the largest, educational facilities in Bermuda.

It has come a long way since Mrs. Louise Jackson started the school in 1953 in one room with 40 students.

Forty years later, the Jackson School takes up three floors of the Burnaby Arcade and boasts over 1,000 students.

Mrs. Jackson began by teaching only classical ballet. Now the school offers classes in music, drama, gymnastics and all forms of dance.

"The school offers a well-rounded, all-embracing arts education,'' she says.

"Rather than be exposed to just one art form, students are exposed to everything here.'' They gain an appreciation of classical music, as well as meeting other people with similar interests.

Dance is a physical activity which creates a love of movement, says Mrs.

Jackson. Students learn good posture and the ability to move beautifully and with grace.

Mrs. Jackson says she started the school so students could enjoy themselves.

"We don't want them to feel that they are anything but loved and wanted.'' She has managed to create a home-away-from-home atmosphere for many of her students. Many of them come straight to the Burnaby Street building from school and do homework while waiting for class to begin. A table has even been provided for them to work and play at.

Every year the students put on a big recital. Mrs. Jackson says: "There is no point in teaching a performing art to children if they aren't going to perform.'' Jackson School students can also be found in every production that needs dancers and musicians.

But Mrs. Jackson would most like to see the school put on its own production, combining music, drama, gymnastics and dance.

The school is very much a family business. Her husband, Albert is business manager, daughters Mrs. Deborah Jackson Hall and Mrs. Susan Jackson Nearon are directors and sister-in-law, Mrs. Sally Swan is office administrator.

Mrs. Jackson's oldest daughter Deborah and son-in-law Tucker created Jazz, a dance store on the school's premises, which sells all kind of dancewear and shoes.

Mrs. Louise Jackson and Sen. Albert Jackson.