicious of education. My request is:
Help your students become human. Your effort must never produce
learned monsters, skilled psychopaths, educated Eichmanns
(Militants). Reading, writing, arithmetic are important only if they
serve to make children more humane.
NOW THE QUESTION IS, ARE YOU AN EDUCATOR?
Dedicated to anyone in charge of children: parents, teachers,
counsellors and nurses etc.
Thank you very much for reading and I pray that God gives
you the grace to train the children He has given you in the
way they should be taught!
By UMOH Geraldine, Counsellor
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“AGRICULTURE: THE WAY OUT OF ECONOMIC WOES”
knowledge by getting exposed to
science and art of cultivation of crops
different work sectors. At the end of the
and rearing of animals in order to
six months as a student, you must
provide basic needs of man. The most
provide a concise report of all the
basic aim of Agriculture is provision of
experiences you acquired during out of
food and other secondary aims include
school learning. The National
provision of income, employment,
University Commission (NUC) used to
clothing, shelter and generation of
pay all the participating students.
revenue to the Government etc.
Nevertheless, the school management
Nigerians, prior to colonial era were
would always start payment with
EMEDOLU Lilian
Agriculture can be defined as the
notable in practising Agriculture. Most of
the external revenues are generated
from the exportation of cash crops such
as cereals, palm oil and groundnut.
However; the discoveries of mineral
Agricultural students before those
students in faculty of science and
engineering will get theirs. Their
reason for giving priority to the
Agricultural students is not far-fetched:
resources such as crude oil which is
studied them in the past. At present,
they often remain in school and carry
referred to as the “The Black gold”
millions of graduates are lying in wait in
out their own SIWES within the school
shifted the interest of the masses from
those fields mentioned above. Other ones
farm, some students from other
Agriculture to Petroleum. Thus, an
have limited opportunities. Sometimes, I
faculties end up sitting back at home
average Nigerian youth wants to work in
wonder “if everyone should go into
without getting any place of
petroleum industry. Agriculture is today
medicine because it is 'hot cake', who will
attachment for themselves for out of
left in the hands of peasant farmers
be the patient?” It is quite frustrating that
school learning. At the end, they will
practising it on a small scale. They
years after leaving school, most youths
produce fake stamp and fake report so
rarely produce enough for themselves
are yet to find their feet and live
as to cover up their lapses. Funny
and their families let alone having
independent of their parents. This is
enough, some of those students will go
excesses for sale to the masses. This
because they laid all their eggs in one
for browsing and obtain concise
has led to scarce commodity and
basket. We need to have an alternative
reports about the companies or
inflation in the prices of the few
(plan-B) set aside in form of skill
industries they gathered experiences
available food commodities.
acquisition or developing our talent. This
from.
will help our youth tremendously to fall
In the recent past; the Nigerian
back into something if the first plan did
Moreover, “prior to our last days in
president made a provocative statement
not materialize.
school, I remember getting involved in
discussion with one of my colleagues
in London which was rightfully
interpreted thus “Nigerian Youths are
More often than not, I ask myself “What
in the same lodge though he was an
Lazy”. We are not far from that
is wrong with Agriculture when compared
Engineering student. He said to me, “I
statement for it is obvious that many a
to every other courses in the University? I
want to partnership with some-one that
Nigerian youths put all their eggs in one
remember vividly in our days back in
studied Agriculture immediately after
basket. What do you expect in a country
school, the fourth year students were
our Youth service”. Why do you want
such as ours where only few definable
always made to embark on six months
to partnership with an Agricultural
courses are valued? Most Nigerian
Industrial Training scheme often referred
student instead of an Engineering
youths are rushing to obtain degrees in
to as IT or SIWES (Students Industrial
student? In his candid reply, he said to
courses such as Medicine, Law or
Work Experience Scheme) on yearly
me “ I don't want to waste years in job
Engineering. It may have been
basis. After learning in the classroom,
hunting; at least if I invest 30% of my
beneficial to the definable few that
students were meant to gather practical
total earning from youth service
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savings in Poultry-broiler- production, I
October 2018
Goat ranching
will be sure of making out income and
Finally, I am sure that your answer to that
profit every three months. I want an
student's question is as good as mine. Nigeria
is still where it is today because we have not
alternative aside from the certificate I
asked her, “Do you hate Agriculture?
