Bermuda High School Round Square Day
On Friday [Nov 24], students from Y5 – IB2 at The Bermuda High School took part in Round Square Day, the theme of which was “Service, Internationalism and Environmentalism.”
A spokesperson said, “Round Square Day at BHS is a chance for the school community to work together to incorporate these ideals into projects which benefit the local community and to celebrate their membership of this unique and dynamic organisation.
“Student leaders are given the responsibility of organising the day, giving them a chance to learn valuable leadership and teamwork skills, and strengthen relationships between students of all ages throughout the school.”
“Student leaders organised a day of activities to celebrate the spirit of the Round Square Organisation, of which BHS is a global member. They led groups of students assigned to a location in their home parish for a morning clean-up of their area, and in the afternoon, they engaged in discussion groups [known as Barazza Groups in the Round Square community], and various service projects around the island.
“The morning’s cleanups took place in 12 locations across the Island from Dockyard to St. George’s, and Anne Hyde from KBB helped the students plan these cleanups.”
“Some of the afternoon community services projects included a clean-up at Masterworks Museum in the Botanical Gardens, the removal of invasive plant species on Trunk Island, and reading, art and games with younger students at West Pembroke Primary, Hope Academy, Port Royal Primary and Francis Patton.
“Groups of students also took part in a clean and tidy up of the Meals on Wheels headquarters, reading and visiting with residents at Lefroy House, and painting a mural, and cleaning and weeding at Wind Reach and removing boat signage at RBYC.
“Saturday November 25th was the World’s Fair at BHS, an annual event wich celebrates Internationalism and the multi-culturalism of the BHS family, and students helped in the fair preparation. One group worked on making blue bird boxes, hair clips and bracelets to be sold at the fair, another group designed and produced a World Flag game, and the final group helped with some heavy lifting.”
“For the second year running, students gathered donations for their trash collection, and this money was used to purchase bike kits. Year 6 students with IB2 support then made the bikes in teams to donate to children in need this Holiday season.
“Special thanks to Nick Kempe of Bermuda Forwarders for their help in importing the bikes to help keep the costs down, and to Mr. Mayho for aiding the students with the construction of the bikes. The bikes will be donated to children in the community through the Toys for Tots programme.”
Thanks are given to the community partners who helped with the projects at the various locations throughout the island, including Roger Parris, Parks Curator, who coordinated the project at the Botanical Gardens; Lawrence Doughty, National Trust Environmental Officer, who led the group at Spittal Pond; Department of Parks employees who trucked away all the collected debris in the beach and park locations; and Ernest Trott at WEDCO who collected all the trash from the group who cleaned up at Lagoon Park in Dockyard.”
Anne Hyde from Keep Bermuda Beautiful said, “KBB is pleased to assist The Bermuda High School in its celebration of being a Round Square School and help organise morning cleanup activities in a dozen locations. This is our second year of partnering on this day of community service and celebration. We are grateful that BHS focuses on the environment as part of their Round Square ideals.”
“Round Square is a worldwide network of 180 schools in 50 countries which helps nurture the qualities that make successful leaders and prepares students to be global citizens through the 6 IDEALS of Internationalism, Democracy, Environmentalism, Adventure, Leadership and Service. BHS is the only Round Square school on the island.
“Round Square membership affords BHS students the opportunity to take part in exchanges around the world, and participate in annual Round Square conferences and service trips. In the past few years, students have traveled to Switzerland, South Africa, Vietnam, Thailand, USA, and South America. There is an Adventure Fund at BHS which helps to ensure that all eligible students have the ability to take advantage of these experiences through funding opportunities.”
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