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M A G A Z I N E
Winter 2012
Saltus Grammar School
Senior Management Team
Ted Staunton (Headmaster),
Claire Charlemagne
(Deputy Head Academics)
Jon Beard, Karen Lusher,
Ann Paynter, Alexander
White, Nicole ChichonDe Silva, Heather Couper,
Julie Boyd, Trudy Bucher,
Tracy Renaud, Shelly Sayers
Director of Admissions
Amanda Skinner
Board of Trustees
Gil Tucker, Chairman
Lisa Baumgartner
Graham Collis
William J. Cox
Kelly Francis
Gayle Gorman
Andy Pereira
Dominic Powell
Jonathan Reiss
Sacha Simmons
Leonard Teye-Botchway
Giorgio Zanol
Jennifer Titterton ex officio
Feedback
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Tel: 441/292-6177, ext. 6264
Write: PO Box HM 2224,
Hamilton HM JX, Bermuda
Web: www.saltus.bm
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Saltus Magazine
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Cynthia Lancer-Barnes
Production: Brimstone Media,
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441/232-2222
Contents
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FROM THE HEADMASTER
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Becoming a leader in the arts
NEWS
Headmaster search; new Trustee
SALTUS STARS
Top student achievers
AROUND CAMPUS
Design Tech, Science, UP Library
COVER STORY
Celebrating the arts
ALUMNI
From engineers to entrepreneurs
ANNUAL REPORT
For 2011–12
Cover: Saltus musicians Tashae Trott, Alex Fox, Katie Witkowski and Sekou Hendrickson. Photo: Charles Anderson
Printing: Island Press
(recycled, chlorine-free paper)
Canadian Accredited Independent Schools
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S A LT U S M A G A Z I N E
FROM THE HEADMASTER
Becoming a leader in the arts
WHAT DEFINES an excellent education is a
question for the ages. From the Socratic idea of
a life spent in search of the “good” to Samuel
Clemens’s (Mark Twain’s pen name) observation
that he “never let his schooling get in the way of
his education,” people have always debated the
characteristics of a quality education.
At Saltus, we believe in an educational model
that encourages student involvement in music, art
and drama, both curricularly and extra-curricularly.
We also teach the arts as discrete disciplines with
measurable goals. The School has a longstanding
tradition of inspirational music, art and drama
teachers, from Bill Duncan and Ruth Henderson
to Lisa Maule, Steve Miles, Margaret Fox, Fiona
Murdoch, Steven Masters and Rebecca Dorrington.
In my first year at Saltus, I made a point of
dropping into as many classes as I could. I quickly
realised the potential of creating a ‘Centre of
Excellence’ around the arts. Not only was the
instructional expertise present, but the talent of the
students was incredible. From the award-winning
quilt that Lower Primary students created for the
Island’s 400th anniversary, to the individual student
music performances at Upper Primary Assemblies,
to the acting prowess of our Secondary students at
the Shakespeare Festival, there existed ample
evidence that the School had the potential to be a
leader in the arts.
In many North American schools, budget cuts
are taking a toll on arts instruction. Music, visual
arts, drama and dance courses are being eliminated
in favour of reading/language arts, science and
mathematics. Conversely, China and India are
expanding their curriculums to include more arts
education. Few people appreciate the fact that
visual art, music and drama courses are mandatory
in schools in countries that consistently rank at the
CHARLES ANDERSON
Arts education aids students in skills needed in the
workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems
and communicate, the ability to learn new skills,
to be creative and innovative, and to strive for
excellence.
—Joseph M. Calahan, president,
Xerox Corporation
top in mathematics and science test scores, such as
Japan, Hungary and the Netherlands.
At Saltus, we believe that studying the arts
enhances young people’s intellectual, personal and
social development. The arts provide a rich and
engaging curriculum that develops students’
abilities to think, reason, and understand the world
and its cultures.
Research has shown that those who study the arts
improve their achievement in other subjects, including
mathematics, reading and writing. In mathematics,
for example, studies point to a direct connection
between music and spatial-reasoning and spatialtemporal (relating to time) skills, which are important
to understand and use in mathematical concepts.
For Secondary students, Advanced Placement
course data collected by the College Board indicates
that students of the arts annually outperform their
non-arts peers on Scholastic Aptitude scores.
In 2010, for example, students who studied music
scored 40 points higher on the mathematics
portion of the test than students reporting no arts
coursework. Similarly, students who took drama
courses outscored their non-arts peers on the verbal
portion of the SAT test by 66 points. Leadership in
the future depends on a deep vein of creativity that
is constantly renewed—a myriad of people who can
imagine, innovate and invent. These are qualities and
habits of mind developed by the study of the arts.
‘Those
who study
the arts
improve
in other
subjects
including
maths,
reading
and
writing’
TED STAUNToN, HEADMASTER
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NEWS
HUNT IS ON FOR NEW SALTUS HEAD
THE Saltus Board of Trustees has
launched a search effort for a new Head,
following Ted Staunton’s decision to
step down next June after four years of
leading the School.
The announcement was made in
September by Board Chairman Gil
Tucker, who praised Mr. Staunton for
his “outstanding service” to Saltus.
“We have been fortunate as a school
community to have enjoyed Ted’s strong
and able leadership as he guided our
School through a significant management transition and forward through
challenging times,” said Mr. Tucker.
“He will leave Saltus in a position of
strength with a professional and capable
management team, a talented and
dedicated faculty and staff, a School‐wide
commitment to academic excellence, a
healthy enrolment and a comprehensive
four year Strategic Plan.”
The announcement set in motion a
focussed search plan “to ensure a smooth
and seamless transition in leadership,”
he said. The Board established a search
committee comprising Mr. Tucker,
former Board chair Will Cox, Board
members Gayle Gorman and Kelly
Francis, Saltus Association president
Jennifer Titterton, and faculty representatives Steve Briggs of Secondary and
Kathy Kawaley of Primary.
“We are committed to conducting an
New Trustee Jonathan Reiss
Jonathan Reiss, 43, is the newest member of the Saltus Board of Trustees.
Named chief financial officer of SAC Re Holdings this year, he formerly led
Ernst & Young’s insurance and reinsurance practice in Bermuda and worked
for E&Y in both Bermuda and New York for 19 years, a dozen as a partner.
Mr. Reiss attended Saltus Cavendish in the 1970s and his wife Britt is a
Saltus Parent Ambassador; their son Charlie is in S1, and daughter Serena
will enter Foundation Year in 2013. Mr. Reiss is a chartered accountant, a
certified public accountant, a chartered property and casualty underwriter, and a member of the
Bermuda government’s Insurance Advisory Committee. He also serves on the board of the
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS).
open and rigorous search to ensure we
are able to select from the very best slate
of candidates possible,” said Mr. Tucker,
adding the Board will provide the School
community with periodic updates on its
progress and has retained the same
executive search consultant, Colleen
Keenan, who conducted the search that
led to Mr. Staunton’s appointment.
Meanwhile, Mr. Staunton has a
full slate of objectives for the current
academic year, which he intends to see
fulfilled before he steps down. After
that, he and his wife Jane plan to retire
in southern ontario close to their three
daughters and five grandchildren.
“After 40 years of involvement in
private schools, the time has come to
focus solely on family,” he wrote in a
September 11 letter to parents, students,
faculty and alumni. “I have enjoyed
thoroughly my time at Saltus and
consider it a privilege to have served the
School as its ninth Headmaster. Entering
my final year, I remain as enthusiastic as
I was on my first day. While there have
been numerous challenges, I am pleased
with the progress we have made in
many areas of the School.”
CYNTHIA LANCER-BARNES
STUDENT HEADS AND DEPUTIES APPOINTED FOR 2012–13
SECONDARY From left: Deputy Head Boy Ryan Spencer-Arscott,
UPPER PRIMARY From left: Deputy Head Boy Charlie Jackson,
Head Boy Mark Godfrey, Head Girl Latonia Fray, Deputy Head Girl
Head Boy Adrian Black, Head Girl Jessie Marshall, Deputy Head
Katie Witkowski
Girl Isabella Murdoch
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NEWS
SALTUS students can thank Bermuda’s
new governor for an extra day off
school. George Fergusson, who came
to the Island last spring as the 88th
Governor, was guest speaker at November’s
Secondary Prizegiving when he
announced the one-off holiday.
“I understand there’s a tradition at
Saltus that when a new Governor
addresses the School for the first time,
he may grant the students a day off
school,” said Mr. Fergusson, whose
father had bestowed the same gift on
his son’s school while serving as
Governor-General in New Zealand.
The announcement, greeted by big
cheers and applause, means students
will enjoy a special holiday this school
year—Thursday, March 28, to start the
Easter break.
Mr. Fergusson said he frequently
drives by Saltus on his way to and from
nearby Government House and has
been impressed by students’ “tidiness,
quietness, road sense and general
sensibleness” as they left the School
gates in the afternoons. “It is quite
striking,” he noted. “It sounds superficial
but it is a very tangible way of making
a judgement on what the School is like.
It is a tribute to you, the pupils.”
Noting the Remembrance Day
poppy season, the Governor spoke about
the sacrifices made by war veterans for
freedoms and asked students to ponder
what makes a life worthwhile. “It’s
worth asking yourself at any time, but
particularly at Secondary School age or
at university, how you want to live your
life. Getting to the top of things can be
exciting. Getting into the team you
want to be in, getting to be Head Girl
or Head Boy, getting the investment
you set your heart on, getting the job
or firm you want and then getting
promoted. These and other goals are
all good things but it’s very easy to see
them as being goals in themselves.
Testing yourself will expand your
GOVERNOR PRAISES SALTUS STUDENTS
Chairman Gil Tucker, Governor George Fergusson and Headmaster Ted Staunton
talents. But I’d like to leave you with the
thought that no matter what you do,
kindness matters.”
Headmaster Staunton noted that
soaring recent GCSE pass rates and
stellar AP performances by Saltus
students underscore the fresh focus on
academics during his tenure.
“As the School prepares to celebrate
its 125th year in February, the Board of
Trustees, Senior Management and Faculty
remain focussed on the three pillars of
our mission: academic excellence,
personal integrity and service to others,”
Mr. Staunton said. “our primary
responsibility is to ensure our students
have the skills necessary to succeed at
the post-secondary level. We have,
therefore, prioritized academic standards
over the past three years. We realise that
if we don’t push (a softer word would be
‘motivate’) our students to excel, they
will not be able to compete with
hundreds of thousands of secondary
students vying for places at top universities
and colleges around the world.”
Mr. Staunton presented Mr. Fergusson
with two cycling helmets—in Saltus red
and blue—a fitting gift, he joked, after
spotting the Governor and his wife
pedalling around Harrington Sound
one day without protective headgear.
An avid cyclist, Mr. Fergusson said
their old helmets got lost in storage
when the couple moved from London
—but that they would now enjoy
sporting the School colours.
See Secondary prize list on page 10
Character counts!
Our new School Prefects chose
“Character Counts” as the theme
for the 2012–13 year. Throughout
the year, six character traits will be
highlighted—integrity, respect,
responsibility, fairness, caring
and citizenship.
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NEWS
Lapping it up!
Christmas came early to Year 7s when they
received their much-anticipated computer
laptops. The annual rite of passage into
the Middle School saw some 85 students,
Recognising service to the School
and their parents, hear a brief presentation
Three recognition boards now highlight important members of the Saltus community.
from IT’s Trudy Bucher after school, before
The boards, unveiled in the foyer of the Secondary Department in September, pay
excitedly lining up to receive their brand
tribute to Saltus Chairmen of the Board; to presidents of the Saltus Association, and
new Dell Latitude E6330. Under the Laptop
to the Faculty Quarter-of-a-Century Club (staff who have served the School for 25
Programme, supported by Bermuda
years or more). Three teachers, Jon Beard, Dafydd Hermann-Smith and Alan
Microsystems, students use computers in
Boardman, are members of the latter group. Pictured are some of those whose
class, for research and homework, to
names appear on the new boards. We extend a thank-you to everyone listed!
