Education

A large number of new students, who have commenced their secondary education in Form 1 at Campus B, at the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School, underwent an orientation session on Friday, August 31.

A two-week workshop for teachers in Anguilla opened at Campus B on Monday, July 16. It is focusing on four subject areas: classroom management, English as a second language, Information Technology and ‘Make and Take.’

On Wednesday June 20th, eighty five students were at Chandeliers for the Annual School Leavers Seminar. The seminar is an event sponsored by the Labour Department of the Government of Anguilla. The speaker was Miss Merlyn Rogers, who spoke passionately to the students about living well, meeting life head on and when confronted with challenges, see them as unlimited possibilities. She said graduates should seek to improve themselves whether abroad or at home. She advised students that, “employers still value employees who are skilled, those who embody honesty, integrity, team spirit, good work ethics and quality customer service.”

Ms. Shadea Richardson, a grade six student of the Stoney Ground Primary School, has received a scholarship from the Caribbean Students Organization Alumni Association based in Dallas, Texas. The scholarship is for the purchase of textbooks for the up coming school year. Shadea and her mother, Ms. Browne, have expressed their sincere gratitude for the kind gesture demonstrated by the Caribbean Students Organization Alumni Association. Ms. Browne said the award will aid in getting her daughter ready for Junior High School.

A number of foreign students attending the primary schools in Anguilla, having difficulty learning the English Language, are benefiting from a quantity of materials presented by the Governor’s Office to the Education Department.

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Education Reform Unit is holding a series of workshops in the sub-region looking at the teaching of Mathematics in forms one, two and three of secondary schools.

The schools in Anguilla observed Commonwealth Day on Monday, March 12, with special indoor and outdoor classroom activities.

Teachers Olive Jacobs and Janice Hodge were the honoured guests at the Special Needs Teachers’ Appreciation Dinner held at the Overlook Restaurant in South Hill on Saturday last. Ms. Jacobs and Teacher Janice were awarded by their fellow teachers for their charisma and exemplary work in the area of Special Education.

Literacy Hour in the primary schools is not just about the usual subjects like maths and information technology but covers a range of other matters.

Parents, teachers and other adults have been told that there is nothing more rewarding that an investment in the development of the children of Anguilla.

Monday, 26th February 2007- Saturday, 3rd March 2007
Theme: Educating Students for Success in a Changing World

By: Mrs. Carol Webster
Special Educational Needs Teacher at the Stoney Ground Primary School

I would like to take this opportunity to tell you about children with severe learning disabilities. They are really no different from anyone else. It’s just that their approach to learning is different. Special Needs children are unique and are capable of doing the same things that you do, just at a slower pace.

His Excellency The Governor, Mr. Andrew George, visited The Anguillian on Tuesday, January 23, as part of his continuing familiarisation tours to a number of places and offices in Anguilla.

This marks the final week of the Cable & Wireless bsmart competition, and schools around the island are eagerly awaiting the announcement of the winning school.

Certificates and trophies were presented to a number of fourth form students at the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School for successfully representing the various houses in a quiz competition organised by the Nutrition and Health Promotion in collaboration with the Guidance and Counselling Teacher, Anita Ruan.

The Road Primary School is grateful for contributions received recently from Janice A. Louden (formerly Albertha Proctor).

Two Anguillian children have been presented with cash awards for being winners of a competition hosted by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to promote awareness and understanding of various issues relating to currency spending and investment decisions.

More than thirty children are benefiting from the Soroptimist Club’s Annual Reading Workshop being held each morning for three weeks. Children are chosen by the education authorities and the workshop is organized by Soroptimist Stella Horsford assisted by other Soroptimist members.

On June 30, the principal and staff of the Bethel Methodist Preschool graduated nineteen jubilant students. As each student was presented he or she said what his or her career goal was and then sported their motto “If It Is To Be It Is Up To Me”.

At a ceremony on June 28 at the Teachers’ Resource Centre auditorium, eighteen students from the sixth form class of the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School graduated. The theme for the event was “The Journey has just Begun”. It was chaired by Mitchelle Lake who welcomed those present and described the graduation as a significant step in the sixth formers career.

Graduates of the Island Harbour Primary School were encouraged by Mr. Evan Webster to live up to their graduating theme – ‘Moving On’. He told them that they would face new challenges as they made the transition from primary school to the secondary level of their education. He continued: “a new resolve will be essential for each one of you, if success is to be achieved.”