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Leroy "the grandmaster" young - special guest
22 March 2017
Almost fty students gathered inside the Art Centre yesterday afternoon for a special History Club presentation. The program began at 3:15 sharp with MC Erei Palacio (2B) introducing Erik Leslie (1A) who recited the poem Lies, followed by masterful performances from Jason Cutkelvin (1A), Terrel Davis (1C), Keenan Hyde (1C), and Dejeor Joseph (1D). These students captivated the audience with solid voice projection and dramatic con dence. Thanks to our performing arts teacher Rudolph Thompson, rst formers demonstrate impressive oratorial foundation.
Special guest poet Jahseed X Avila brought down the house with an uplifting and inspirational original poem, an appropriate prelude for the man of the hour Leroy “The Grandmaster” Young.
And when it was his turn, the Grandmaster had the students in the call and response mode as he performed his classics Time and Pressure. He ended his encounter with a recent poem Here Comes Donald Trump which had the students in a roar.
At the close of the ceremony the Grandmaster received the History Club’s Social Justice in the Community Award from head of the SJC History Club Alec Betancourt.
It read:
Social Justice in the Community Award 22 March 2017
We at the SJC History club acknowledge and pay tribute to The Grandmaster for his enormous and impacting contributions to Belize’s literary and creative life for over three decades. Through his consistent composing, writing and performing the Grandmaster has single handily established a strong and popular foundation for our spoken word and dub poetry traditions.
He has four published books of poetry Made In Pinks Alley, Generation X, Unshakkkaled, and The Grandmaster. He has released three DVD recordings with the Image Factory Art Foundation and collaborated with Stonetree Records on an award winning and ground breaking CD Just Like That.
Almost fty students gathered inside the Art Centre yesterday afternoon for a special History Club presentation. The program began at 3:15 sharp with MC Erei Palacio (2B) introducing Erik Leslie (1A) who recited the poem Lies, followed by masterful performances from Jason Cutkelvin (1A), Terrel Davis (1C), Keenan Hyde (1C), and Dejeor Joseph (1D). These students captivated the audience with solid voice projection and dramatic con dence. Thanks to our performing arts teacher Rudolph Thompson, rst formers demonstrate impressive oratorial foundation.
Special guest poet Jahseed X Avila brought down the house with an uplifting and inspirational original poem, an appropriate prelude for the man of the hour Leroy “The Grandmaster” Young.
And when it was his turn, the Grandmaster had the students in the call and response mode as he performed his classics Time and Pressure. He ended his encounter with a recent poem Here Comes Donald Trump which had the students in a roar.
At the close of the ceremony the Grandmaster received the History Club’s Social Justice in the Community Award from head of the SJC History Club Alec Betancourt.
It read:
Social Justice in the Community Award 22 March 2017
We at the SJC History club acknowledge and pay tribute to The Grandmaster for his enormous and impacting contributions to Belize’s literary and creative life for over three decades. Through his consistent composing, writing and performing the Grandmaster has single handily established a strong and popular foundation for our spoken word and dub poetry traditions.
He has four published books of poetry Made In Pinks Alley, Generation X, Unshakkkaled, and The Grandmaster. He has released three DVD recordings with the Image Factory Art Foundation and collaborated with Stonetree Records on an award winning and ground breaking CD Just Like That.
History Club visits Serpon and Pen Cayetano Studio Gallery
24 Febrauary 2017
We are Like Trees
by yasser musa
Yesterday our SJC History Club journeyed to southern Belize for two site visits.
We first stopped at the archaeological site of Serpon, once an industrial era sugar mill established in 1865, located one mile off the Southern Highway on the Sitee River road. Our students scanned the space with their hands, their eyes, their iPads, their phones, go pros and their minds.
The second stop was the Pen Cayetano Art Gallery in Dangriga owned and operated by Belize’s legendary artist and musician Pen Cayetano and his wife Ingrid. Pen gave our club members an engaging tour of his gallery, featuring historic paintings, and objects. His voice was bold, forceful and compassionate. At one point he hugged Juan Reina, a visually impaired student, and asked him to “feel my vibes, we experience the world through our voice.”
Pen’s magnetism captivated the youths. He gathered them under large Noni and mango trees, inviting them to sit on a long dory, and organized a drumming and dancing session.
In the forest of Serpon we came together for a photograph under a massive tree. The canopy held us together, the festival of lights darting though, illuminating our spirits. And in the sandy yard of the Garifuna culture guru we danced, and drummed and bore witness to a human tree - his energy overpowering us - his charisma washing us in a moment of pure joy.
by yasser musa
Yesterday our SJC History Club journeyed to southern Belize for two site visits.
We first stopped at the archaeological site of Serpon, once an industrial era sugar mill established in 1865, located one mile off the Southern Highway on the Sitee River road. Our students scanned the space with their hands, their eyes, their iPads, their phones, go pros and their minds.
The second stop was the Pen Cayetano Art Gallery in Dangriga owned and operated by Belize’s legendary artist and musician Pen Cayetano and his wife Ingrid. Pen gave our club members an engaging tour of his gallery, featuring historic paintings, and objects. His voice was bold, forceful and compassionate. At one point he hugged Juan Reina, a visually impaired student, and asked him to “feel my vibes, we experience the world through our voice.”
Pen’s magnetism captivated the youths. He gathered them under large Noni and mango trees, inviting them to sit on a long dory, and organized a drumming and dancing session.
In the forest of Serpon we came together for a photograph under a massive tree. The canopy held us together, the festival of lights darting though, illuminating our spirits. And in the sandy yard of the Garifuna culture guru we danced, and drummed and bore witness to a human tree - his energy overpowering us - his charisma washing us in a moment of pure joy.
sjc students open
west african mask exhibit
8 February 2017
Leaders of the SJC History Club cut the ribbon to open the exhibit West African Masks. The show features over 120 hand made masks inspired by the cultures of West Africa. This exhibit forms part of the African and Maya history program at SJC 1st form.
