Primary and Secondary students collected donations for various local charities over the Holiday Season. Boxes of non-perishable items were donated to the Salvation Army and the Lion’s Club for Christmas hampers; hundreds of toiletries and sanitary items were donated to the Coalition for the Protection of Children; $650 was donated to Grateful Bread to help with a family’s most critical needs; Year 7s raised $1,400 by doing chores and donated it to the Toys for Tots initiative and Primary students donated hundreds of toys to the Coalition for the Protection of Children.
year in a row, the BHS Dragons Team was the top school entry! Quinn Gunther ’26 was the top fundraiser and she is pictured above with the Head of the PE Department, Stephanie Barnwell and the four new ping-pong tables which were purchased with the winnings.
The Art Department organised a silent auction of 50 pieces of artwork and photography by Year 7 through IB2 students and alumni. All of the items sold and the $1,500 raised was used to establish an Arts Bursary that will be awarded to a graduating student pursuing an Arts degree at College and/ or University level.
Indigo Adamson ’24 placed 3rd in the Bermuda Idol competition and donated all of her winnings to the Family Centre’s suicide prevention and counselling services.
During Giving Week, Torch, the school mascot, made her appearance at the Ramp to greet Primary students as they arrived at school.
DECEMBER
EYP students joined Mrs Kelly in the Innovation Centre’s Food-Safe Lab as part of their unit learning about all the different celebrations that take place this time of year. Mrs Kelly prepared a Ghanaian specialty, Bofrots, which are little donuts that children in Ghana eat, especially around the Holidays. The girls loved seeing Mrs Kelly fry the Bofrots and enjoyed tasting them even more.
Three students were selected as winners of the Harvey Cooper Award 2020, a student art award. Layla Williams ’22 won 1st place while Miniya Wainwright ’21 placed 2nd and Arima Turner ’26 won the Judge’s Middle School Prize.
Six BHS students were honored at the 2nd Annual Dr Reg Grundy Annual Youth Photography Competition: Your Eyes on Bermuda. Layla Kurt ’21 won the 15-18 age group in the Bermuda Ecosystem category and her entry was also chosen as Best in Show. Other winners included Elizabeth Soares ’30 and Kira Dunley-Owen ’30 in the Bermuda Ecosystem, both in the 7-10 age group. Courtney Sims ‘25 was the runner-up in the Bermuda Ecosystem in the 11-14 age group. Honourable mentions in the 11-14 age group went to Vikashni Ragunathan ’25 in the Bermuda Ecosystem and Gabrielle Turchiaro ’24 in the Bermuda Homes.
Throughout Primary, students learned all about the traditions and meaning behind the celebrations of Hannukah. They proudly displayed their menorahs and had fun playing traditional games while celebrating and learning more about some of their classmates’ culture.
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Secondary Art Teacher, Rachel Swinburne, was instrumental in bringing the Peaceful Art Protest to life. This project began in the summer to support the Black Lives Matter movement. The City of Hamilton and the Bermuda National Gallery threw their weight behind it to install two murals in the City. Ms Swinburne is pictured below with artist Dennis Joaquin.
Kayla Calveley ’26 was featured in the Royal Gazette for her business, Kayla’s Kreations. She sells everything from handmade resin key chains and bookmarks to bead bowls, lip scrubs, refurbished furniture and art work.
JANUARY
IB1 artists debuted their virtual art show, “Open Studio”, which ran for a week in January.
Martin Luther King Jr Day was celebrated throughout the School. In Primary, students looked at the broader themes of what Dr King represented, with our youngest EYP students even staging their own march. In Secondary, the focus was on larger themes to do with equality and civil rights. Special assemblies looked at the history
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