#Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – December 1, 2020 – Reading and writing are fundamentals for learning and Mills Institute in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos has determined it will elevate the profile of these foundational skills for a standard of excellence which is returning national and regional successes for the school and its students.
In
2020, Mills Institute has captured top prizes in a national essay competition
hosted by grocery store conglomerate, Graceway Supermarkets. De’Aysia Seymour and Rodney Adams won
first and second place respectively in the Graceway IGA Staying
Blue Essay Competition.
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Now,
there is a regional first runner up and her name is Shandrique Ebanks. With a bright smile, curious eyes and razor
sharp comprehension skills, Shandrique has made her family overwhelmingly
proud.
An
excerpt: “covid19 has put a really big hole in our
social life. We miss playing together on the monkey bars at school. This new
lifestyle has taken away our rights to play. “
“I
am just so proud of Shan, so very proud of her,” said her mother who is also a
teacher at the school.
Mills
Institute in a statement said: “For
a second year in a row Mills Institute has secured a top position in the UWI
& UNICEF Caribbean Child Research Conference Essay Competition. This
year, fifth grader, Shandrique Ebanks captured second
place position for the school once again in the regional competition. She read
her essay at the virtual conference and excerpts have been posted in the
Jamaica Observer’s last week’s edition.”
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Mills
Institute has excelled in the University of the West Indies and UNICEF hosted
essay contest before.
“Last
year the school’s sixth grader, De’Aysia Seymour was placed second
in the competition, and she later traveled to Barbados to
read her essay for the delegates at the conference,” informed Mills
Institute. The school also shared that
another of their talented writers rounded out the top submissions,
“…Shaneisa Taylor, a Grade 6 student at the school, secured
a top 10 position, both in the category 8-11 years.”
The
children penned their thoughts on a weighty and timely subject: “The Impact of Covid-19 on Children.
Shandrique Ebanks FIRST RUNNER UP UWI & UNICEF Essay Contest
Mills
Institute said they are pleased to be blazing a trail with brilliant young
writers.
“We
are excited to see that that the emphasis we have been placing on training our
staff in the teaching of Creative Writing over the years is now paying huge
dividends, our students are excelling not only locally but
regionally. Congratulations
to Shandrique and Shaneisa for your stellar achievements. I
also commend all the other students whose essays were selected
for entry in this important competition. Continue to blaze the
trail for academic achievement,” said Deputy
Director Debby-Lee Mills.
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#TurksandCaicos, May 26, 2022 – Earlier this morning, Carnival Freedom’s emergency response team quickly activated and extinguished a fire inside the ship’s funnel while the ship was in Grand Turk.
All guests and crew are safe, and the ship’s guests were cleared by local authorities to go ashore. We continue to assess the situation.
Carnival Freedom left Port Canaveral on Monday on a five-day cruise.
#TurksandCaicos, May 26, 2022 – Magnetic Media can again Update: Emergency teams including TCI Regiment members were on standby, ready to act once 911 alerted about the fire on board Carnival Freedom, says Nigel Dakin, TCI Governor.
The assistance was, however not required as the crew communicated having the situation under control.
The question is now, whether the fire has rendered the vessel inoperable. Will it be healthy enough to continue its itinerary.
At this hour the Deputy Governor and the Home Affairs Minister are en route to the Grand Turk Cruise Center. The DDME is accompanying them as well, said the governor.
“…we remain poised to help if needed, including responding to any requests that may be made by Carnival in support of passengers,” said Governor Dakin.
Carnival Cruise Line has also since issued a statement.
#TurksandCaicos, May 26, 2022 – Magnetic Media can report, information is fluid and changing as we give a update on the incident at the Grand Turk Cruise Port.
Cruise passengers sharing photos and videos Stateside have given an up close perspective on this fright at sea, which greets us on this Thursday morning.
Guest images show that it is the Carnival Freedom, exhaust stack ablaze in a menacing fire that had passengers scrambling to safety.
The Carnival Freedom cruise ship which set sail from Port Canaveral, Florida suffered this disaster onboard; no word on what becomes of the voyage given the damages caught on cell phone cameras.
While some information is changing, steady is the report that no one is hurt.
Tweeted by ‘Chester 4×4’ the video is now making social media rounds and has been picked up by mainstream media in Florida.
Officials had not spoken to the alarming matter up to the time of this post.