Leaders of the SJC History Club cut the ribbon to open the exhibit West African Masks. The show features over 120 hand made masks inspired by the cultures of West Africa. This exhibit forms part of the African and Maya history program at SJC 1st form.
SJC History Club
Thursday 15 December 2016
Today SJC history students from class 3E visited the Embassy of Cuba in Belize to make a special presentation. The class is taught by Carlos Quiroz and forms part of the revised history program, where in 3rd form students now learn the history of Latin America and Central America. A letter drafted by Jaylen Young (4C) addressed to the Cuban people and signed by members of the SJC History Club expressed condolences on the passing of their great leader Fidel Castro. The students also presented an original drawing by Wilmer Cardoza (4B) of the revolutionary in his younger days. Joining the class were Headmaster Yolanda Gongora, Assistant Headmaster for Student Affairs Sol Yam and Yasser Musa, head of History Department.
Today SJC history students from class 3E visited the Embassy of Cuba in Belize to make a special presentation. The class is taught by Carlos Quiroz and forms part of the revised history program, where in 3rd form students now learn the history of Latin America and Central America. A letter drafted by Jaylen Young (4C) addressed to the Cuban people and signed by members of the SJC History Club expressed condolences on the passing of their great leader Fidel Castro. The students also presented an original drawing by Wilmer Cardoza (4B) of the revolutionary in his younger days. Joining the class were Headmaster Yolanda Gongora, Assistant Headmaster for Student Affairs Sol Yam and Yasser Musa, head of History Department.
Encounter with Said Musa
Wednesday 14 December 2014 3:15pm
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This afternoon at the SJC History Club guest speaker former Prime Minister of Belize Said Musa spoke to our students on the topic of Belize-Cuba relations. For over thirty minutes he held the students captivated giving his personal encounter with the man Fidel Castro and the impact that the Cuban Revolution has had on the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa. He talked to the students about the great liberators like Simon Bolivar, Nelson Mandela, Jose Marti, Abraham Lincoln and Che. And in usual form after the presentation the students fired back asking all kinds of questions of the former Prime Minister.
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encounter with cristina coc
November 9, 2016
Surrounded by the young men of the SJC History Club Cristina Coc beings her encounter in a soft, but firm and commanding voice. And for almost thirty-five minutes you could hear a pin drop inside the Art Centre as she chronicled the history of the Maya land rights struggle in southern Belize.
One big idea that the youth gravitated toward was reciprocity, the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit. Cristina effortlessly outlined the fight to protect and secure LAND as a basic human right, a legacy of colonialism issue, where the conquering mind cannot rationalize what it means to think of land communally.
After her presentation our students asked many insightful questions about why after going all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and winning, that still in 2016 the struggle for land rights rages on. Cristina offered the long road explanation illustrating that her own coming of consciousness with this big issue is a result of listening to her elders, and being provoked and inspired by the late Maya leader Julian Cho.
That this fight for land and human rights is long, difficult, frustrating and necessary.
Surrounded by the young men of the SJC History Club Cristina Coc beings her encounter in a soft, but firm and commanding voice. And for almost thirty-five minutes you could hear a pin drop inside the Art Centre as she chronicled the history of the Maya land rights struggle in southern Belize.
One big idea that the youth gravitated toward was reciprocity, the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit. Cristina effortlessly outlined the fight to protect and secure LAND as a basic human right, a legacy of colonialism issue, where the conquering mind cannot rationalize what it means to think of land communally.
After her presentation our students asked many insightful questions about why after going all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and winning, that still in 2016 the struggle for land rights rages on. Cristina offered the long road explanation illustrating that her own coming of consciousness with this big issue is a result of listening to her elders, and being provoked and inspired by the late Maya leader Julian Cho.
That this fight for land and human rights is long, difficult, frustrating and necessary.
ENCOUNTER WITH SHERRY GIBBS
November 2 2016
Today the History Club members got a strong jolt of bio archaeological energy. What? What is bio archaeology?
Well for over an hour bio archaeologist Sherry Gibbs held court inside the art centre engaging over seventy students in a discussion as esoteric as bone density, ancient diets, migrations, folic acid intake and palaeo-osteology. It was an incredible encounter and a demonstration of the SJC students’ capacity for analytical and critical thinking. The History Club thanks Ms. Sherry Gibbs for sharing her ideas with us.
Today the History Club members got a strong jolt of bio archaeological energy. What? What is bio archaeology?
Well for over an hour bio archaeologist Sherry Gibbs held court inside the art centre engaging over seventy students in a discussion as esoteric as bone density, ancient diets, migrations, folic acid intake and palaeo-osteology. It was an incredible encounter and a demonstration of the SJC students’ capacity for analytical and critical thinking. The History Club thanks Ms. Sherry Gibbs for sharing her ideas with us.
ENCOUNTER WITH GODFREY SMITH
Today the SJC History Club welcomed writer Godfrey Smith to a fascinating encounter. Mr. Smith spent about 20 minutes vividly describing the process of his writing two important biographical books on George Price and Michael Manley. After his presentation the students asked a barrage of intriguing questions.
Students still interested can JOIN THE HISTORY CLUB. We meet every Wednesday at the Art Centre at 3:10 - 4:00 pm.
Students still interested can JOIN THE HISTORY CLUB. We meet every Wednesday at the Art Centre at 3:10 - 4:00 pm.
Members of the SJC History Club at our Independence Day Mass 20th September 2016
