Volunteer Stories
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
Joint effort helps pupils with science and literacy
News, Volunteer Stories | September 10, 2021
BEN teamed up with our friends at BUEI to provide some extra tutoring and science learning this summer. We are SUPER grateful to the team led by Julie Steele as well as our wonderful reading tutors Nancy Swart, Cheryl Symons, Rhoda Musson, Carolyn Conway, Susan Masters, Jaishelbi Johnston, and Stacey Kyme. Joint effort helps pupils with sci... Read more