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The first of four meetings for parents to meet with the new Commissioner of Education, Dr Edmond Heatley, will be held tonight at West Pembroke Primary School at 7pm.
Dr Heatley explained: “Since arriving in Bermuda, I’ve had opportunities to meet wi...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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Education
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Opposition leader Marc Bean claims the Progressive Labour Party is “stronger, more unified and more focused” since its election defeat ten months ago.
Speaking on the eve of the party’s annual conference, Mr Bean said that after 50 years of fighting ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
CedarBridge Academy students have been honoured for a host of academic, sport and community service achievements.
A prizegiving ceremony held at the school last Thursday saw five students named to the principal’s honours list — Taiyana Allen and Erin...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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Education
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Students considering taking the General Education Diploma were today reminded of upcoming changes to the curriculum.
The new, more difficult format goes into effect in the New Year — the first time it has changed in more than a decade.
“The January 2...
DATE: Oct 21, 2013
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A middle school student reportedly blacked out while taking part in a martial arts demonstration that went wrong.
Details of the incident have not been revealed, but the Education Ministry has confirmed that “disciplinary action has been taken” again...
DATE: Oct 21, 2013
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Close to 200 people turned out for a quiz and silent auction honouring a father-of-three who died suddenly this summer.
Residents from “all walks of life” turned up for the fundraiser last month, contributing $40,000 to an educational fund set up for...
DATE: Oct 18, 2013
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Proud parents, staff and pupils, including Premier Crag Cannonier, gathered last night in Warwick Academy’s Purvis Memorial Hall for the school’s 2012/13 prizegiving ceremony.
Celebrating the students’ efforts, Board of Governors chair Angela Berry t...
DATE: Oct 18, 2013
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A Bermuda Christmas tradition will now honour the memory of a Bermudian cultural icon.
Beginning this year, The Royal Gazette’s Christmas short story competition — which has run in this newspaper for more than half a century — will be named after the...
DATE: Oct 15, 2013
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Teacher Nelsalene Lespere has written the book on poetry for Bermuda’s students.
After finding virtually no collections of locally-inspired poems that could line up with the curriculum for her pupils, she decided it was time to sit down and write one...
DATE: Oct 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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By Cooper Stevenson
Students from six of the Bermuda’s private and public high schools will be performing abridged versions of William Shakespeare’s masterpieces beginning this week.
For the sixth year running, the Bermuda Shakespeare Schools Festiva...
DATE: Oct 14, 2013
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