Co-ed class
reunion
email teachers and to check assignments.
A special reunion in May brought back the first co-ed class that began school in September 1991. The
event, held at Woodlands, marked the 20th anniversary of the School becoming fully co-ed that year
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SALTUS STARS
NEWS
THE ARTS
Public speaking
GABRIEL JONES
Members of the Public
Speaking Team spent halfterm in Calgary, Alberta at the
International Independent
Schools Public Speaking
Competition. This year’s
team, a mix of experienced
public speakers and novices,
performed well, winning
ranks for all their events
against students from
Canada, England, the US,
Cyprus and India. Notably,
SGY1 Marcus Smith made
it to the finals for his
Dramatic Interpretation,
and S10 Liam Peniston also
reached the finals for his
Public Speaking Team members (from left): coach Stefanie Pedro, Tyler Irby, Mahir Wagh, Liam
After Dinner Speaking
Peniston, Sydney Steeves, Tomas Amaral, Marcus Smith, and coach Christianna Hiles
event. Marcus also won the
New art awards
award for the student who most embodied
the spirit of the competition—making
Bermuda’s annual springtime
friends with students from every school
migration of humpback whales
and country.
inspired S8 Mackenzie Pearman
After their four months of training,
—winner of the Headmaster’s
students participated in a slew of cateJunior Visual Art Award.
gories, ranging from Cross Examination
Her artwork, A Tail of a Time,
Debating to Impromptu Speaking,
won the special award at the
Dramatic Interpretation and Radio
Secondary Department Prizegiving.
Newscast. Sometimes they competed
It will now be hung permanently
four times a day, said coach Christianna
at the School, along with S5 Tyler A Tail of a Time and Bottles
Hurdle’s Bottles and SGY 2012
Hiles. “Despite the long hours, tense
situations and fierce competition, our
Zakiya Morris’s self-portrait (see
of teachers and the
students kept their spirits and attitudes
page 24), by the two other winners.
Headmaster; they are
positive and shared that Saltus spirit of
The Headmaster’s Art Awards
then purchased, framed
friendship and camaraderie. This event
initiative, instituted by Mr. Staunton
and displayed at the
was a huge accomplishment for our
in 2011–12, identifies artworks
School for posterity.
students and we are very proud.”
deemed worthy of awards by a panel
See story pages 16–23
Team Saltus comprised
Sharp shooter
SGY2 Tomas Amaral, SGY1
Marcus Smith, S11 Sydney
S7 Gabriel Jones won the Children’s 12
Steeves, S10 Mahir Wagh,
and Under division of the Bermuda Society
S10 Liam Peniston, S10
of Arts’ annual TechArt competition in
Tyler Irby, accompanied
October. Gabriel won an iPod with his
by Mrs. Hiles and coach
entry of three digital photos—depicting a
Stefanie Pedro of the
lizard, a squirrel (pictured right) and a
English and Media
close-up study of Bermuda cedarwood.
Studies Department.
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SALTUS STARS
MARK TATEM
SCHOOL LIFE
2012 Graduates
Congratulations to the 46 graduates of
the Saltus Graduate Years (SGY) Class
of 2012! Director of Alumni Relations
Jon Beard was guest speaker at the
commencement ceremony in June at the
Anglican Cathedral in Hamilton.
Wrapping her first year as SGY Director,
Nicole Chichon-De Silva quoted Ralph
Waldo Emerson. “Do not follow where
the path may lead,” she told graduates.
“Go, instead, where there is no path and
leave a trail.” Most 2012 graduates have
now started their first semester at
colleges and universities in the US, UK
and Canada:
US: Georgia State University, New
England Institute of Technology,
Pennsylvania State University, Princeton
University, Savannah College of Art
& Design, University of California at
Berkeley, University of Tampa,
University of Virginia.
Canada: Acadia University, Brock
University, King’s University College
at the University of Western ontario,
Niagara College, Queen’s University,
St. Mary’s University, University of Calgary,
University of Guelph, University of
Waterloo, University of Western ontario,
Wilfrid Laurier University, York University.
UK: Kingston University, University of
Bedfordshire, University of Brighton,
University of Reading, University of
West England.
others are attending Bermuda
College; one has joined the Bermuda
Police Cadets, while another is taking
a gap year in China.
Scholarship winners
S. Nicholas Barton (Princeton University, US)—Fessenden Trott Scholarship and Nicholl Scholarship
Scott Clarke (University of Virginia, US)—Bank of Bermuda Foundation Joseph C. H. Johnson
Nominee Award
Hannah Gibbons (University of California at Berkeley, US)—Bank of Bermuda Foundation Sir
Henry Tucker Scholarship Education Grant
Daniel Pell (University of Waterloo & Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)—2012 RenaissanceRe
Undergraduate Scholarship Award
Raven Pearman (Savannah College of Art & Design, US)—Capital G Inspiration Scholarship Award
Filipe Pontes (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)—Bank of Bermuda Foundation Chairman’s
Award runner-up
Rachael Waldron (University of Reading, UK)—Bermuda Government Scholarship and the
Queen’s Jubilee Scholarship. (She was also awarded the HSBC President’s Award, but declined
it in lieu of the Bermuda Government Scholarship).
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Fifteen AP Scholars
Students in the Saltus Graduate Years
Programme (SGY) achieved outstanding
results in the College Board’s Advanced
Placement (AP) examinations. This prestigious
programme covers work at the level of firstyear university courses and offers students
the opportunity to gain college-level skills in
a high-school setting. More students take
AP examinations worldwide than any other
exam. Success in the AP exams can earn
placement, credit or both in many North
American universities, as well as in universities
in 28 other countries. AP examinations are
graded between 1 and 5, with 5 being the
highest grade.
