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Firestone To Hold Senior High Graduation
HARBEL, Liberia, West Africa (October 1, 2009) — The Firestone Liberia Senior High School, located in Division 44, outside Harbel, will on Sunday, October 4, 2009, hold its first graduation exercise on the campus of the institution.
According to a communication issued by the Education Department of the company, the commencement exercise will start at 2:00 PM. A total of 163 twelfth graders sat the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exams, in which 145 successfully passed.
Firestone Liberia Senior High School is among Schools that performed very well in this year's examinations. Some educators within the Liberian educational sector described the performance of the Firestone Senior High in the WAEC administered examinations as impressive and expressed the hope that the students will continue to champion the attainment of quality education in Liberia.
This year's formal commencement exercise is expected to be attended by managers and other staffers of the Firestone Management as well as parents and relatives of the graduating class.
Meanwhile, parents of graduates have since commenced signing for graduation gowns for this all important commencement exercise.
Firestone Liberia owns and operates twenty-six schools with over sixteen thousand (16,000) students; who attend at no cost.
Firestone Natural Rubber Company, LLC (FSNR)
Firestone Natural Rubber Company, LLC, parent of Firestone Liberia, traces its origins back to 1926 when The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company first established a natural rubber production facility in Liberia, West Africa. The company operates a 118,000-acre rubber growing and processing facility and employs approximately 7,000 teammates who harvest and process natural rubber and latex. After processing, the natural rubber (block rubber and liquid latex) is shipped to the United States. The block rubber is used by Bridgestone Americas tire plants in the manufacture of tires. The latex is sold to third party North American manufacturers of dipped goods, adhesives and carpet backing. In 2008, this business began production of environmentally friendly Hevea wood, recovered from end-of-lifecycle rubber trees, for use in furniture, flooring, and other value-added applications.
