A special assembly took place last week to highlight a milestone in the development of John Gray High School, its recent ‘Good’ rating given by the Office of Education Standards (OES) in its most recent assessment of the school.
Eighteen-year-old Hannah Galbraith, an A-level student at Cayman Prep and High School, has just become the third student from that school to gain top marks in her Travel & Tourism AS exam, making her the best in the world in that subject this year.
Admission applications are now open for fall semester at the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI). Record enrolment this summer increased the demand for classes, so students are being encouraged to apply early in order to get the courses they want.
Last year’s lockdown due to the pandemic meant that students who had completed the Positive Intervention Now (PIN) programme were unable to enjoy the closing ceremony for this important programme, but thankfully last Thursday they managed to join with this year’s class....
I’m sure that you have seen all kinds of business names that are memorable and catchy. Some are funny, some are serious. Some are long, and some are short. From some names, it is hard to decipher what the nature of the business is.
As the planet churns out fifty-one tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere in every typical year, human influence on climate change is unmistakable. Even when it is denied in some political quarters, it is refreshing to see the current US President Biden, taking the situation quite seriously.
The poet Gerard Hopkins, in his famous poem ‘God’s Grandeur’ declares that ‘The world is charged with the grandeur of God,’ but then later in the verse he asks the question, ‘Why do men now reck his rod?’
Young children in certain pre-schools will be benefitting soon from a ground-breaking new early years literacy programme, thanks to the non-profit organisation, Literacy is For Everyone (LIFE).
Cayman’s first beauty school, Cayman Career Academy recently held an open-day for prospective students to come and meet with the lecturers, and see just what the Academy can offer them to help them go to the very top of their chosen profession.
The University College of the Cayman Islands will hold its commencement ceremony for its class of 2021 at 7:30 p.m., April 24. More than 200 students will receive degrees or certificates in the program, which is limited to 500 attendees, but which will be live streamed via UCCI’s Facebook page.