215 results returned for search: "education AND " category "News" author Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A string of Canadian universities is to run a virtual event designed to attract Bermudian youngsters to study in the country’s Atlantic provinces.
Eight universities will take part in the session and topics covered will include an overview of educat...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Almost 50 families in need have been hooked up to the internet for a year to help with remote learning in schools.
The scheme was organised with support from the Centennial Bermuda Foundation and TeleBermuda International’s Bluewave internet service ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
After-school programmes were suspended today at many schools because of the Covid-19 pandemic and delayed test results.
The Department of Youth, Sport and Recreation said there will be a delay in the after-school programme and after-school club servi...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The jury is in for this year’s Christmas Short Story Contest – and the competition was fierce.
But the winners have been chosen, as well as some honourable mentions, and the lucky winners will today learn that they can pick up the plaudits – and thei...
DATE: Dec 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A veteran teacher has been named the new principal of CedarBridge Academy.
Kenneth Caesar, a former principal of Sandys Secondary Middle School, has been acting principal at the Devonshire school for four years.
Mr. Caesar said: “I am looking forward...
DATE: Dec 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A fresh bid to save a historic primary school earmarked for closure will be mounted tomorrow.
Campaigners battling to retain West End Primary School in Sandys will stage a protest at Nellie’s Walk on Hamilton’s Church Street, close to City Hall, from...
DATE: Nov 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Portuguese language school for children has recruited a new teacher.
The Portuguese Cultural Association of Bermuda said Lidia Silvia, who has taught the language in Bermuda for a year from her home in London by Zoom, would be moving to the island....
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A historic Bermudian tree which was the oldest living exhibit in a Scottish botanic garden has at last come down.
Workmen moved in to a Victorian glasshouse at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, home to the palmetto – scientific name Sabal Bermud...
DATE: Oct 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A prison guard who befriended anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela when he was behind bars for 27 years has delivered a virtual talk at a Bermudian school.
Christo Brand, a guard at the maximum security jail on Robben Island, off Cape Town, South Afric...
DATE: Sep 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Success in one of the few external exams to survive the pandemic lockdown was today celebrated by a private school.
Recent graduates from Saltus passed the international Advanced Placement exams, administered by the College Board.
The school said 77 ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor