Mr Carrick: I think I speak for the entire student body and staff of Armitage School, both former and present, when I say thank you for your tireless efforts in fostering the link between our two schools. And between The Gambia and Great Britain as manifested by an article in the Monday issue of the Daily Observer below. Karamo QUEEN ELIZABETH CROWNS GAMBIA The British monarch, Queen Elizabeth, honoured The Gambia February 28 with her visit to an exhibition on the country by the North Bromsgrove High School, Worcestershire, UK, which has a link with Armitage Senior Secondary School. It was said to be her first visit to the Midlands town of Bromsgrove, where she opened the New Millennium Classroom Block of the North Bromsgrove High School. Her Majesty was shown round the exhibition of batik, craft, wood carvings, photos, drums, and other local Gambian artifacts, most of which were gifts from Armitage School children to their North Bromsgrove counterparts. The British monarch was said to have been highly impressed with the Gambian items on display. All pupils and staff of the school were dressed in Gambian attire. The Queen was introduced to David Haffner, vice-principal Armitage School currently studying in the UK, and Mr Sesay, a former teacher at the school, currently living in the UK. She shook the hands of both men, who were introduced by Kevin Peck, headmaster of North Bromsgrove High School, in the presence of Mike Carrick, the tireless co-ordinator of the link. The Queen was accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant of the County and his wife, Sir Thomas and Lady Dunne, and the Duke of Edinburgh. Mr Peck briefed the Queen on the Armitage - Bromsgrove link, before she signed the visitor's book and unveiled a plaque on the new building. Her visit being the first to the town by a ruling monarch was given much prominence in the local and national media. Mr Carrick led a delegation from Bromsgrove to Armitage last December on a regular exchange visit. _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------