‘Naturally gifted’ Kwaisene Guyah celebrates Glenmuir feat

As the years roll on by Kwaisene, 12, continues to excel academically, maintaining an A-average throughout her tenure at Davis Primary, a state institution of approximately 700 students situated north of Old Harbour town.

It was not a surprise then when her family got the results of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), and she will be going to Glenmuir High come September.

"It makes me feel happy to know that I put in a lot of work and in the end it paid off," Kwaisene said in a shy tone in recalling the day she viewed her placement score online in which she registered 331.1 out of 350 available points.

Perhaps overwhelmed by her first media interview, albeit, over the phone, she added: "I was excited but not surprise."

Her mother Kelsene Allen later told us: "I wanted her to go to Glenmuir but she wanted to go to Immaculate.”

“But we always know that she would go to a good school,” Allen asserts. 

Parental support towards Kwaisene’s education has been exceptional, her mother told us. Her partner and father Cedric Guyah does everything in his powers to make sure daddy’s little girl gets a solid education. She describes her daughter as a natural leader, who is very passionate about getting an education and appears to be very conscious of the sacrifice being made by her parents.

“Compare to me, I hated school. So I love that about her… and it doesn't matter what you have, she will just say 'mommy just give me my fare or just give me a snack and a juice if you don't have the lunch money',” Allen told Old Harbour News.

She said Kwaisene likes to challenge your arguments, which would suggest a future career in law, politics or communications. But at this moment Kwaisene would like to pursue a career “as a bank manager or a nurse”.

Even though Glenmuir wasn’t her first choice, Kwaisene is eager to begin her new educational chapter in central Clarendon. Making the Glenmuir quiz team is already a set target for her, she revealed to Old Harbour News, while for mom it’s about supporting her in whatever area she chooses because she wants “only the best” for her daughter.

The sky’s the limit for Kwaisene, her grade six teacher Nicholas Dillon said.

“In my estimation Kwaisene is a naturally gifted girl, she’s just naturally bright. For me, if she just concentrates on working a little harder, she will easily maximize her potential,” Dillion, who has been teaching at Davis for more than 15 years, said.

And what about life at Davis Primary, we asked Kwaisene.

“Davis Primary has taught me how to become a better person in everything I do and not to be selfish and to share with others,” she said, while reserving special commendations for Dillon and her grade three teacher Miss Morse.