Sto­ry and pho­tos

by Rishi Ra­goonath

Dressed as princes and princess­es, the pupils of the Class of 2025 at Cedar Grove Pri­vate Pri­ma­ry School cel­e­brate their grad­u­a­tion with a din­ner and dance at The Are­na in San Fer­nan­do on Sat­ur­day.

The gala din­ner, chaired by par­ent and crick­eter Samuel Badree, was a joy­ous oc­ca­sion filled with laugh­ter and warmth. His pres­ence brought a live­ly en­er­gy to the evening, mak­ing it an un­for­get­table cel­e­bra­tion. It was a mem­o­rable night for the chil­dren as they looked back on the good times and trea­sured mem­o­ries from their nine years at the school.

Alexan­der Miller-Fakoory said: “One of my favourite mem­o­ries was when our teacher sur­prised us by tak­ing us out­side to play foot­ball dur­ing lunchtime.

“It was a hot sun­ny day, and the en­tire class was filled with ex­cite­ment. We ran around the field laugh­ing and cheer­ing, for­get­ting for a mo­ment that it was the end of an era. The game was not just about scor­ing goals; it was about friend­ship, free­dom, and cre­at­ing one more joy­ful mem­o­ry.”

Kae­den Amos ex­pressed his grat­i­tude to his par­ents, say­ing: “One of the rea­sons I stand here is be­cause of my hard-work­ing par­ents. The nine years I spent at Cedar Grove can be de­scribed as a roller coast­er. Thank you, Dad­dy, for al­ways teach­ing me to be re­silient dur­ing tough times and chal­lenges.”

Kaylee Singh thanked her friends for their sup­port.

“Thank you to my friends for keep­ing me in­spired to nev­er give up. I will nev­er for­get the amaz­ing time spent with every­one,” she said

Zariya Ad­do re­flect­ed: “I en­joyed laugh­ing with my friends. Every mo­ment helps shape who we are. I will al­ways re­mem­ber the fun sports days, class par­ties, and group projects.”

Ca­ia Green re­called: “One of my most cher­ished mem­o­ries is when we were al­lowed to play in the rain. Our ex­cite­ment showed how nat­u­ral­ly con­nect­ed we are.”

Sadie-Marie Chan­dler-Ro­hans­ingh: “There were many ups and downs, but I couldn’t imag­ine ex­pe­ri­enc­ing this jour­ney at any oth­er school. I will miss the friends I made and all the mem­o­rable mo­ments we shared here.”

Char­l­ize Ra­goonath said: “My won­der­ful nine years at Cedar Grove were al­ways filled with fun, and my teach­ers were al­ways help­ful and car­ing. I will miss my class­mates and the good times we shared.”

Nathan Bridglal added: “At Cedar Grove, we were a fam­i­ly. We were loved and en­cour­aged to dream big be­cause we were meant to shine.”

Sari­ah Badree said: “When I start­ed my jour­ney at Cedar Grove I was two years and nine months, it was my home away from home”.

The night took an elec­tri­fy­ing turn when DJ Saeed made a spe­cial ap­pear­ance, send­ing the grad­u­at­ing class in­to a fren­zy with their favourite songs and the lat­est hits. Hype man Shawn Craw­ford kept the en­er­gy alive, en­sur­ing every pupil had a mo­ment to re­mem­ber.

From show­cas­ing their best dance moves to a spir­it­ed boys vs. girls dance-off and a joy­ful con­ga line, the cel­e­bra­tion was pure mag­ic.