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The Bermuda Girl Guides Association won a decades-old legal dispute with Bermuda High School for Girls, via a court ruling that it owns the land where its hut is situated.
The 100-year-old Guides Association said the school promised 84 years ago that...
DATE: Sep 21, 2011
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Sandys Secondary Middle School yesterday announced two of its students had scored A grades in GCSE maths.
School principal Tim Jackson said a total of 19 students aged 13 and 14 sat the secondary-level exams in June at the Berkeley Institute.
Ninetee...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Dr Avis Glaze, the leading Canadian educator who will be working to improve Bermuda’s schools, played a pivotal role in boosting student achievement in Toronto.
According to her website, she has been recognised in Canada and beyond for her work in le...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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Stevedoring Services Limited recently named the recipients of its 2011 scholarships.
Two students were each awarded $5,000 to assist them with all aspects of their university expenses.
Casey Castle, currently entering his second year at the Universit...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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He’s only 14 years old, but Clevon Cunningham Jr is already on his way to becoming a maths whiz.
Last year while attending Sandys Secondary Middle School he was one of 16 students to tackle the GCSE in maths and one of only two to score an A on the ...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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Bermuda has appointed a leading Canadian educator to develop plans to improve teaching.
Avis Glaze, an advisor to the Premier of Ontario, is to help put together a strategy highlighting “instructional leadership”, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smi...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda has appointed a leading Canadian educator to develop plans to improve teaching.
Avis Glaze, an advisor to the Premier of Ontario, is to help put together a strategy highlighting “instructional leadership”, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smi...
DATE: Sep 16, 2011
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Tim Smith
Bermudian student Samuel Hewitt has won a $25,000 scholarship from law firm Trott and Duncan to help fulfil his ambition to become a lawyer.
Mr Hewitt, 18, from Sandys, will head to Cardiff in Wales on Monday, where he will study for a LLB law degree...
DATE: Sep 16, 2011
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A pilot programme aimed at helping students launched yesterday afternoon at Victor Scott Primary School.
The Homework Buddy Programme was organised by David Bascome’s Hope4Life Foundation and funded by Gibbons Company.
It will allow teaching staff to...
DATE: Sep 14, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith Monday welcomed Warwick Academy students back to school, with the message: Learn as much as you can including the subjects that aren’t required.
Reminiscing on her career as an artist, Dame Jennifer added: “I ha...
DATE: Sep 14, 2011
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