Education

The East End Community Sports Club is a non-profit organization that is adamant about enhancing our country's youth be it educationally or sports related.
The club held its 3rd Annual Fund-Raiser Gospel Concert on 26 November, 2011 at the St. Augustine's Anglican Church.

Keeping the youth and their future development in mind and mindful of the fact that students are elated to see themselves being published in a positive manner, the Education Welfare Officers implemented a picture poster project to recognise students with excellent school attendance as a means of encouraging all students to improve their attendance at school.

President of the Anguilla Teachers’ Union, Emma Ferguson, speaking on behalf of over 200 members, says that teachers, charged with the responsibility of educating the island’s children, are hurting badly as a result of the financial situation facing them.

The Anguilla Community College is to hold a week of activities from Sunday, March 25, to Saturday 31, under the theme “Education for Nation Building”. The highlight of the events will be the formal installation of the first President of the institution, Dr. Delroy M. Louden. He will be installed at a ceremony at St. Augustine’s Anglican Church, East End, on Friday, March 30, commencing at 4 p.m.

Tuesday, this week, was a busy day at Saint James School of Medicine in Anguilla. There, forty-four students, mainly from the United States, attended an orientation session and were given a warm welcome to the island.

Former student at the Island Harbour Primary School, Dr. Ellis Lorenzo Webster, has donated some much-needed equipment to the Home Economics Division of his childhood alma mater, now renamed the Vivien Vanterpool School.

Ingenuity and analytical thinking were some of the many features on display at the annual Albena Lake Hodge Comprehensive School Science fair. This event which has been sponsored by National Commercial Data Services (NCDS) culminated with its awards on Friday Nov 25th. A total of 61 projects were judged with some 134 students (83 girls and 51 boys) participating.

At the 6th Annual Certificate Presentation Ceremony on November 30, 101 students received certificates for various studies that they have completed during the year. Courses included Accounting, Supervisory Management, Event Planning and Management and Marketing that were in conjunction with the Barbados Community College.

The National AIDS Programme held an essay competition for grade 6 students in the six public primary schools. The topic was; The children in your class have started to tease and discriminate against Susan because they found out that her older sister has HIV. Write a speech to your classmates expressing your feelings about this.

The Teacher Noonie Library was officially opened and dedicated at the Adrian T. Hazell Primary School on Friday, November 25, at a ceremony attended by officials from the Ministry and Department of Education, teachers, students, members of the Anguilla Community Foundation and book donors.

Eighty-four students, holding aloft star emblems, paraded into the Rodney MacArthur Rey Auditorium, for the 5th Annual Primary School National Awards Ceremony, to the applause of a large and appreciative audience.

The following feature address was delivered by Arielle Gaskin during the 5th Annual Primary School Awards Ceremony on Thursday November 17, 20ll.
Miss Gaskin was the most outstanding Grade 6 Student in 2010 at the Morris Vanterpool Primary school. She is now a student at Campus B at the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Chanelle Petty-Barrett, told students at the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School that college fairs could be an exciting experience for them as they looked forward to furthering their studies.

Arrangements are continuing among education officials from the Caribbean Examinations Council, Anguilla and other member territories, for the introduction of a new exam in grade six of the Primary Schools in the sub-region.
It is called the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA)exam which will be held for students about to enter secondary schools.

Some 22 teachers from Anguilla and other neighbouring islands, including Antigua, Montserrat, BVI and St. Maarten, participated in a two-day Human Rights workshop at Da Vida’s Restaurant on Monday and Tuesday this week. It was funded by Education International and locally coordinated by the Anguilla Teachers’ Union, under the leadership of President Emma Ferguson.

The Ministry and Department of Education have joined in presenting a forum in review and in observance of 25 years of Comprehensive Education in Anguilla.

Though yet young, and still in primary school, the 112-115 students at the Vivien Vanterpool School have enjoyed and benefited from a Careers Day event on Friday, October 18.

The Literacy Development Project in Anguilla took on a new dimension on Tuesday this week with the launching of the “Just Write Big Book” which is now making its rounds at all the schools in the various communities on the island. The launching ceremony was held at the Public Library at which were top officials in the Ministry and Department of Education and teachers and students from the public and private schools.

There was standing room only at the Rodney MacArthur Rey Auditorium, where a record attendance of several hundred persons witnessed the graduation of 139 (out of 2011 Year Five) students from the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School on Wednesday, October 19. Some 60 of the graduates are continuing their education in Sixth Form, while the majority will seek employment in the dwindling job market.

In the above photographs, obtained from Rocklyn Maynard of Professional Photos Imaging Centre, LIME Anguilla made special presentations this week to school children on the island.