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Flagler College visits Bermuda for Field Experience
Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Though only a small private college located in St. Augustine, Florida, Flagler College has some big dreams for their students in regards to protecting and conserving the environment.


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Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Awakening a sense of the wonder of the natural world in the lives of students is a vital component of the BZS Education programmes.


Reef Life HD featured on Bermuda Stamps
Wednesday, July 01, 2015

The stunning photography that is the focus of the BZS’s Bermuda Reef Life HD app will now be featured on letters and parcels posted around the world as the Bermuda Philatelic Bureau launched a new set of Bermuda Reef Fish stamps on May 21st.


Breeding Success! Tawny Frogmouth Chicks
Wednesday, July 01, 2015

There has been a lot of excitement in the Zoo over the past few months with the birth of three Tawny Frogmouth chicks.


Trunk Island Project 101 – Clearing the Invasives
Wednesday, July 01, 2015

The BZS purchase of the cottage and 2.4 acres on Trunk Island is a visionary achievement that compliments the educational mission of the BZS in so many ways.



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Students bring festive delight to Aquarium
Royal Gazette
Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Jonathan Bell
Published Dec 7, 2016 at 8:00 am (Updated Dec 7, 2016 at 7:20 am)

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Berkeley students build an Xmas display at the Aquarium (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)

Their mission was to put a smile on children’s faces.

“That’s actually our motto,” said Berkeley Institute S4 student Jahkaya Douglas, who teamed up with six others to design and build an elaborate Christmas display from scratch for charity. It worked: “The children lit right up when they saw it,” he said.

The event was the Bermuda Zoological Society’s Christmas party for youngsters last Friday night.

Jahkaya worked with Kevin DaCosta, Jayorie Fox, Jean-Pierre Lucas, Camerin Pickering, Jecoa Thomas and Eduardo Vieira to build a wooden sleigh, a throne and set pieces to transform a room at the Aquarium into Santa’s workshop.

Hosting the party took some costuming as well, so that Santa himself could attend with students dressed up as elves.

The group teamed up with Trevor Haynes, head of Berkeley’s carpentry department, as well as English teacher Tonisha

Key Holmes, to raise money for BZS classes and conservation programmes — and also to fund their school trip in February to look at further education in Rhode Island.

Berkeley is one of eight secondary schools that will be awarded donations by PartnerRe, as part of its Dollars for Hours programme, at a special reception tonight at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute — where their handiwork will go on display.

PartnerRe awards $30,000 to each school, pairing them with a charitable community project in the process. The Berkeley Institute students originally planned a Hallowe’en event for BZS, until Hurricane Nicole intervened.

For the Christmas project, the team had to put in a lot of extra hours outside class time to get their sets built, and the work shows: the sturdy sleigh can comfortably hold the entire group.

“They came through with flying colours; we can’t speak highly enough about it,” said Joanne Chrisnall, the volunteer co-ordinator for BZS.

“You can see the level of craftsmanship — and it’s not everyone’s cup of tea to dress up as an elf.”