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Education minister Wayne Scott joined students and teachers at Purvis Primary School’s International Dot Day assembly.
The day is named after the classic Peter H Reynolds storybook The Dot.
The theme for the school assembly was ‘Making Your Mark’ w...
DATE: Sep 16, 2015
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Parents could benefit from greater consistency in the way private schools report their exam results according to Warwick Academy principal Maggie McCorkell.
Each summer Warwick Academy, Bermuda High School for Girls (BHS) and Saltus Grammar School pr...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015
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The Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association has called for immediate action to tackle the shortage of therapists in the Island’s schools.
Harry Matthie, the association’s chairman, said that the recruitment process was too long and new personnel w...
DATE: Sep 15, 2015
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Bermuda could hear a renewed call for affirmative action measures unless racial disparities are comprehensively tackled, according to union leader Jason Hayward.
Mr Hayward, president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said longstanding gaps betwe...
DATE: Sep 14, 2015
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The Ministry of Education will hold a series of information sessions with parent teacher associations to discuss the establishment of parent councils.
The classes are aimed to provide parents with a greater understanding of the new Education Parent C...
DATE: Sep 14, 2015
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The Green family has announced 11 recipients of the Green Family Scholarship for the fiscal year.
Every year, students are selected to receive the scholarship, which awards between $5,000 and $10,000 per year for up to four years of post-secondary ed...
DATE: Sep 14, 2015
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Saltus Grammar School students laid wreaths yesterday in memory of alumni Boyd Gatton and Robert Higley, who died in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
Michael Dunkley also laid a wreath for the victims of the disaster at the September 11 Memo...
DATE: Sep 12, 2015
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The start of a new school year has prompted a top Bermudian executive to tell local students that nothing in life worth having comes easily — but a renewed focus on studies can lead to a new beginning.
The community group Imagine Bermuda has taken th...
DATE: Sep 11, 2015
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The Progressive Labour Party has criticised the Bermuda Government for its “unacceptable” failure to ensure that all schools were ready for the beginning of term.
Lovitta Foggo, the Shadow Minister of Education, said the Opposition had heard “rumblin...
DATE: Sep 11, 2015
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A judge has allowed for the enactment of new school parent council rules in the face of a court challenge by the Bermuda Parent Teacher Student Association.
Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman ruled against the injunction, or “stay”, on the Ministry of Educ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan