by Carlena Knight The Principal of the champion school in the recently held Inter-school Track and Field Championship, Dr Colin Greene, is commending the Ministry of Sports for the execution of the meet. Greene was speaking on the Good Morning JoJo Sports show days after it was announced that the…
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Not for profit organisation launches literacy programme
A non-profit organisation is set to give back to students in Antigua and Barbuda in a significant way.
Scrub Life Cares, which was founded by Tanya Ambrose, daughter of Antiguan cricket legend Sir Curtly Ambrose, is dedicated to improving the well-being of underprivileged communities to protect and serve youth, and to create positivity.
With that mantra in mind, the group has decided to launch its inaugural literacy programme, which will be to offer literacy packages with essential items.
“Through our literacy programme, we are committing to donating 100 backpacks filled with school supplies and other essential items to low-income families for the upcoming 2021 fall school term. We’ve decided that this time around, to kick off this part of our programme, we will serve the Irene B Williams Secondary School who will work along with us to help us distribute the backpacks to students in the surrounding communities.
Leader of the Opposition recognises ‘Super Seven’ teachers for exemplary work during Covid-19
Leader of the Opposition Jamale Pringle
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While many frontline workers have been recognised for their bravery and sacrifice during the Covid-19 pandemic, “not a drum was heard” about the painstaking work that some of the country’s educators have done to facilitate classes for students, after schools closed their doors.
On Friday, Leader of the Opposition and Member of Parliament for All Saints East and St Luke, Jamale Pringle a former teacher at the Irene B Williams, Pares, Princess Margaret and Clare Hall secondary schools – singled out seven educators for their technological initiative and continued commitment to education in Antigua and Barbuda.
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Zinnia Apparicio, owner and CEO of Essentials by Zee a small local business that specialises in surgical masks for adults and children, recently donated masks to two learning institutions as a give back initiative.
The Irene B Williams Secondary School (IBWSS) and the Princess Margaret School (PMS) were the recipients of these timely donations. The masks were presented to Dr Colin Greene, the Principal of Apparicio’s alma mater, PMS, and the Principal of IBWSS, Ms Ursula Willock.
Dr Greene expressed his delight that one of his former students made such a timely donation to the school, while Ms Willock also thanked Apparicio for such a thoughtful gesture, and expressed the hope that other companies will follow suit in assisting to help in protecting the nation against Covid-19.