Primary School Garifuna Translation Contest 2018
The 11th Annual Battle of the Drums Primary Schools Garifuna Translation Contest was held on Friday, November 16, 2018, at Fr. Francis Ring Parish Hall in Punta Gorda Town. This contest tests the participants’ ability to translate words, phrases, sentences, and proverbs from standard English to Garifuna. In this Contest each school is represented by 2 students and 9 primary schools In 2018, participating schools were as follows: St. Joseph R.C. School from Barranco Village; St. Peter Claver Primary School, P.G. Methodist School, Bethel Seventh Day Adventist, and St. Benedict R.C. School from Punta Gorda Town; St. Alphonsus R.C. School from Seine Bight Village; Richard Quinn Primary School from Georgetown Village and Holy Family R.C. School from Hopkins Village. In 2018, the winners were as follows:
| St. Joseph R.C. | Wasani Rodriguez | 1st Place |
| Bethel 7th Day | Ithamara Cho | 2nd Place |
| Holy Family R.C. | Japhra Miranda | 3rd Place |
| Holy Family R.C. | Jayden Castillo | 4th Place |
| St. Peter Claver RC | Saire Ramos | 5th Place |
First Place winners of the Primary Schools’ Garifuna Translation Contest for the past 8 years are as follows:
| Year | Name of Student |
School | Municipality |
| 2011 | John Rodriguez | St. Joseph R.C. Primary School | Barranco Village |
| 2012 | Val Alvarez | St. Joseph R.C. Primary School | Barranco Village |
| 2013 | Eliciey Ramirez | Richard Quinn Primary School | Georgetown Village |
| 2014 | Mario Mejia | Punta Gorda Methodist School | Punta Gorda Town |
| 2015 | Natasha Bennett | St. Alphonsus R.C. Primary School | Seine Bight Village |
| 2016 | Khadasia Castillo | Holy Family R.C. Primary School | Hopkins Village |
| 2017 | Jonathan Moreira | St. Peter Claver School | Punta Gorda Town |
| 2018 | Wasani Rodriguez | St. Joseph R.C. Primary School | Barranco Village |
