High School
Anti-bullying campaign targets high schoolers
(CNS Local Life): The Family Resource Centre (FRC) of the Department of Counselling Services has organised events to recognise Bullying Prevention Month. The slogan for this year’s campaign is “Take a Stand Against Bullying” and marks the fourth local observance. The campaign, run every October, seeks to educate the public about how to protect children […]
High school students ACT to prevent crime
(CNS): More than 200 John Gray High School Year 10 students saw firsthand the consequences of making bad life choices during a Youth Crime Prevention Day held Tuesday, 28 June. Instead of going to their regular classes, the students went to the Family Life Centre to attend workshops on the causes and consequences of crime, […]
Students recognised for pursuing excellence
(CNS): The third annual “Pursuit of Excellence” awards have been presented to two St Ignatius Catholic School students in recognition of their efforts in both the classroom and the community. Past “Proud of Them” recipient Lloyd Barker inaugurated this award scheme in 2014 to encourage and recognise young people for performing good works and striving for […]
Clifton Hunter celebrates graduating class
(CNS): Clifton Hunter High School (CHHS) held its graduation Thursday, 23 June 2016, celebrating the academic achievements of its senior class. At the ceremony, Deputy Governor Franz Manderson presented awards to talented young Caymanians Corey Lyn and Catherine Marika Scotland. Lyn received the Governor’s Award, which is given to a student who has shown significant improvement […]
RCIPS and Youth ACT take crime prevention to the schools
(CNS): Six officers with the RCIPS Neighbourhood Policing Department (NPD) recently participated in daylong crime awareness and prevention events for youth at both Clifton Hunter and John Gray high schools. Organised by the Youth Anti-Crime Trust (Youth ACT) for the fourth straight year, the events feature presentations by local police and prison officers, crime-prevention activists […]
Brac student wins Rotary essay contest
(CNS): Five high school students earned finalist awards in the annual Rotary Club Grand Cayman Adventures in Citizenship Essay Contest. The young people, all in their penultimate year of high school, submitted works on the theme, “One Man One Vote” – after 184 years of multi-member voting, the Cayman Islands changes its political system to […]
John Gray prefects praised for successful year
(CNS): John Gray High School’s Year 11 prefects have wrapped up their duties following a year of service. The 35 students, who served from 2015 to 2016, have been honing their leadership skills with duties and responsibilities in all aspects of school life. These included assisting at reporting sessions, canteen and compound duty, tutoring in […]
Cayman Academy hosts careers fair
(CNS): For the first time in its 50-year history as a secondary school, Cayman Academy has hosted a careers fair for its students and seniors from other interested schools. All together, 11 organisations took the opportunity to exhibit and offer career advice at the fair, held Monday, 21 March, in the school’s auditorium.
Careers fair opens students to job opportunities
(CNS): Year 9 and 11 students at John Gray High School (JGHS) had the opportunity to learn about a wide range of professions in Cayman’s business community at the school’s annual Careers Fair, organised by the Career Services Unit in the Department of Education Services and the JGHS Life Skills Department.
Secondary school athletes prepare for track and field meet
(CNS): Young athletes have been training to compete in the eighth annual Inter-Secondary Track and Field Meet, taking place 1-3 March at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex. An important event on the athletics calendar, the meet will comprise athletes from John Gray High School, Clifton Hunter High School, Layman Scott Senior School, Cayman International School, […]
Local businesses ‘interview’ John Gray students
(CNS): Year 11 students at John Gray High School took part in mock interviews on Wednesday, 16 February as part of Career Activities Week. The interviews were intended to help the students prepare for future careers when they leave school. A number of local businesses sent staff members to interview the youngsters in simulated job […]
Olympic coach speaks to John Gray students
(CNS): World-renowned swimming coach Bailey Weathers, who has worked with Olympic champions, gave a motivational talk to students at John Gray High School on Wednesday, 17 February. Weathers, who is the technical director of the Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association, most recently worked with US swimmer Allison Schmitt, who won five medals, three of them […]
Champion spellers impress at competitions
(CNS): The annual national spelling bees ended in tense tiebreakers for both primary and secondary school students at finals held on 1 and 2 December. In the 32nd Lions Club of Grand Cayman Secondary Schools Spelling Bee, 14 students vied for the title.
Students help clean up Brac beaches
(CNS): Cayman Brac high school students recently took part in a beach cleanup organised by the GREEN Team for the Sustainable Sister Islands for Recycling (SSIR). The “Trash for Treasure” event covered two beaches on the south coast of the island that do not usually get cleaned, with a total of 234 pounds of litter […]
Teens to take on police on football pitch
(CNS): A group of teenage boys will be facing off against the police Friday in a friendly football match at the Annex. The John Gray High School Boyz2Men team will take on the RCIPS in the match that kicks-off at 1pm today. The boys are part of a school programme that supports and mentors young […]
Troubled teens fundraising for their own support programme
(CNS): Students from the John Gray High School are raising the cash themselves for a mentoring group that is helping to turn their lives around. According to the school counsellor, Chris Murray, BoyZ2men, which began at the school in 2009 and has a proven track record for getting at risk and troubled teens back on track, is […]
Young dancers go for gold in NCFA
Young dancers took center stage at the Harquail Theatre on Monday (4 May 2015). Primary and high school aged students from nine government schools and the Cayman Islands National Dance School (CINDS) presented 32 items at the National Children’s Festival of the Arts (NCFA) dance adjudications.
Kids’ posters raise awareness on rubbish plans
(CNS): A competition across all of the country’s schools to design a poster about the waste management hierarchy is the first step in what will eventually become a nationwide campaign to raise awareness about generating less rubbish. It is hoped the poster and essay competition which was organised by the Department of Environmental Health and […]
