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Gloria McGlashan has been an educator for over forty-two years.
George Henry, Freelance Writer
SPALDINGS, Clarendon:
THE TABLES were beautifully decorated with flowers and covered with white tablecloth. The platform, skirted with pink, and surrounded with a number of green potted plants, added to the ambience of the Hanover Room at the Wyndham Rose Hall Hotel in Montego Bay.
The occasion was the Annual Luncheon and Awards ceremony of the Association of Principals and Vice Principals of Newly Up-graded High Schools, recently.
This year's Luncheon and Awards ceremony was a rather special event as a special member of the association, Ms. Gloria McGlashan, principal of Kingston High School, was honoured. According to members of the association, Ms McGlashan has served the association in various capacities with distinction.
Having served education for over forty-two years, the teacher of great value was given a rather splendid honouring ceremony, epitomising what excellence ought to be and was expressed by those who had much to say about her sterling contribution. Ms. McGlashan has a wealth of experience and knowledge, which could be emulated by other teachers, especially those just entering the teaching profession.
In a citation read to her by immediate past president of the association, Alphansus Davis, principal of Spaldings High School in Clarendon, Ms. McGlashan was described as a motivator, counsellor and an avid lover of people.
Mr. Davis pointed said that Ms. McGlashan's service to education stood as a matchless example of achievement at every level of the education system.
He noted that she is a very meticulous planner and organiser who won the love, admiration and respect of all the members of the association and as such was sometimes referred to as "The Permanent Secretary" of the body.
"Gloria's love for country and her commitment to its growth and development has seen her serving in other spheres outside of education. She is presently a Justice of the Peace and an ardent and active member of the Methodist Church in Jamaica," said Mr. Davis.
Mr. Davis noted that although the education stalwart will retire from active service in education in May next year, her service will continue because her lifetime of service epitomises the finest qualities of the Jamaican educator.
For her sterling contribution to the education system, Ms. McGlashan was presented with a laptop computer among other gifts.
Among those present at the honouring ceremony were: Mrs. Yvonne Kong, principal, Alston High School; Mr. Stanley Skeane, president, Association of Principals and Vice Principals of Newly Up-graded High Schools; Mrs. Delcy Williams, vice principal, Spaldings High; Mr. Claude Rattray, vice principal, Christiana High; Rev. Ezekiel Curtis, vice principal, Papine High; Mrs. Maisie Campbell, principal, Little London High; Mrs. Lurline Brown, vice principal, Cambridge High; Mr. Rudal McFarlane; principal, Cambridge High; Mrs. Louise Clarke, principal, Winston Jones High; Dr. Walton Small, principal, Anchovy High; Mr. Sherlock Allen, principal, Mavis Bank High; Mr. Lambert Robinson, principal, Annotto Bay High; Mr. Lenvas Cole, vice principal, Balaclava High; Mrs. Delkie Perriel, principal, Balaclava High, among other special guests.