This year, 15 of our students were named
AP Scholars based on their exam results,
including four students who attained
National AP Scholar (Bermuda) status. This
is the highest AP designation, granted to
students who receive an average score of at
least 4 on all AP exams taken, and scores of
4 or higher on five or more of these exams.
In addition, Saltus saw excellent results in
SGY1, with four students awarded AP Scholar
status (one with Honour) after completing
only one year of the SGY programme.
l National AP Scholars (Bermuda) and AP
Scholars with Distinction: S. Nicholas Barton
(Princeton Univ., US) with 9 AP passes
(eight Grade 5s, one Grade 4); Michael
Johnston (Pennsylvania State Univ., US)
with 7 AP passes (three Grade 5s, three
Grade 4s, one Grade 3); Daniel Pell (Univ. of
Waterloo & Wilfrid Laurier Univ., Canada)
with 7 AP passes (three Grade 5s, three
Grade 4s, one Grade 3); and Hannah Gibbons
(Univ. of California at Berkeley, US) with 6
AP passes (five Grade 5s, one Grade 4).
l AP Scholars with Honour: Rachel
Doughty (Univ. of Brighton, UK); Kyle
McGhee (Univ. of Guelph, Canada);
Kelsey Pichery (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada);
SGY1 Xiaoyu Sun.
l AP Scholars: Scott Clarke (Univ. of Virginia,
US), Andrew Frith (Univ. of Waterloo, Canada),
Danielle Lightbourn (Gap Year/ Queen’s
Univ., Canada), Nicholas Patterson (Univ.
of Calgary, Canada), SGY1s Mark Godfrey,
Leandra Stracquadanio and Jevon Swan.
S. Nicholas Barton
Michael Johnston
Daniel Pell
Hannah Gibbons
Rachel Doughty
Kyle McGhee
Kelsey Pichery
Xiaoyu Sun
Scott Clarke
Andrew Frith
Danielle Lightbourn
Nicholas Patterson
Mark Godfrey
Leandra Stracquadanio
Jevon Swan
Great GCSE results
Saltus students had excellent examination
“Our focus on raising standards and
results, with 89 percent of Year 11 students
striving for academic excellence is continuing
achieving 5 or more passes at Grades A*
to impact very positively on our results,” says
to C. This builds further on last year’s 84
Headmaster Staunton. “It’s always gratifying
percent pass rate and is a testament to the
to see students reach their potential and I’d
hard work and dedication of students and
like to thank the teachers for the hard work
faculty. Noteworthy achievements
they have put in to help students who are to
included: Courtney Barbosa (3 A*s, 3
be congratulated on their achievements.”
As, 4 Bs), Ciara Burrows (2 A*s, 7 As,
Additionally, Year 10 and Year 9 students
1 B), Nathaniel Hartwig (3 A*s, 6 As,
achieved 64 exam passes at Grades A* to
1 B), Daniel Heintzman (2 A*s, 4 As, 3
C in English Language, Spanish and
Bs), and Joss Lines (5 A*s, 2 As, 2 Bs).
Music—a 94-percent pass rate.
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SALTUS STARS
SECONDARY PRIZEGIVING
S7 Honorary Academic Scholar
Zoe Lopes, Megan Zimmerer
Sydney Rego
Saltus Year 8 Effort
S7 Honorary Music Scholar
Emily Peters
Gabriel Jones
Special awardS
GlaxoSmithKline S9 Science Award
Saltus Year 9 Attainment
Mahir Wagh, Tyler Irby, Elizabeth Parsons,
William Peniston
Mahir Wagh
Young Environmentalist Award
(Saltus Island Project)
Linda Amaral
Joshua Allen
Community Service Prize
Nalani Dowling, Liam Evans, Daniel Oatley,
Michaela Ratteray
Nicholas Pell
Sport Award
Joshua Liyanage, Sierra Fisher,
Ciara Burrows
Azari Thomas
Junior Art Prize
Morgan Amos
SGY1 Attainment
Peter Cooper, Mark Godfrey, Ben Sayers,
Headmaster’s Junior Visual Art Award
Xiaoyu Sun
MacKenzie Pearman
SGY1 Effort
orchestra Prize
Courtney Chiappa
Eryn Beach
Jazz Band Prize
Calum Maule
Concert Band Prize
muSic certiFicateS
Royal Conservatory of Music Exams
Sam Fox—Grade 5 piano with Honours
Philip Hagen
Ruth Henderson Prize for Music
Alex Fox
McKittrick Shield for Musicianship
Courtney Barbosa
William “Bill” Duncan Vocal Award
Sekou Hendrickson
Richard Campbell Cup for Endeavour
Daylon Smith
Learning Services Prize
San’j Dill
David A.T. Cooper Trophy for Endeavour
Shaundrea Washington
Kawaley-Lathan Award for the
Performing Arts
Nick Bergquist
Campbell Shield for the Performing Arts
Associated Board of the Royal Schools
of Music Exams
Mikaela Buryj—Grade 5 Theory
Tashae Trott—Grade 5 Theory
Mira Hartwig—Grade 5 Theory with Merit
Elizabeth Parsons—Grade 5 Theory with
Merit
Eva Frazzoni—Grade 5 Theory with Merit
Mikaela Kawaley-Lathan—Grade 5 Theory
with Merit
Ceci Wollmann—Grade 5 Clarinet
Mira Hartwig—Grade 5 Alto Saxophone
with Distinction
Shona Maule—Grade 6 Clarinet & Grade 6
Piano with Merit
Calum Maule—Grade 6 Piano
Demi Wright
Peter Wittich Award to Foster Good
Bermuda/US Relations
Nathaniel Hartwig
Headmaster’s Prize for GCSE
Examination Results
Nathaniel Hartwig
Form prizeS For attainment
& eFFort
Toriah Smith, Nicole Mullen, Tyler Kendall,
Blair Blakeney
Kaya Montarsolo
Casey Schuler, Nathan Titterton,
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Nigel Williams
7—Makenzie Bardgett, Okeema Benjamin,
Joshua Liyanage, Bruce Sandham
