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Government has responded to parents’ calls to be afforded great involvement in education reforms, according to the latest Throne Speech, which promised to give them a Parental Involvement Committee.
The speech said public school staff would move forw...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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The Bermuda High School for Girls is now the Island’s only school to be accredited by the Council of International Schools, BHS announced this morning.
It comes after an evaluation of the school’s ethos, faculty and governance by the Council — a glob...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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The 2014 graduates of the Island’s public schools have risen in numbers: up ten from last year’s 217, with 216 for the previous year and 210 in 2011.
At 88 per cent from those who began at S1, it is the same rate as last year — but an improvement on ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2014
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After years of struggling unsuccessfully to get back to work, 23-year-old mother Ciara Martin finds herself “caught between a rock and a hard place” as a result of her chronic diabetes.
Although Ms Martin said she has been able to qualify for Financi...
DATE: Oct 23, 2014
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A pair of enterprising students are set to enrich life at Bermuda College — inspiring others to reach beyond a mere passing grade, even as they revive the college’s student radio product.
The “B Great” campaign is the brainchild of LaToya Brangman an...
DATE: Oct 13, 2014
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Breaking the Island free from its violence and social ills is the mission of Sylvia Hayward-Harris, who sets off in ten days to become a certified teacher of transcendental meditation, or TM.
Ms Hayward-Harris is determined to spread the practice, in...
DATE: Oct 04, 2014
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As nations around the world commemorate today as the International Day of Non-Violence, Shadow Education Minister Lovitta Foggo has commended an initiative by the University of the West Indies (UWI) to set a new record for peace.
UWI, which has ties ...
DATE: Oct 02, 2014
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Figures from centuries ago will be resurrected in St George’s for a night of Halloween entertainment, offbeat education and fundraising for the Old Town.
“Haunted History”, hosted by the St George’s Foundation, will debut on November 1 with ghostly p...
DATE: Sep 30, 2014
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Taking a chance this summer has paid off for CedarBridge student Jorae Talbot, whose enthusiasm at the Bermuda National Trust has been channelled into a new range of museum displays highlighting Bermuda’s heritage.
“It’s always good to know where you...
DATE: Sep 29, 2014
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A new charity has been launched, aimed at uniting the community through the empowerment of the Island’s men.
Urging the public to support his organisation HOUSE (House of Unity and Self-Empowerment), founder Antoine Bean said he was determined to par...
DATE: Sep 18, 2014
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