June 1, 2014
VOLUME 22
NUMBER 11
The Abaconian
Section B
Page 1
June 1st, 2014
Abaco runners medal in 2014 Junior IAAF
Above left to right: Shakeem Henchell, Freceal Cornish, Devano Mackey and Stevie Christian Gardiner at a relay earlier this month. The Moore’s Island team took third place in the IAAF“One Island, One Lane” Junior Boy’s 4x400m Relay and earned first place in the Medley Relay. See page 10 for more details. Photo by Tamara Duncombe.
Ryerson University students assist at ECC By Jennifer Hudson This year will mark the fourth year that students from Ryerson University in Canada have assisted at Every Child Counts School. This project is beneficial to both the University and the school since the Ryerson students gain valuable experience and the children and teachers at ECC benefit from some excellent assistance. This year eleven students are assisting at the school from April 30 to May 31, with two of them staying on until June 2. Normally the students are selected from third and fourth year placements at the university but this year there are some secondyear students also. The students are from the departments of early childhood studies, sociology and social work and are overseen by their Professor Jean Golden. The students stated that they came with no expectations but they are loving it. They are enjoying working with the children and also learning about Bahamian culture. "This year students are receiving a more in-depth introduction to Bahamian culture through meetings with various persons and entities in the community rather than just, as in other years, gleaning what they can from social interactions. This year they have enjoyed talks from persons Above: Ryerson students at ECC with Professor Jean Golden centre back.
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ECC
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