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Students who took part in a six-month leadership programme were yesterday awarded with certificates at a graduation ceremony. Sixteen students graduated Family Centre’s Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) Foundations — and twelve students were present to...

Hundreds of schoolchildren celebrated their return to school at the third annual Back 2 School Extravaganza. The youngsters got free hair cuts and braids, as well as school supplies and bags at St Paul Centennial Hall yesterday. Organisers said so ma...

A back to school community day has been postponed this weekend due to expected bad weather. The Youth Visions Promotions event was due to take place at Clearwater Beach field tomorrow between 10am and 6pm. However due to the predicted rain the event ...

Lack of affordable, quality care for Bermuda’s preschool children is an issue of major concern according to a landmark new report. The Zero to Three In Bermuda report identified a number of critical gaps in the general provision of preschool educatio...

Campers from the Youth Camera Action photography summer programme and Dany Pen, education and communication officer for the Bermuda National Gallery, joined us at The Royal Gazette for a tour of the press last week. Lilly DeCouto, 13, said that “the ...

This year Bermuda Overseas Missions partnered with Habitat for Humanity to build houses in Malawi. Three Warwick Academy students — Kayleb Butterfield, Celine Morton and Shayla Smith — along with 29 other team members built houses in Muhiyo, which i...

The Bermuda Parents Teachers Students Association is calling on the court to change its decision to allow new parent council rules. The move to introduce councils — potentially replacing PTAs at schools in an effort to give parents more say in manage...

A trio of police officers have been certified as instructors for a programme designed to provide students with the skills they need to avoid gang pressure and youth violence. Dawnette Walker, Derek Simons and Keegan Taylor successfully completed the...

Michael Dunkley this afternoon took part in the Back 2 School Extravaganza event, aimed at helping families in advance of the coming school year. The Premier praised the event, organised by the Caines brothers, 5 Star Barbershop and Alpha Kappa Alpha...

It’s not easy going back to school at 39. But drug addiction counsellor Isis Wellman is determined to do so to combat what she sees as Bermuda’s growing tide of drug addiction. Mrs Wellman works for the Turning Point Substance Abuse Programme. She re...

A new school year brings special challenges for the 2,000 children in Bermuda with asthma. The disease is the main reason why students miss classes, according to Open Airways. The asthma charity yesterday offered the following tips for keeping childr...

The introduction of absentee ballots for students is still on the cards, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy. Speaking earlier this week, Sen Fahy said the ministry remains hard at work on reforming the Parliamentary Election Act. “We hav...