Topic: school
New primary school to help meet growing demand for spaces
A new private primary school will be the centre piece of a planned community on the edge of George Town, featuring sports and wellness facilities and a nature walk through the mangroves.
Masks, school closures only increase fear of COVID-19 in students, says doctor
Mask mandates and school closures due to COVID-19 will only increase the fear of the virus among students in the community, especially when it will only make them mildly ill, local consultant paediatrician and neonatologist Dr. Sara Watkin has said.
Confusion and concern over school holiday extension
The decision to extend the school Christmas break by two weeks has been greeted with a mix of confusion and concern by parents.
Masks in classroom part of school-opening guidelines
All teachers will take a COVID-19 test and students will be required to wear masks in school under guidelines for the new term.
CXC exams rescheduled to July
The Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) secondary school exams, scheduled for May and June, have been rescheduled to July, and some other examinations have been cancelled, the Department of Education Services announced Friday.
School’s out
Today's editorial cartoon
EDITORIAL – When Cayman’s private schools run out of space
When pondering a relocation (particularly to a foreign land), three questions rise to the forefront of every parent’s mind:
Back to school
Today's editorial cartoon
EDITORIAL – Speaking up for West Bay’s schoolchildren
How can issues as obvious as broken equipment, “debris,” and mold be present in a primary school in a country as wealthy as ours, within a public education system as well-funded as ours? And, for the record, smack in the backyard of Education Minister Tara Rivers?
Back-to-school giveaway draws crowd
Airport park was a hive of activity on Sunday, as parents and children enjoyed a back-to-school giveaway hosted by the Cayman Islands Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Church raises $8,000 for students
A fish fry held by the Community Services Department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in George Town raised more than $8,000 to help pay the back-to-school expenses of nearly four dozen students on island.
EDITORIAL – Goodbye, summer Hello, school year
For most children, parents and educators in the Cayman Islands, this weekend is an annual milestone — the final halcyon days of summer before the start of the new school year.
SNAP solution proposed for youth crime
An early intervention program for children as young as 6 has been pitched as a new tool to help prevent school troublemakers in the Cayman Islands from graduating to more serious crimes.
Caymanian students promoted in Canada
Three Caymanian students studying abroad have been appointed to leadership roles for the 2016-2017 academic year at the Trinity College School in Ontario, Canada.
John Gray principal’s passion: ‘turning lives around’
Three weeks after taking up one of the most challenging and important jobs in the Cayman Islands, the new principal of John Gray High School sees plenty of reasons for hope.
