Five New Inductees To Join SJC Hall of Excellence

Inductees (top): Hazel Brown, Dr Maria Bartholomew, (bottom): Sr Mary Jean Ayow, Dr Michelle Monteil and Dr Paula Henry.

Four outstanding alumni and a Sister of St Joseph of Cluny, will be inducted into the St Joseph’s Convent Port of Spain’s Past Pupils’ Hall of Excellence this year. The ninth biennial ‘Celebrating Excellence’ event takes place Tuesday, November 12, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. at the school’s chapel on Abercromby Street, Port of Spain under the theme Catholic Education, A Vision of Excellence.

This year’s inductees are:

1. Sr Mary Jean Ayow – Educator and Sister of St Joseph of Cluny
2. Dr Maria Bartholomew – Consultant Gastroenterologist (Outstanding alum)
3. Hazel Brown LLD – Women and Consumer Rights Activist (Outstanding alum)
4. Dr Paula Henry – Medical Doctor and Founder of HAIT&T Foundation (Outstanding alum)
5. Dr Michele Monteil – Clinical Immunologist, Researcher and Medical Educator (Outstanding alum)

Established by the Past Pupils’ Association in September 2001, the Hall of Excellence honours outstanding SJC POS alumni and individuals associated with the school, who have achieved excellence in their respective fields and who can be regarded as role models to past and present students.

This year’s inductees join the ranks of 72 former inductees including Jocelyn Monica Pierre, former Director of the Marionette’s Chorale; Sr Annetta Juliana Alexander, Founder of the Trinidad and Tobago Reading Association, Principal, Vice President of the Girl Guides Association of Trinidad and Tobago, and Provincial Superior of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny; and Allyson Hamel-Smith, Child Psychologist.

His Grace Most Reverend Charles Jason Gordon, Archbishop of Port of Spain, will be the event’s Featured Speaker.