Stories from The Bahamas Eco-Schools

Twelve Eco-Schools from two islands (Grand Bahamas and Abaco) have been damaged. Our campaign focuses on helping these schools so they can buy new equipment and educational materials that will allow students to return to normality as soon as possible.

The estimation of needs for each school will be provided at the earliest opportunity. At the moment, every donation for schools in The Bahamas is crucial and needed! At the end of this campaign, we will produce a final report to show the impact of Children for Children.

These are the twelve Eco-Schools affected by the recent Hurricane Dorian:

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Every Child Counts, Abaco Green Flag

In 1994, Evelyn Major and her husband adopted twin boys who were then 3 years old. They soon discovered that their sons had severe developmental delays and would require special education. Upon investigation the Majors realised that no special needs programme was available on Abaco. Working with Reverend Stan Kolasa of St. Francis De Sales Church and Dr. S. Kossack of Florida International University, and with the support of generous donors and other families with children who have similar needs, “Every Child Counts” was born. The school was home to close to hundreds before hurricane Dorian which left severe damage throughout the ECC buildings: drastic flooding, missing roofs and destroyed electronics.

http://www.everychildcountsabaco.org/

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Forest Height Academy, Abaco Green Flag

Forest Heights Academy was founded in 1990 as a private all-age school. In 1995 the school became a co-educational high school incorporating grades 7 through 12. Students come to Forest Heights from the entire island of Abaco and its outlying Cays. Great Abaco is the third largest island in the Bahama chain. Our modern campus is located on Don MacKay Boulevard in Abaco’s principal town Marsh Harbour.

Forest Heights strives to be a centre of learning that stresses total quality and life-long skills through continuous improvement. The school fosters an environment where students are guaranteed the opportunity to acquire the knowledge to become effective citizens and tomorrow’s leaders.

It is the responsibility of Forest Heights to promote the employability of our graduates and to provide incentives for further education. FHA’s goal is to produce individuals who will work co-operatively with others and become self-reliant, self-motivated, and self-disciplined respectable citizens.

http://forestheightsacade.wixsite.com/mysite

Hope Town Primary, Abaco Green Flag

Closed with rehabilitation works ongoing.

Founded in 1893, the Hope Town School is located on Elbow Cay, Abaco. The schools educates children from kindergarten through to sixth grade.

http://www.hopetownschool.org/

Man-O-War Primary School, Abaco Green Flag

Closed and used as accommodations for international volunteer agency.

Bishop Michael Eldon School, Grand Bahama Green Flag

Bishop Michael Eldon School (Formerly Freeport Anglican High/Discovery Primary School) In the Northern Bahamas, on the island of Grand Bahama, Bishop Michael Eldon School (Freeport Anglican High School and Discovery Primary School) originally known as Freeport High School and re-named Freeport Anglican High School opened its doors in September of 1965.

Over the next three years the campus was developed with the addition of more rooms. In 1975 the school was taken over by the Anglican Central Education Authority (ACEA). Fr. Bishop, who had beenheadmaster at St. John’s College for many years, was appointed principal. Like its sister and brother schools on New Providence the success of the school can be seen in its graduates who have made contributions nationally and internationally. Lady Henrietta St. George founded Discovery Primary School in a cottage in the garden of her Freeport home.

In 1991 Lady Henrietta built the new Discovery Primary School on the grounds of Freeport Anglican High School. In 1993 she donated the buildings to the Diocese and Discovery Primary became a part of the Anglican Schools family. Both schools have flourished. In September 2005 the school was renamed Bishop Michael Eldon School after Bishop Michael Hartley Eldon, the first Bahamian Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

From 1954 through 1962 Bishop Eldon served as Assistant Master at St. John’s College. In 1962 he began his ministry on Grand Bahama Island, where he taught, served as Rural Dean, Archdeacon, probation officer and Chairman of the Grand Bahama Christian Council. Bishop Eldon retired as Lord Bishop of Nassau in 1996. School Crest: The crest is a shield divided into three sections. One section depicts three birds representing egrets that were once plentiful on Grand Bahama and the indigenous scrub pine; the second has a sail ship with a cross on its sail; and the third has the school’s initials in capitals BMES.

http://bmesbahamas.org/

Freeport Gospel Chapel School,Grand Bahama Green Flag

In April 1978 Freeport Gospel Chapel Preschool was started with an enrolment of eight students. It was the first school owned and operated by a member church of the Assemblies of Brethren in The Bahamas. Maria Thompson was the founding principal.

From its humble beginnings in the chapel’s Sunday School rooms, it has grown to a full-fledged preschool and primary school, covering Kindergarten through Grade 6 and is located on a three-acre parcel of land adjacent to the chapel. The school now hosts an average of 350 students.

https://www.facebook.com/FGCSchool/

Lucaya International School, Grand Bahama Green Flag

Lucaya International School is an international school in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. The schools offers early years to grade 13 education to Bahamians and foreign residents.

The school was founded in 1998 with the main goal of offering an internationally based curriculum to the expatriate and local community. The school has an enrollment of 230 students. Approximately 40% are Bahamian Nationals, with the remainder coming from over 30 countries. The school is located in the suburb of Lucaya, on an open campus with sport fields.

The school is authorised to offer the International Baccalaureate Organization IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) to primary age students, and the IB Diploma Programme to secondary students. Middle years students are offered an adapted UK National Curriculum, and the school offers IGCSE exams in Year 11.

LIS is the only accredited International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Diploma Programme (IBDP), Council of International Schools (CIS), New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and Council of International Education (CIE) on the island of Grand Bahama. This provides clear direction for our school community in an ever-evolving educational landscape and supports LIS in being able to offer large school opportunities in our small learning community.

The school draws from both international and Bahamian families, with more than thirty nationalities comprising the student body and a teaching faculty of over ten nationalities. The LIS family celebrates together in many different ways to ensure that the school community is well connected to the local and global community.

https://www.lisbahamas.com/