8—Alex Alvera, William Finnerty, Sierra
Fisher, Seamus McKittrick, Demi Wright,
Quaejah Cox
9—Alex Fox, Daniel Heintzman, Sekou
Hendrickson, Joss Lines, Dylan Moulder,
Matthew Queary, Shane Simmons, Daylon
Smith, Shannon Thomas, Walker Zupp
10—Nathaniel Hartwig, Lorina-Le Harvey,
Shanna Hollis, Alexander Joll, Tolu
Ogunyemi, Marcus Smith, Eleanor Wollmann
11—Courtney Barbosa, Eryn Beach, Ciara
Burrows, Matthew Soares
SGY1 a/S level achievinG “c”
or hiGher
Theatre Studies—Nick Bergquist, Katie
Witkowski
English Language/Literature—Kimberly
Bennett, Oliver Brooks, Dylan Scott (B),
Lorendae Symonds (B), Ryan SpencerArscott, Andrew Wallace (B)
Pure Mathematics—Xiaoyu Sun (A)
French—Alex Joll (A)
SGY1s with “3” or hiGher on
advanced placement examS
Chinese Language—*Xiaoyu Sun (5)
Economics Micro
Tomas Amaral, Nick Bergquist (4), Latonia
Fray (4), *Mark Godfrey (4), Kaelin Joseph
(4), Jalen Smith, *Leandra Stracquadanio,
*Xiaoyu Sun (5), *Jevon Swan, Zindzi Swan
English Language
Katie Witkowski
Ewan Sampson Cup for Information
Technology
GcSe certiFicateS
5—Jadae Caisey, Kayla Simmons
6—Dante Dandridge, Jenique Dubois,
Amari Evans, Jason Gonsalves, Kyra
Hodsoll, Jessica Manderson, Samuel Stan,
SaltuS Year 11 Subject prizeS
Art—Shanna Hollis
Biology—Nathaniel Hartwig
Business Studies—Demi Wright
BTEC Workskills—Bruce Sandham
Chemistry—Courtney Barbosa
Design Technology—Courtney Barbosa
Drama—Marcus Smith
Economics—Ciara Burrows
English Language—Sekou Hendrickson
English Literature—Ciara Burrows
French—Alexander Joll
Geography—Alexander Joll
History—Shannon Thomas
ICT—Matthew Queary
Mathematics—Courtney Barbosa
Music—Dylan Moulder
Physical Education—Bruce Sandham
Physics—Nathaniel Hartwig
Spanish–—Seamus McKittrick
Neville Miles Cave, Peter Cooper, *Mark
Godfrey (5), Michaela Ratteray (4), Ben
Sayers, *Leandra Stracquadanio, *Xiaoyu
Sun (4), *Jevon Swan (4), Katie Witkowski
Human Geography
Kyle Adderley, Oliver Brooks, Courtney
Chiappa, *Mark Godfrey (5), Kaelin Joseph,
Gianni Nesbeth (4), Michaela Ratteray,
Ben Sayers (4), *Leandra Stracquadanio
(4), *Xiaoyu Sun, *Jevon Swan, Simon
Thompson (4), Andrew Wallace (4)
Studio Art Drawing
Nahshon Hollis (5)
* Achieved AP Scholar status based on AP
exam results in SGY1: AP Scholar with
Honour—Xiaoyu Sun; AP Scholars—Mark
Godfrey, Leandra Stracquadanio, Jevon Swan
SALTUS STARS
COMMUNITY
Dylan Moulder
Ciara Burrows
Haiti service
SGY1s Ciara Burrows and Dylan Moulder,
with alum SGY (’12) Kaijea Richardson,
volunteered to work with Feed my
lambs ministry in Haiti. The trio sailed
one leg of a trip aboard Spirit of
Bermuda then helped build a school for
400 students. They also spent time with
35 children at the nearby orphanage.
“Going to Haiti was probably the most
significant life experience I’ve ever had,”
says Ciara. “I felt so touched by many
children who lived there, and I even
‘adopted’ my own three children. I am
contributing towards one child in the
form of financial sponsoring.”
Raise and Give
Making hunger history
Beach clean-up
Students from Foundation Year through
the Saltus Graduate Years participated
in the second annual “Making Hunger
History Week.” The eliza dolittle
Society collected donations of nonperishable food Island-wide for distribution to charities who provide meals or
food supplies year-round, including the
Salvation army, centre against abuse,
St. vincent de paul Society, Star,
coalition for the protection of children,
FocuS, Seventh day adventist Food
bank, and St. john’s church Food bank.
Upper Primary students, parents and
staff took part in Kbb’s annual Marine
Cleanup at John Smith’s Bay.
Team Saltus
Cancer walk
Students and staff in Team Saltus won a
School Spirit Award for raising $5,080 in
the BF&M-sponsored BCHC Breast
Cancer Awareness Fun Walk. Ten students
in Phillip Heap’s Advisory alone raised
$1,284. The top two junior fundraisers
During the Secondary Department’s
March RAG (Raise and Give) Week,
staff and students organised numerous
fundraising events. UP students and
staff collected spare change to create a
“Line of Coins” on the Field, raising
more than $7,100: $4,379.48 went to
St. john ambulance (bermuda), $2,231
to uniceF and $500 to children
international. UP and Secondary
students also brought in food for
St. john’s church Food bank.
A whole school grub day for open
airways brought in $1,878 to help fund
educational materials and provide
asthma-free pillows and spacers to kids.
S1 students held a “Birdwatching-aThon” and raised $989.42 for the
bermuda zoological Society’s Cahow
Management Project. Students also
sent four batches of gently-used
Saltus uniforms to South Africa via
local travellers.
were SGY1 Katherine Arnfield ($750)
and S8 Matteo Dill ($615).
More charity helped
UP students made Valentine’s placemats
for meals on wheels recipients and LP
students brought in food for hands of
love. Books were collected for
ahead to send to children in Africa.
