The Anguilla Community Foundation, in conjunction with the Social Security Board, officially presented two sets of Scholastic Summer School Reading Programme books to the Learning Support Department at Campus B, Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School. This short ceremony took place on Wednesday of this week in the presence of education officials, the Principal, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the school and the second form Language Skills students of the Department who are now benefiting from this new reading programme.

Teachers with Timothy Hodge and George Kentish

Class teacher Felicia Simmonds expressed her gratitude for the books and explained that she found the donated books to be a very useful teaching support tool. Since the class started using the books in October 2002, she has observed a tremendous improvement in the students’ attitude and performance. According to her, the students are “more involved and ready to share their ideas because the topics [covered in the books] relate to everyday life”. She further described the books as “an ideal programme”.

Given the unanimous satisfaction with the programme, Officer of Multi-professional Services, Rhonda Connor, expressed her wish to see the other levels of the programme used in the school. Timothy Hodge, one of the Directors of the Anguilla Community Foundation, responded that the two institutions that he was representing would be happy to oblige to such a request.

Students participate in reading exercise as Rhonda Connor listens

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