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The plight of schoolchildren left without proper meals has prompted a helping charity to remind the community of means of assisting families directly.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children reported fielding a host of offers for help in the wak...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
In a “disturbing” trend, rising numbers of young students from needy homes are coming to the classroom with their lunchboxes empty.
Children at ten schools already get help with breafast each morning, courtesy of the Coalition for the Protection of C...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Basketball pro Mykal Glasgow is to take his sporting talents abroad this autumn, having committed to play for Thomas College in Maine.
The sports prodigy, an honours student at the Berkeley Institute, plans to study accounting.
Three times a member o...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Winning a 2015 National Sports Award for women’s football came as a happy spring break surprise for 16-year-old Leah Smith, who was back home in March.
A second accolade was waiting with her return to her studies at IMG Academy, Florida, where the Pe...
DATE: May 09, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Looking for the best choices, and seeking help when choices are tough to make, were the messages for the island’s youth at the launch of the 18th annual Teen Prevention Month.
The proclamation at Teen Services was also a chance to share the message t...
DATE: May 05, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Congratulations have gone from CedarBridge Academy to 18 of its S2 students who sat the IGCSE Cambridge Examination in English Language in November 2015.
The school reported its best results, with three A* grades, six As, six Bs and four Cs — after ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A technology camp for African students is soon to be brought home to Bermuda’s less fortunate youths.
“It was a brilliant experience, for the children and for me,” said Darren Burchall, a local educator whose Great4Learning initiative just delivered ...
DATE: Jan 19, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Parental anxieties fuelled by rumours over possible school closures have influenced the latest public school application figures, according to one principal.
Romelle Warner, who led the School Reorganisation Advisory (Score) Committee that has just r...
DATE: Jan 19, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A local educator dedicated to teaching how the power of technology can enhance learning is off to Ghana to deliver a seminar to 25 children.
“It’s going great; it’s exceeding what I expected,” said Darren Burchall of his Great4Learning programme, whi...
DATE: Dec 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A one-day seminar for teenagers to learn about computer coding, the Holiday Hackathon, scored high marks with its student attendees.
With the latest apps and mobiles games sweeping the world, the power and simplicity of modern programming are especia...
DATE: Dec 29, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell