MONTEGO BAY, St James – A 19-member group from the St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls in Lambeth, England, last week donated sports gear and thousands of dollars worth of teaching aids including laptop computers and an E-Beam to the Anchovy High School in St James.

The presentation was made under the Triangle Project established in 2007 in recognition of the historical triangle of trade between Britain, Ghana and Jamaica, as well as the bicentenary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act.

Through the project, three schools – St Martin-in-the-Fields, St Andrew’s Anglican Complex School in Ghana and Anchovy High School have forged positive links, said Stacey Gyles, a member of the delegation.

She noted that the initiative is aimed at promoting curriculum links among the three schools, adding that so far her school – which is on its second visit to Anchovy High – has made three trips to Ghana.

According to Gyles, who taught at Anchovy High School for three years before landing a teaching job at St Martin-in-the-Fields, plans are afoot to ensure that the project – which gets a significant portion of its funding from the British Council – will continue for the next four years.

According to Gyles, during the group’s week-long visit to Anchovy High, the delegation comprising six teachers and 13 students interacted with the school’s population.

“Some of our teachers taught french classes, tag rugby and gave

dance lessons,” Gyles told the Observer West.

Principal of the Anchovy High School, Lambert Robinson, commended the English school for the donation and expressed confidence that the gift would make Anchovy High “a better school”.

“I am extremely happy for the equipment. They are top of the line and it will definitely enhance the learning process,” he said.

He added that his school is presently fine-tuning projects which will be of mutual benefit to Anchovy High and St Martin-in-the-Fields.

Last year, Melisha Bailey a teacher from Anchovy High School spent four weeks at the St Martin-in-the-Fields.