A record 33 students and staff (27 UP
students, two UP teachers, and four
Secondary students) had their heads
shaved to raise funds for St. baldrick’s
Foundation and palS, raising an
astonishing $96,842 (students also had
a grub day to raise $1,038 for PALS).
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SALTUS STARS
SPORT
MARY HOPKINS
Daniel Oatley
UP swim team
S11 Daniel Oatley won a
gold medal in the Boys 15–
16 individual time trial at
the Caribbean Junior
Cycling Championships in
the Dominican Republic.
SGY2 Head Boy Mark
Godfrey and SGY1
Nathaniel Hartwig also competed; both finished eighth
in their respective divisions
in individual time trials.
Swimming
Upper Primary students did well at the Bermuda School Sports Federation (BSSF) Primary
School Swim Meet held at the BASA pool in october. The Boys A team placed second; the
Girls A team placed third; the Saltus A team placed second overall; the Boys B team placed
first; the Girls B Team placed second; and the Saltus B team placed first overall.
Triathlon
Ben Lines
Saltus tennis players
dominated two junior
tournaments this fall. In
the Cadbury Trey Langton
Memorial Tournament, S7
Ben Lines claimed victory in
the Boys Under-12 division,
while S5 Jay Wagh was runner-up in the Under 10s.
S10 William Way won both the Boys
Under-14 and Under-16 divisions,
while S10 Nick Lines and S10 Mahir
Wagh were runners-up respectively.
Nick and William also claimed the
Under-14 doubles title, while S10s
Charlie Boyle and Dylan Powell were
runners-up. In the Bermuda Lawn &
Tennis Association Junior open
Championship, Ben Lines won the
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RAS MYKKAL
Tennis
Under-12s and finished runner-up to
his brother Nick in the Under-14s;
Nick also won the Under-16 title, while
S9 Luke Stirling was runner-up. Saltus
was well represented at both events,
with S7s David Gibbons and Dylan
Carne, and S6 Nicholas Cooper among
those who competed in singles. Charlie
Keyes (2012) and Luke Stirling won
the BLTA Under-14 doubles.
Saltus girls showed up
the competition in the
SheRoX Triathlon
team event. In a field
of 16 teams, “Bermy
Girls” (below, from left:
swimmer S9 Shannon
Hassell, cyclist S8
Alyssa Rowse and
runner S8 Rebecca
Harrison) came first.
A second Saltus team,
ShePEBBLES (S9s
Jessica Godfrey, Victoria
Davis, Tristan Narraway)
placed fourth.
SheROX
ALEX MASTERS
Cycling
SALTUS STARS
Football
Varsity football
The Saltus Varsity football team,
coached by Mr. Tim Figureido and
Mr. George Morton, played for the
first time in the CAIS Senior Boys’
Invitational Soccer Tournament held at
Ridley College, St. Catharines, ontario
this fall. The Saltus team made it to
the Silver Division Final, narrowly
losing on penalty kicks—a significant
achievement against some top Canadian
independent schools.
Saltus girls are the Primary Schools’
Seven-a-Side Football champions. In
a five-game finale at Shelly Bay field,
Saltus defeated St. David’s 1-0, tied
Heron Bay 1-1,
and beat
Kenni Thompson
Somersfield
2-0 before
defeating East
End Primary on
penalties 2-1.
The final match
saw Saltus
defeat St.
David’s 1-0. Pictured from left, are:
(back row) Robin Stempel, Tuesday
Trimingham, Megan Titterton, Lindsey
Pacheco, Kathleen Brown; (front row)
Koa Goodchild, Emily Hartwig,
Julianne Oatley, Noah Autmezguine,
Brianna Ray.
Former S7 Kenni Thompson is settling
into a new school and way of life after
moving to Spain this summer. Kenni
got a once-in-a-lifetime offer from FC
Barcelona to study and play football for
its women’s youth academy—becoming
MARY HOPKINS
MARK TATEM, ROYAL GAZETTE
Seven-a-side champs
the first Bermudian to be accepted. Her
mother (UP teacher Kim Thompson)
and two sisters, S3 Kaetlyn and S4 K’Li,
moved with her—and she is thriving in
the new environment, reports her dad,
BAA technical director and former
Bermuda midfielder and coach,
Kenny Thompson.
Sailing S9 Thomas and S8 Adriana Penruddocke were among nearly 200
sailors from 11 European countries who competed in the Swiss optimist National
Championships in August. This was Thomas’s second time at this regatta and
Adriana’s first. S10 Ceci Wollmann has excelled in junior sailing this season. She
was top Bermuda girl in october’s Junior Gold Cup, top female in the Under-15s
in November’s o’Pen BIC World Championships in Miami, and national
champion, along with S9 Benn Smith, in November’s Digicel Bermuda open
and National optimist Championships.
Thomas and Adriana Penruddocke
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AROUND CAMPUS
EXCELLENCE BY DESIGN
STATE-OF-THE-ART machines
purchased for the Design Tech department are giving students a taste of life
as 21st-century engineers.
In August, the Charles E. Marshall
Design Technology Centre took delivery
of a laser cutter able to produce twodimensional work and a Denford
Router 2600 Pro for cutting a range of
resistant materials such as wood, plastic,
modelling foam and acrylic to produce
3D work. The purchase—funded by
longtime Trustee Charlie Marshall—
opens up a world of hands-on
computer-aided design (CAD) and
computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
experience to Secondary students—at a
time when global economies are crying
out for technology-skilled engineers,
architects and industrial designers,
according to DT Head Phillip Heap.
“In a competitive world of design,
architecture, engineering and manufacturing technologies, employers recognise
the workforce needs to be adaptive,
creative, analytical and highly competent
with computer programs,” he says.
“over the past two years, Design Technology at Saltus has been transformed
into a high-tech department which can
deliver those skills necessary to give
students a leading edge for future
college careers and employment.”
