Teaming up with the Department of Tourism as part of Disney Cruise Line’s annual holiday outreach initiatives, Disney Cruise Line Crew Members, along with beloved Disney characters Captain Mickey and Captain Minnie, shared holiday cheer with students at Lighthouse School. Joining in the festivities and lending a helping hand to distribute the gifts were Ms. Barbara Connolly, […]
Cayman: Disney Cruise Line celebrates the season with Lighthouse School
Cayman Islands Ministry and Department of Education Remember Mrs. Penny McDowall
From Cayman Island Education Department “Penny embodied the qualities of a successful special needs educator – patience, acceptance, organisation, intuition, creativity, and a fun personality. These attributes are what drew her students to her and endeared her to everyone who had the opportunity to meet her or work alongside her. Her passionate advocacy for the […]
Seven Cayman Islands Lighthouse School students make history and pass the City & Guilds Exams 2018
From The Cayman Islands Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports, Agriculture and Lands. Lighthouse School is proud to share that for the first-time-ever, on 14 June 2018, seven students successfully passed Stage One City & Guild exams. City & Guilds is a qualification that is recognised worldwide and opens doors for future opportunities both in further […]
Cayman Islands: Seven Mile Beach Community Officer spearheads disabled parking sign initiative at Camana Bay
From RCIPS Seven Mile Beach Community Officer Spearheads Disabled Parking Sign Initiative at Camana Bay, 23 May Wednesday morning, 23 May, representatives from the RCIPS, Dart Realty and the Lighthouse School, met at Camana Bay to unveil ten new disabled parking signs which were designed and illustrated by students from the Lighthouse School as part […]
iNews Briefs & Community Events
United Church Convocation The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Regional Mission Council will host Convocation 2018 beginning at 9 a.m., Sunday, 22 April, 2018, at Cayman Prep and High School Auditorium on Walkers Road. All are invited to join this year’s Convocation with the theme Disciples of Peace. Cayman […]
Leadership Cayman class tour Lighthouse School as part of latest seminar
With Education a key focus of the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce right now, the Leadership Cayman class also turned its attention to the matter for the latest seminar on Wednesday, March 7. Focusing on ‘Education & Workforce Development,’ the class was tasked with understanding the challenges facing the education system, how key stakeholders are […]
Cayman Islands Civil Service marks Disability Day, Disability Week
Civil Servants, six per cent of whom self-identify as persons with a disability in a recent survey, marked International Day for Persons with Disabilities with a photo opportunity outside the Government Administration Building on Monday, 4 December. The observance whose 2017 theme was “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all”, was also attended by […]
Cayman Islands: Robbery of jerk stand on Saturday night, 17 December
From RCIPS: Monday 19 2016 Just after 11PM on Saturday night, 17 December, the 9-1-1 Communications Centre received a report of a robbery of a jerk stand in Red Bay. A few minutes before two men had approached the jerk stand armed with what appeared to be handguns and demanded the cash on hand. They […]
Committee formed in Cayman Islands to steer the development of the OBC for the new Sunrise Centre facility
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – A committee has been formed by the Ministry of Education, Employment & Gender Affairs to steer the development of the Outline Business Case (OBC) to review viable options for a new Sunrise Adult Training Facility. The ultimate goal of this project would be to provide a purpose-built Centre of Excellence […]
New Principal for Cayman Islands’ Lighthouse School Appointed
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – Elroy Bryan, currently Deputy Principal at Savannah Primary School (SPS), will take up the post of Principal at the Lighthouse School (LHS) when the new school year begins in September 2016, the Ministry of Education has announced. He was previously a Senior Teacher, Head of the Physical Education Department and […]