surface immediately after school, then I
determined to change our parallel way of
No, but you could have done something thinking to “Do it better the other way”. Again,
better with your life rather than
a junior student once said to me in my
will be wasting more years, there is no
Agriculture”. I pondered and I said to
previous school, “I hate Agriculture as a
time to waste”. “You have a proper
her, “Well, I applied all my talents when
subject”. Why? I probed and she replied “It
planning and you will succeed with that
necessary and where it is needed. I
has to do with a dirty tedious job”. And yet,
plan” I replied. Truly, his thought was in
never regret studying an Agricultural
you are eating? I asked her but she could not
line with the advice given to us shortly
Science because it offers me dual
reply further. Can that trend in her ever be
before our graduation by our HOD. Dr
opportunity in work sector. Thus; I work
changed? Can the youths of this era ever re-
Esonu once said to us, “You don't need
with my certificate for paid employment
structure their poor attitude towards
to carry a certificate in search of job
and I can as well work in self-employed
Agriculture? Truly, if I should see myself as the
before you start earning, your father's
sector if I decide otherwise in future. I
next minister of education tomorrow,
backyard is just enough space for a
cannot forget in a hurry a question my
acquired in the field of Engineering. If I
rely only on that and the job did not
good start”.
Agriculture must be made a compulsory
student asked me on a day we treated a subject in all schools and not an elective
topic in Basic Science with the title
subject. “He who will not work, let him not eat
Furthermore, a student once said to me,
“Resources from living and non-living
“Aunty, you write books? Why did you
things”. One of student asked me,
study Agriculture? I pondered and I
and for the fact that everyone is eating is a
proof that everyone should get involve in
“Aunty, our country Nigeria is so blessed knowing 'How to produce, what to produce
with both natural and mineral resources, and the quantity to produce' the food we all
why are we so poor? I pondered deep
Maize farm
eat”. Wait for my next article on “Careers in
and I found a suitable answer from Keith Agriculture”.
Harrel's book “Attitude is everything”.
Yes, until we change our poor attitude
By EMEDOLU Lilian Nnenne
towards Agriculture, the growth of our
country is still limited.
THE ELERGY OF WORA OLA
The more l strive to seal the memory
The more nature reminds me what l hate to remember
Shall your voice be heard again?
When shall we expect you from this journey?
It is hard to forget one who gave you so much to remember
I love to cry this in the rain
When l do, no one shall hear the pain
But shall tears not taste different from water?
It is hard to see and wait through the cloud of tears
For the journey that might never be returned
However, harder it is to give up when it is everything you want
Oh Wura-Ola! Where are you to see the agony you have caused?
Will the heart be consoled again?
Yes! It is better to leave a broken mirror than to hurt yourself trying to fix it up.
BY OLAJIDE, O.A. WILLIAMS
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY / JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE
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Okoro Anabelle .I. (SS 2C)
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Okolo Chimbusomma .E. (JS 2A)
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Otache Ebute .A. (Security)
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WHOM TO CONTACT
For information on the general welfare of a student, please contact the class teacher.
Class: JS 1A
Class Teacher: ASEKHAME, O. OKHIDIE
Email: asekhame@jesuitmemorial.org
Class: JS 1C
Class Teacher: NTAH, KELVIN
Email: ntah@jesuitmemorial.org
Class: JS 2A
Class Teacher: ANOKA, EMMANUEL E
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SITUATION: Concerning policy and
finances
President
Class: JS 1B
Class Teacher: SR. RITA IGWENAGUM, SHCJ Email: president@jesuitmemorial.org
Email: igwenagum@jesuitmemorial.org
SITUATION: Concerning admission/
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school, change of address (email or home
Class: JS 1D
Class Teacher: UZOKWE, JOSEPHINE CHIOMA or phone number)
Email: uzokwe@jesuitmemorial.org
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Class Teacher: DAPPA, MILDRED DAMINA
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SITUATION: Concerning academics,
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Class Teacher: INIEGA, CHUKWUMA LUCKY
SITUATION: Concerning supplies,
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Class Teacher: EFIH, GODSPOWER
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Class Teacher: EKEH, THERESA CHINYERE
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Class Teacher: NWACHUKWU, CAROLINE O.
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Class Teacher: ONYEGIDE, AUGUSTINE C.
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Class Teacher: OPOKO, JOSEPH
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SITUATION: Concerning spiritual life
Chaplain
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SITUATION: Concerning health
Clinic Head
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SITUATION: Concerning ICT
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questions/concerns to the right school
official, as indicated above, enables the
school to address those issues/concerns
quickly.
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PHOTOS FROM 2018 MASS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT / AWARD CEREMONY
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PHOTOS FROM 2ND UNIVERSITY FAIR & PSAT 2018
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