ANNUAL LUNCHEON - ABIC

2005 ABICEA STUDENTS
Jamari Douglas
Jamari will be attending Morehouse College in
the fall where he will be pursuing a Bachelor of
Arts Degree majoring in English and minoring
in Business Studies. While in high school
Jamari was voted as the Most Outstanding
Teen in Bermuda in the category of
Leadership. Having studied in Fukouka, Japan
as a Rotary Exchange Student, Jamari is fluent
in Japanese. He was awarded the Paget Lions
award for Outstanding Student Council
Leadership and the Student Leadership
Scholarship Award from CD&P. While at
Bermuda College, where he recently obtained
his Associates in Arts Degree, Jamari
was chosen as School Ambassador and
participated in the “Men’s Speak Forum”, on
the B-Tech Committee and the United
Nations Club, where he traveled to Edinburgh
to speak on the Africa Union. Jamari, who has
had the dream of attending Morehouse
College since the age of 10, intends to pursue
a career in Corporate Communications,
Marketing and World Business Protocol and
says he is very grateful for the sponsorship
provided to him by international companies
throughout the years.
Estina Francis
Estina has been accepted into the Bachelor of
Science programme where she will major in
Business Administration with a focus in
Accounting. An exceptional student in high
school having graduated with honours, Estina
was elected Head Girl and achieved many
outstanding awards for her academic
performance and community activities, some
of which include the Youth Parliament Award
and the Teen Services Award for Spiritual
Leadership. Estina, an avid lover of music, is
a very accomplished pianist, singer and song
writer and is one of the musicians in her
church. She also recently graduated from
Bermuda College with an Associates Degree
in Business Administration and near perfect
GPA. Estina’s career plan for the future is to
become a Chartered Accountant, to work for
an exempt company, give back to the
community and ultimately to start her own
business which she hopes will involve her
passion for music.
Derrick Hendrickson
Derrick will be entering his Senior Year
at Oakwood College where he is pursuing a
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
Systems, with a concentration in Information
Technology. He graduated high school with
honours and was a proud member of the
Bermuda delegation at the Global Young
Leader’s Summit in both Australia and
Europe. Derrick has served his church as a
member of both the Inspirational Choir and
the Church Treasury. Currently at college he
is a member of Phi Beta Lambda (Business
Club) and OC3 (Computer Club) and during
his summers he plays locally in the Summer
Basketball League at Bermuda College.
Derrick plans to pursue an MBA degree and
return to Bermuda to work for a company in
their IT Department, giving him the much
needed exposure to eventually start his own
IT consultancy firm.