Education

Nashara Webster, who performed so well in the recent CXC exams was delighted to receive a used computer and printer from the Soroptimist Club. It was presented on Tuesday evening during the meeting of the Club. Also present was Avon Carty, Corporate Communications Manager from Cable and Wireless who presented Nashara with free internet access.

Liz Pre-school held its 15th Year anniversary celebrations on Wednesday 7 Sept at their school grounds. Students past and present were in attendance along with their parents and supporters of Tr. Bronte Newman’s effort in making the pre-school what it is today.

Caribbean Commercial Bank staff members Vanessa Connor (Assistant Manager Operations) and Karen R York (Administrative Assistant) attended the 61st annual session of the prestigious Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison held August 7-19, 2005.

The Soroptomist Club of Anguilla has concluded its yearly reading programme. The two-and-a-half week programme has been ongoing for the last 15 years. With the volunteering of local soroptomists and friends, and the participation of the Education Department in the form of Tr. Rhonda Connor, Education Officer-Multi professional support services, the programme has again been extremely successful.

For the second year in a row, the Alumni Chapter of the Caribbean Students Organisation at Midwestern State University, in Wichita Falls, Texas, has granted an Anguillian Primary School student a scholarship of EC $500.00.

A Sixth Form student in Anguilla, who has done extremely well in her studies, and was awarded the bulk of the prizes for her brilliant performance, is to study Forensic Science and Crime Scenes, at Bournemouth University in the south of England, from September, 2005.

Five teachers from Anguilla have joined a number of others in marking examination papers recently completed by students across the region.

Children and teachers in two special needs classes at the Stoney Ground and Road Primary Schools are benefiting from free internet access and facilitating computer equipment from Cable and Wireless.

The Methodist Church pre-schools at Ebenezer in the Valley, Bethel at South Hill and Maranatha at Blowing Point, are the recipients of a quantity of useful items called “smiles in a suitcase.”

The Morris Vanterpool Primary School at East End is again the winner of the Anguilla Day Trivia Quiz organised by the American Eagle, thus repeating its excellent performance of last year.

On May 1st 2005, Korenée Webster graduated from Andrews University, in Michigan USA, with a Masters Degree in Social Work.

The Island Harbour Primary School has embarked on a reading programme to improve the performance of the pupils in this area of learning.

Various activities are being held in Anguilla in observance of Early Childhood Month.

The activities commenced on March 4 with the opening ceremony at the Teachers’ Resource Centre. The events, which will continue until month end, are taking place under the theme “Working Together to keep Early Childhood Education alive March 4 - 31, 2005.”

A gift of five computers has added significantly to the information technology learning process at the Island Harbour Primary School where students are doing well in their technical work.

Twenty-three students at Campus B of the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School were awarded certificates on Tuesday, March 1 for being on the 2004 - 2005 Honour Roll.

Two Anguillians, Darren (Chino) Lewis, 17, and Levi Lewis, 19, are in the United States on a three-month training and internship programme with Cape Designs in Chicago. It is a nationally known training company for professional painters and decorative faux wall finishing techniques.

A senior employee at Caribbean Commercial Bank (Anguilla) Ltd is the first recipient of the inaugural Graduate School of Banking scholarship provided by the Caribbean Association of Indigenous Banks, Inc.

The primary schools in Anguilla have ended their observance of Numeracy Month – October - with various programmes.

Form Two students, at Campus B of the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School who will be entering Third Form at Campus A in September, have been told to reach for higher standards.

The reference library at Campus B has received a major boost to its stock of educational books – thanks to the Caribbean American Mission for Education Research and Action (CAMERA).