Mission Statement...
Mission Statement...
What has become of our former Students…?
Adrian Jamaal Cummins was a member of the St. Cyprian's class of 1997. In his final year he was elected Head boy. He did not only shine academically but also in the sporting arena. In 1997 he was Victor Ludorum at the Athletic Sports.
On leaving St. Cyprian’s Preparatory he attended Harrison College Secondary School where he was once again elected Head boy of his class.
While obtaining his degree in Exercise & Sport Science, Adrian was also an All-American water polo player for the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and captain of the Barbados Water Polo National Team. He obtained his Doctorate of Dental Surgery from the University of Maryland - Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the world's first dental school, and was elected President of the Class of 2013. He continued his advanced training at New York Methodist Hospital where he was also awarded Chief Resident, prior to joining the clinical faculty practice at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 2015.
In 2017 Dr. Cummins was appointed a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry - a prestigious induction awarded to only 13% of the practicing general dentists in the United States. This award is the result of an additional five hundred hours of advanced continuing education and clinical training, followed by rigorous examination.
After three years of private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Cummins now resides in Maryland with his fiancée Julie and operates his own practice in Silver Spring, Maryland. Cummins Dental Group proudly serves the Maryland/Virginia/Washington D.C metropolitan area and provides comprehensive care ranging from family and cosmetic dentistry to dental surgery.
Adrian has never forgotten his alma mater (Primary School). Yearly he contributes a monetary award to one of the Graduating Students.
We wish Adrian continued success is his field.
Sure and Steady Must Succeed – and Adrian Cummins has done just that.
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An Old Parent Recaps
Through the years I have witnessed several changes at the St. Cyprian’s Boys’ School both property-wise and business-wise.
More than thirteen hundred students have transitioned to Secondary Schools. There has also been a large turnout of staff…some have gone on to ‘better things’, but the dedicated ones have remained.
Forty-six years ago, daily when the clock showed two-thirty, we would find a group of people just gathering at the School gate. Today this has not changed.
Not only did the School reap great success on the academic field, but also in sports and extra-curricular activities. For such results we cannot help but thank a group of devoted teachers and coaches. I recall Everton Gasking (a former Headmaster); Marita Agard, Esther Toppin; Valerie Sandiford; Wendy Evelyn-Knight; Ebony Barrow; Nateisha Brathwaite; Carlisle Kirton; Denrick Codrington; Kevin Hurdle to mention a few. Caretaker Ian Grant has played a leading role in maintaining the tidiness of the School.
Special mention must be made of our Business Manager Mrs. Haynes Edwards who has used her banking experience to establish procedures for creating methods to assist with her daily chores. Our Manager Administration in her smiling way makes it a pleasure for parents to discuss their children’s problems. And finally, words cannot describe our Principal Dave Layne – a lecturer: a principal: a student: a parent – he wears many hats switching as the occasion demands. He has played a great role in the success of the School.
Mentioning the School’s success brings me to the ‘main man.’ Unfortunately, the person is not a male. Patricia Small has shouldered the School from 1987. She has been the pilot using all her knowledge to reap success. Her successor will have large boots to step in.
As the school year 2023-2024 commences, it appears as if we are in for a ‘carbon copy’ of the previous year. I am happy to be looking in again and hope the School continues to maintain its standard as it strives for success.
Sure And Steady Will Succeed.