Somersfield Academy News
Students Partner With BZS To Build Micro Forest
This project was spearheaded by M3 students, Zoë Mir, Adriana DeCouto, and Aura Doran. Under the guidance of MYP Community Project Coordinator, Ria Swan, and Science Teacher Natalia Frith, the students raised more than $3,500 from the community to purchase 17 different types of native and endemic shrubs and trees, gardening tools, and mulch.
BUEI Announces Zoe Mir (M3) YRE Competition Winner
M3 student, Zoë Mir, environmental activist and Micro Forest Project facilitator, channels her passion for the environment into an award-winning report that highlights the problem of plastic pollution on Nonsuch Island and the dangers it poses to the endangered Cahow, one of the rarest seabirds on the planet. She has won the Young Reporters for the Environment Journalism Competition!
Somersfield Academy dominates schools badminton final
Somersfield Academy picked up an impressive medal haul at the Bermuda School Sports Federation Middle School Girls Badminton Finals on Tuesday. Check out the results.
Somersfield Academy do Middle Schools Hockey double
Somersfield Academy did the double at the BSSF/BHF Middle school hockey tournament by winning both the girls and boys tournaments. See the results.
10 Books for Mental Health at Margaret Hallett Library
We know that mental health problems can affect a student's energy level, concentration, dependability, mental ability, and optimism, hindering performance. Here are 10 books for mental health at Margaret Hallet Library to help encourage kids to express their emotions by identifying their feelings and normalizing how they communicate them.
Somersfield MYP/DP Students Debate Global Issues at GCIMUN
Somersfield Academy delegation of M4 and DP students flew to New York over the weekend to participate in The Global Classrooms International Model United Nations Conference (GCIMUN). Over 1,000 students participated from 37 schools from around the world.
Little Change, Big Difference: Hannah Horsfield, ‘13
Alumna Hannah Horsfield, founder of Seabreeze Designs and Programmes Coordinator for BUEI (Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute) Hannah H. came back to campus to talk to our Lower Primary students about her initiative to curb the use of single-use plastics.
Kendra and Evan Win Second Place in Video Game Design Challenge
Bio-Butterfly Evolution, by Evan Nappee, Jonathan Nappee, Alexander Posthumus and Kendra Chatterjee, won second place in the butterfly themed video game design challenge hosted by Bermuda Island Games.
Somersfield Raises Over $30,000 for Charity
In March, Somersfield Academy community banded together to raise over $30,000 for various charities through participating in community and student-led fundraisers. We were thrilled to see the strength of our community borne out, with our student-led enthusiasm spilling over to the rest of Bermuda and the world.
Design is Everywhere: Kairo Morton ‘20
Somersfield Academy welcomed back to campus, Kairo Morton ‘20 for a presentation to the M4 student design class on his journey from Devonshire, Bermuda to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.