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A back-to-school drive was full of smiles on Saturday as families in need collected donations for the new school year. Community activist Gina Spence’s Gina Spence Productions organised the event as part of her Each One Reach One Back To School Drive...

A former high school principal has questioned whether the move to axe middle schools is in the best interests of Bermuda. Phyllis Curtis-Tweed, who was at the Berkeley Institute until last year, said she wondered how the Government’s decision to pha...

A teacher’s job can sometimes feel like a thankless role, a representative of the teachers’ union said yesterday. Shannon James, president of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said that “sometimes it just doesn’t feel like the community is on your side...

Educators, they being parents or teachers, sometimes show more appreciation for children for what they do than for who they are. They praise them when they get excellent grades from college and reproach them when they are low. However, we must value ...

Education staff have found a new temporary home, it was announced this evening. A Government spokeswoman said that the Ministry and Department of Education headquarters had been relocated to 44 Church Street in Hamilton. She added that telephone se...

The director of development at a solar energy firm has won a top scholarship to the UK to help him boost the renewable energy industry in Bermuda. Stratton Hatfield, of BE Solar, won a Chevening Scholarship, which will allow him to take a master’s de...

Family Centre’s summer schoolchildren and staff outlined their experiences yesterday as part of the charity’s youth leadership academy. The charity helped 24 high school pupils aged 14 to 16 through its “Building My Future” programme, which provided ...

It takes a lot of faith to trust in God to provide when money is short — so learnt friends Chakara Burrows and Sakaela Ebbin-Simons. The young women, both of whom attend New Creation Worship Centre in Pembroke, spent several years working to raise f...

Acting school principals said this week that they were up to the job. Kenneth Caesar, who is in charge at CedarBridge Academy, said there was no difference between a temporary head teacher and a permanent one. Mr Caesar added: “I’m expected to do e...

For the summer holidays, Young Observer will be featuring highlights of the school year in our senior schools. This week, we salute Bermuda High School

The mystery closure of education ministry headquarters could be because it was “a toxic environment”. Susan Jackson, the Shadow Minister of Health, was speaking after it was announced that the education offices in St David’s would be closed immediate...

Uncertainty over the appointment of public school principals will hurt pupils, the shadow education minister warned yesterday. Cole Simons said: “We cannot have our children suffering in September. “We can’t start off a new school year — and everyth...