School Reports
SEPTEMBER The Year 7-9 Middle School Prizegiving ceremony for 2017/2018 was held on September 24th. The guest speaker was Nikki Lynn Marshall ‘10, an investment analyst for Hudson Structured Capital.
Tomasina Pearman ’22 received 2nd Prize in the Mirrors Annual Student Art Competition, at Masterworks Museum of Art, for her mixed media entry ‘Mary Prince’. She was presented with an Art Supply kit and a $25 gift voucher, along with a $350 donation to BHS for her entry. Year 10 and Year 11 Art students responded to the theme of ‘Bermuda: Our Community’ with Abigail Belfrage’s ’22 painting of Flatts and Sabree Botelho’s ‘21 depiction of a Bermuda map both selected and framed, along with Tomasina’s piece to hang in the Mirror’s office for long term display.
To celebrate The International Day of the Girl, Year 8 students spoke online with girls across the US, Canada, Switzerland and Tanzania. They shared their hopes and dreams for the future, and bonded over their love of sports and what it means to be a girl today.
This year’s university tour saw IB2 students visit Canada to tour Dalhousie, St Mary’s, Acadia, Mount St Vincent, McGill, Queen’s, Concordia, Trent, UOIT, York, Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier, Brock, Western, Ryerson, and the University of Toronto.
Indigo Adamson ’24 had the honour of singing at Government House for the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of The Reading Clinic (started by BHS Alumna Betty (Gorham) Kitson ‘35). Indigo sang “Never Enough” from the Greatest Showman, and Puccini’s “O Mio Babino Caro”.
25 BHS students, three alumnae, and one parent performed in the 2018 Gilbert & Sullivan production of Annie. Natalia Tafur ’25 and Mya Maries ’24 shared the lead role of Annie.
Madison Quig ‘19 was named a Commended Student in the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, based on her outstanding academic performance in the 2017 PSAT exams. Over 1.6 million students took the test in 2017 and Madison was identified in the top 50,000 scorers.
OCTOBER
Secondary students experienced an incredible special assembly with robotics legend, and one of Business Insider’s top 23 most powerful women engineers, Dr Alana Howard, from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr Howard’s relatable manner quickly put the students at ease, removing the “scary stigma” attached to coding and robotics, showing the girls the fun side of what she does with dancing robots, a coding game and a drone. Enthralled by Dr Howard, many of the students stayed afterwards to speak with her, even asking for autographs!
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Staff, students, parents and alumni took part in the BF&M Breast Cancer Walk and the Partner Re Fun Run and Walk, creating a sea of pink shirts along each route. BHS also won the BF&M award for school spirit!
NOVEMBER
The History Department welcomed two visiting Oxford lecturers who spoke with IGCSE and IB History, TOK, Global Politics and Diversity Club students about the
The Year 10-IB2 Senior Prizegiving ceremony was held on October 15th, with Ms Sara Schroter-Ross ’98, a lawyer and BHS Trustee, presenting as the guest speaker.
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