Year 9 students Jada Davis, Salayah Stange, Yvé Smith and Jerzi Trott-Riley were selected as Finalists in the Middle School Division. The girls designed a prototype for a waterproof, insulated shelter, to keep homeless people dry and warm.
DECEMBER Three BHS students were awarded $5,000 Computer Science scholarships from Treefrog Consulting Ltd. Lara Backeberg ‘22, Ashlyn Lee ‘20, and Kameron Young ‘19 are all students who show outstanding promise in technology, while working hard and enthusiastically at all times.
younger students at West Pembroke Primary, Hope Academy, Port Royal Primary and Francis Patton Primary. Groups of students also took part in a clean and tidy up of the Meals on Wheels headquarters; reading and visiting with residents at Lefroy House, and painting a mural, and cleaning and weeding at WindReach. Student leaders organised every aspect of the day, and it was a wonderful way to honour our membership in the Round Square organisation and celebrate the IDEALS of Environmentalism, Leadership and Service.
In the National Debate Competition, our Middle School ‘B’ Debating team came 1st (Grace McFadden, Katie Gunther and Salayah Stange). Additionally, our Head Student, Brianna Correia, won awards for top Senior Debating and top Impromptu Senior Debater.
Secondary students had a unique speaker come in for assembly: Beatrice Benvenuti is the first (and only) international female rugby referee in the world, and was in Bermuda for the World Rugby Classic. She spoke to the students about her unconventional career path, the importance of following your dreams and never letting anyone tell you you cannot do something because you’re a girl. Beatrice also spoke about how, if you put your mind to it, work hard and are prepared to make sacrifices, you can achieve anything. As a 24-year-old woman making her way in a male-oriented career, and with six languages under her belt, Beatrice was an inspiration.
All Year 9 students took part in the 2017 DECA Idea Challenge, a premier event in Global Entrepreneurship Week. They were tasked with finding a new purpose for rubber bands and given
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In December, French students and French-speaking staff gathered to have lunch with members of Alliance Française. It was a great opportunity for our students to practice speaking French and it was enjoyed by all, with promises to do it again in the new year.
BHS hosted 21 female students from Dellwood, Northlands and West Pembroke Primary schools for our very own BHS Hour of Code event, in conjunction with the global events taking place as part of Computer Science Education Week. Secondary students worked as mentors for the younger girls and guided them through coding programmes Python, Scratch and HTML. A fun and educational day was had by all, and this was just another example of how BHS is Leading the Way in STEAM education in Bermuda for the benefit of all students!
one week to create a prototype of their innovation and a 3-minute video to showcase it and their team work. Out of over two thousand entries worldwide,
The cast of Shrek received a surprise visit by Bermudian actress and singer Candace Furbert. Ms Furbert played Mama Shrek, the Dragon and the Fairy Godmother in the UK touring production of ‘Shrek the Musical’. The cast was
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