Saltus is the only school on the
Island with the facilities to allow students
access to CAD/CAM manufacturing—
the same computer software used by the
automotive, aerospace and industrial
design industries to create technical
drawings and control machines to
manufacture products. From Years 7 to
SGY, students use a variety of CAD
software such as Google SketchUp,
Techsoft’s 2D Design, Solidworks and
Pro/DESKToP to help create imaginative
ideas. Now they can also output their
industrial artworks as tangible workpieces. “Previously, they couldn’t export
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By Rosemary Jones
DT Head Phillip
Heap demonstrates
the new laser cutter
Examples of student CAD and laser-cut work
those ideas to any machines,” Mr. Heap
says. “Thanks to the generous donation,
they can manufacture their designs
through the latest CAM equipment.”
Students are taught the full design
process, from analytical research, marketing, designing with CAD, planning
and construction techniques to create
Phillip Heap
Patrick Mahon
their ideas and turn them into actual
products. “Students use 2D Techsoft to
produce their work,” Mr. Heap explains.
“They import bitmap images from the
web and then vectorise them into
diagrams so the laser cutter can identify
what is to be engraved and cut.”
Far from the worthy but non-academic
woodwork, or “Shop,” courses of yesteryear, Design Technology is today
considered a highly academic subject,
with students able to take it all the way
to A-Level and university programmes
—a trend Western design and manufacturing industries are driving to keep
pace with competition from China,
Singapore and other tiger economies.
Mr. Heap and his colleagues, DT
Science spruce-up
doors and centrally-controlled heating and
Student scientists are working in renovated
cooling systems. Blackout blinds were fitted
classrooms and laboratories this term.
to aid experiments requiring total darkness
The Secondary Science Block enjoyed an
and new noticeboards and shelving were
extensive refurbishment over the summer,
fitted to the walls. Some students even
overhauled with new floors, ceilings, internal
made a painting on ceiling tiles that have
and external wall repair, new windows,
now been fitted for the new lab.
The science prep room also
received a complete makeover,
with imported racking to store a
multitude of equipment for lab
experiments, from pestles to
petri dishes. A new floor,
cupboards, a sink unit and
dishwasher were also added.
The upgrade included installation
of a safety shower—for use by
students or staff to remove
dangerous contaminants
should the need ever arise.
Support came from the
Saltus Association, the Ernest
CHARLES ANDERSON
E. Stempel Foundation and the
$6,000 second-place award
won by Steve Briggs’s KPMG
Investment Challenge team
(Daniel Pell, Jonas
Working in the refurbished Science Block
Frumkin, Nicholas Barton).
CHARLES ANDERSON
teacher Patrick Mahon and Bermudian
technician Michael Hooper (’79), joined
Saltus in 2010 as part of Headmaster
Staunton’s push to revamp the DT
department and make it a Centre of
Excellence at the School based on rapidly
expanding economic labour needs
within the industrial arts sector. Mr.
Heap was a former head of faculty for
Art & Design Technology at St. olave’s
Grammar School for Boys in London,
where his students excelled in numerous
national design competitions, winning
the school a special award from the
Duke of Edinburgh for achievement
in engineering. Under his leadership,
students also won a Royal Institute of
British Architects’ competition for two
consecutive years. Mr. Mahon oversaw
the KS3 curriculum at London-area
boarding school Bradfield College and
helped integrate the teaching of modern
computer-aided design and manufacture.
“While I was at Bradfield, we doubled
the number of students opting to take
the subject at GCSE and significantly
improved results,” says Mr. Mahon.
With the new DT machines now in
daily use, both teachers expect similar
triumphs by Saltus pupils. For starters,
Mr. Heap says the department’s
CAD/CAM capabilities will allow
Saltus to compete in the prestigious
annual “Formula one in Schools
Challenge,” in which students around
the globe use CAD software to create
100th-scale models of an F1 car of the
future and teams compete for the design
deemed to be the fastest. The world
championship event has been held in
London, Singapore, India, Australia
and other locations and is sponsored
by big-name corporations such as Red
Bull, Lotus Engineering and Pirelli.
“F1 in Schools is a UK-based initiative
launched in 2000 to encourage students
to follow careers in Engineering,” says
Mr. Heap. “We hope Saltus will be able
to enter both junior and senior teams in
the 2014 event.”
Library’s new leaf
Upper Primary bookworms can now enjoy the
refurbished comfort of the Ernest E. Stempel Library. Donations from the Stempel
Foundation enabled a makeover that included rebuilt bookshelves, new windows
and flooring, an airconditioner, and a desk for the Librarian or parent volunteers.
A computer workstation with two laptops was also installed, allowing students to
access the Library catalogue or take online Renaissance Reading Programme tests.
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Celebrating
the Arts
RENAISSANCE OF MUSIC, DRAMA AND
VISUAL ARTS SHAPES SALTUS MINDS
BY RoSEMARY JoNES
I
ntimate candlelight, low chatter, the clink of
wine glasses. As the applause ebbs and flows
and seemingly seasoned artists come to the
stage to perform—Shakespeare, rap rhymes,
guitar riffs, hip hop moves, Chopin—one
might imagine the setting to be a funky Village
club or a bluesy corner of West Hollywood.
Such was the transformation of the Secondary
Alumni Hall for october’s first-ever Poetry Café,
“STARS”—a talent-studded evening of poetry,
music, drama and dance featuring not only students
from Foundation through SGY, but also staff and
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alumni. The event was conceived and MC-ed by
English teacher George Morton. “Hosting such an
informal evening was a calculated risk. Saltus is so
used to delivering high-quality productions that we
didn’t want to let the side down—but I think we
succeeded!” says Mr. Morton, who drew on an idea he
had previously initiated at a school in his hometown
of Lincoln, UK, inviting staff musicians and alumni
such as open-mic sensation Chewstick founder
Gavin Smith, spoken-word poet Tiffany Paynter
and performance artist Adrian Kawaley-Lathan.
