Top PEP girl’s only goal was to be placed at Campion
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Adrianna Cover, in her months of intense preparation for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination, had one goal in mind and that was to earn a place at her school of choice — Campion College.
Not only did Adrianna achieve that goal but she also received the highest score among the 17,175 female students who sat the PEP examinations in 2024.
“When I was preparing for the exam, it was stressful and it took a lot of time. My teacher set up a programme, and after school he would teach us for at least three hours. Sometimes I’d go home at 9 o’ clock in the night and I’d still have homework afterwards, so I’d be going to my bed at 11 o’clock and then on Sundays, we’d go until 4:00 pm,” she told JIS News.
Adrianna recalled that the science paper was challenging, pointing out that some of her answers did not feel right.
“When I received the results, I was very relieved and shocked. It feels good knowing that the work I put in paid off,” she said, adding that it is proof that she can achieve great things.
She celebrated her achievement with a family trip to Disneyland in Florida.
“It was fun. We went on a lot of rides; they were scary but fun at the same time,” she said.
She is excited to embark on the next chapter of her academic journey at the same institution her mother attended, years ago.
Her mother, Anne McMorris-Cover, said she is impressed by Adrianna’s outstanding performance, and was thrilled when she was named top girl at Mona Preparatory.
But what came next left her stunned.
“It was a Sunday morning, we were at her grand-aunt’s home and we kept getting texts ‘Congratulations to Adrianna’ and we were saying about what, and then they sent us a picture of the print in the Jamaica Observer that she was now the top girl in the country. I think we just lost our minds,” she recounted.
McMorris-Cover said that she often tells Adrianna and her older sister, Alexis, that they are brighter than both her and their father could ever be.
“We are just amazed and we are more convinced than ever that these children are gifts from God because those brains didn’t come from us. We are very, very proud of her and just absolutely grateful to Guardian for recognising her as well,” she said.
