BHS students ready to take on the world Welcome


Bermuda is only 21 square miles, a speck on the map, but we have the might and resilience of a much larger country. We have learned to stand on the world stage and take our place amongst the leaders in tourism, banking, international business and, most recently, sailing when we hosted the 2017 America’s Cup.


While the rest of the world may have only known of Bermuda as the place where shorts are proper attire and the occasional airplane or ship went missing in a sliver of a geographical triangle, and doubted whether we could host such an event as the America’s Cup, we knew better. You should never underestimate the ability of Bermudians to come together and ensure that our island shines. Similarly, as Head of School, Linda (Noble) Parker ’78 noted in her graduation address, the person who underestimates a BHS graduate does so at their peril. Though many of them started at BHS as small, shy girls, they leave BHS mighty, resilient and resourceful. They are confident, and capable of taking on a myriad of challenges. Perhaps most importantly, they, too, have learned the power of collaboration, that by supporting and helping each other, everyone is stronger.


There was great evidence of this when five BHS students took on the challenge of forming Team Bermuda and competing in the FIRST Global Robotics Competition in July. With only one month (compared to the six months most teams had) the girls learnt to build and programme a robot, from scratch, using a coding language new to them and travelled to Washington DC to compete against 162 other teams from 157 countries. You can read all about their journey on pages 16 and 17. Upon returning from the competition, the girls immediately announced that they wanted


to form a new club at BHS, using the new skills they had acquired!


We had many BHS students and staff involved in the America’s Cup as volunteers or participants in the many youth activities on offer, which you can read about on page 7. Many more parents, alumni and friends of BHS also partook; it would probably be difficult to find someone in the BHS Community who did not! Two of our alumnae held significant roles: Laura (Butterfield) Cutler ‘82 as the Manager of TeamBDA, Bermuda’s entry in the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup; and Katrina Williams ’06 as West End Programme Manager of the Endeavour Programme. You can read more about their leadership roles on page 24 and 25.


We have seen so many volunteers working together to ensure that the Leading the Way Campaign is a success. As we look to close out the campaign this year and raise $2.3 million more to fully achieve the School’s STEAM Vision, we will be working with Linberg & Simmons and their design team throughout the Fall. You can learn more about this progress on page 15 and we will keep you updated at www. leadingtheway.bm


Just as Bermuda is on the world stage with the best in tourism, banking, insurance and sailing, the advances that BHS is making with its STEAM Initiatives, the Leading the Way Campaign, and the Girls and Young Women’s Leadership Programme, which we are developing this year, will ensure that BHS and its graduates continue to be counted amongst the best in the world.


Jennifer Burland Adams ‘95, P’23 Director of Advancement jburlandadams@bhs.bm 441-278-3040


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