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The project was a simple one: have students make model boats and then track them as they make their way across the Atlantic. Shipping pilot Andrew Parish had the bright idea to pair the Bermuda Islander with the initiative. The container ship is now ...

Bermuda College has hosted its Trashion Show, in which students turn trash into treasure. AMY HARVEY, the organiser, talked to Young Observer about the event. Tell us a bit about the Trashion Show at Bermuda College? The Trashion show is intended t...

Lakeisha Burt got pregnant at 16. She knew exactly what people were thinking: she’d end up in a low-paying job doing nothing with her life. She didn’t let it get to her. The teenager was one of 26 students who received their GED from the Adult Educat...

Tyasha Kandassamy was knocked for a loop when her parents divorced. She was 19 and living in Barcelona, studying Spanish. An art workshop helped her to sort out her emotions. “I fell in love with art therapy,” the 30-year-old said. “Physical art can ...

Amy Palmer walked into design technology expecting that a box would be the most exciting thing she got to design. And then she received her assignment.The child’s desk she created for her GCSE project resembled half a doughnut and was accompanied by ...

None of the bike riders expected Alyssa Rowse would leave them in the dust. She was a teenager racing against 20 adults, most of whom were men. None of that mattered to the 16-year-old. She blew through the course and was the second across the finish...

Is it going to rain tomorrow? Tourists constantly ask Alfred Wright that question. His standard response is to stick his finger up as if testing the air, before pronouncing solemnly: there’s a probability. People usually take his word for it. “For t...

Kiana Madeiros jumped at the chance to sing at Berkeley’s Summer Jazz Jam. An audience of fellow jazz lovers sounded like heaven to the 18-year-old. Not many of her peers share her passion. “I’ve always loved old music,” said the songwriter, who grad...

Arising from their study of Human Rights as part of the Citizenship curriculum at Saltus, S10 students Sy McPeek and Hanna Percy decided to organise an Amnesty Club. Sy writes about the purpose of the club: “Hanna and I decided to start an Amnesty ...

The Bermuda Homeschool Network is a diverse and inclusive network of families who have chosen to educate their children at home. The members use a wide selection of homeschooling methods, have a variety of philisophical and religious beliefs, and al...