Volunteer Stories
Primary School Students Enjoy Discovery Day
Donor Stories, Events, News, Our Work, Stories, Volunteer Stories | June 28, 2023
Bermuda Education Network and students from two public primary schools moved their lessons to the Botanical Gardens last Thursday, June 22nd for a day of outdoor learning. A spokesperson said, “The idea of a Discovery Day was conceived by Purvis Principal, Enid Furbert Jacobs who enlisted Bermuda Education Network to organize activities for 1... Read more
BEN Donates Books To P1 Classrooms
Donor Stories, News, Our Work, Stories, Volunteer Stories | March 31, 2023
Bermuda Education Network is celebrating International Children’s Book Day with a donation of books to every P1 classroom in Bermuda’s public school system. A spokesperson said, “International Children’s Book Day has been celebrated annually on April 2 since 1967 with the goal of inspiring a love of reading in children. Every P1 classro... Read more
BEN Holds Special Story Time For Preschoolers
BEN Book Club, Donor Stories, Events, Volunteer Stories | July 20, 2022
Bermuda Education Network [BEN] hosted a special story time for preschoolers commemorating Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. A spokesperson said, “Pre-schoolers and their families attended the July 3rd celebration at the Bermuda National Trust’s Waterville Property and were entertained by guest storyteller Moneca Darrell of Fortitude... Read more
An Interview with U.S. Consul General of Bermuda, Karen Grissette
BEN Book Club, Kristen Scott Ndiaye, Volunteer Stories | March 2, 2022
BEN recently caught up with Karen Grissette, United States Consul General to Bermuda, BEN supporter and avid reader. Read on to learn more about her 20-year plus global career, her childhood memories of reading, and her thoughts on the transformational power of reading in the lives of Bermudians. Tell us a bit about where you’ve been?&n... Read more
World Book Day 2022
Adopt-A-School, News, Volunteer Stories | February 26, 2022
Nikita Robinson is inviting the public to support a school to help celebrate World Book Day 2022, which is less than a week away. A spokesperson said, “Evangelist Nikita Robinson of The Worship Room on Magic102.7FM is inviting the public to support a nursery, preschool or public primary, middle or high school to help celebrate World... Read more