While the event was a useful fundraiser for the
Hall’s ongoing renovations, it
also served as a showcase of the
exploding performing arts programme at Saltus—identified as a
new “Centre of Excellence” at the
School under Headmaster Staunton.
over the past two years, funds
from the Ernest E. Stempel Foundation and other donors to Drama
and Music facilities such as the
Bill Duncan Audio-Visual Music
Suite, have taken arts education to
a new level. The Secondary Music
Department, under new Head of
Performing Arts Lisa Maule, and
Music teachers Steve Miles and
Senior Orchestra at the Ruth Henderson Memorial Concert
Becky Jones, now counts three
Midsummer Night’s Dream
fairy cast members, from
left: Marcus Smith, Sofia
Montarsolo, Mikaela
Kawaley-Lathan, Torrae
Wainwright and Kenedi
Edwards
PHOTO: AMANDA SKINNER
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
KATIE WITKOWSKI, 17, SGY2
Focus Plays bass guitar in the
Concert and Jazz Bands, upright
electric bass in Senior Orchestra;
performed in Bermuda Musical and
Dramatic Society and Gilbert & Sullivan Bermuda
shows for the past four years.
‘For some
students,
art, music
and drama
classes
are their
motivation
for coming
to school’
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Benefits “I like the fact I can walk in the shoes of so
many different people and experience things I would
never be able to otherwise. Studying the arts lets me
not be afraid to fail and try again.”
Why Arts are Important “The arts teach people to be
more open-minded and accepting of others. It’s good
for a community to come out of their comfort zone.”
bands—Jazz, Wind and Concert—a show
choir, a Senior orchestra, numerous instrumental
ensembles, and in-school instrument instruction
and music theory classes among its offerings. It
also boasts the innovative audio-visual suite and
recording room installed over the past year—with
plans for further expansion of rehearsal space in the
near future. Drama is also going strong, with the
addition of Theatre Studies teacher Sara Kelly,
and enhancements through the Stempel Foundation
to the Barber Centre for the Performing Arts in
the Gosling Centre. The space fuelled a celebrated
performance in the Bermuda Schools Shakespeare
Festival this fall and will drive a full School production in March. The visual arts also continue to
thrive, with fresh incentives and opportunities such
as Art Clubs, special student prizes and community
contests for Cavendish to the Graduate Years.
As more scientific studies indicate the wideranging benefits to children of studying the
performing and visual arts, top educators worldwide are attaching a new level of importance to
subjects which in the past might have been considered
peripheral curriculum-fillers. Mr. Staunton, for one,
is uncompromising about the growing importance
of arts education and believes subjects like music,
theatre and fine art not only have intrinsic value,
but are vital to all students’ personal development
and academic achievement—as well as the health
of a School community as a whole.
“The skills and experience that students develop
by learning to perform, create, and respond to
works of art provide a foundation for the kinds of
literacy students must have to communicate and
work successfully in our ever-changing media,
technology and information age,” says the Headmaster. “Regular participation in the arts develops
self-confidence, self-discipline and persistence—
attributes essential to success in life.
“For some students,” he adds, “art, music and
drama classes are their motivation for coming to
school. The better the arts programme is in a
school, the more vibrant the environment.”
Arts education research indicates high-quality
music training, instrumental programmes, theatrical
and visual arts instruction enhance the actual
process of learning—thereby improving academic
excellence across the curriculum and bettering
exam scores in everything from literacy to mathematics, according to the VH1 Save the Music
Foundation, a public affairs initiative of the TV
network which has campaigned for greater funding
for the arts in schools across America.
“Not many people know that art, music and
drama courses are mandatory in schools in countries
that consistently rank at the top in mathematics
and science test scores, such as Japan, Hungary
and the Netherlands,” Mr. Staunton says. “A strong
arts programme promotes the skills children need
to be successful. After reviewing students’ SAT
scores and academic results, university and college
admissions officers examine their extra-curricular
involvement. Art, music, drama and dance courses
increase a student’s chance of acceptance because
of the discipline attached to these courses.”
Perhaps more importantly, educators say, good
arts education bolsters the “whole person” a student
becomes, giving young people significant social
assets such as poise, pride, self-confidence and
Performing Arts Head Lisa Maule with a student
O
n a Wednesday morning after recess in the
Bill Duncan Audio-Visual Music Suite,
Year 8 students are enthusiastically handson in their weekly music lesson. Under the watchful
eyes—and ears—of teacher Becky Jones, who
joined Saltus from the UK this year, their challenge
today is to create a composition based on the
pentatonic scale. To record vocal lines and live
tracks, the 12-year-olds can plug keyboards and
other instruments into 13 workstations, each
equipped with a computer, high-definition headphones, speakers and multi-channel interfaces and
microphones. Sampled music available through
Cubase and Sibelius software—music sequencing
and composition programmes—allows them to
create original pieces, manipulate these with
features such as fading, equalizing and looping,
and add layered effects which Ms. Jones, at her
teacher workstation at the front of the room, can
listen to via synchronised technology or play back
for the whole class.
“Having a professional music technology suite
as a classroom provides a door to the future,” says
CHARLES ANDERSON
out-of-the-box creative thinking. Students involved
in drama and music learn transferrable skills such
as effective teamwork, problem-solving and
communication. Saltus teachers are the first to
point out how creative arts programmes have not
only increased their overall academic success, but
also enriched their students’ self-image.
“I’ve seen how it changes lives,” says Sara Kelly,
who came to Saltus this year from Wales, where she
coordinated GCSE Drama at Carmarthenshire
College and was creative director of a performing
arts summer school. “I’ve seen a young person come in
who couldn’t make eye contact, who was stammering,
who, three years later, was going to a top London
drama school. It absolutely transforms people.”
Mrs. Maule, who now oversees scores of performing arts students in a busy annual calendar of
School and community events such as the recent
café, from concerts at City Hall and in Hamilton
parks to carol services and private ensembles, feels
the benefits are lifelong: “The sense of confidence it
gives young performers is huge,” she says. “When
you go to interview in later life, it’s not just about
grades alone—employers and universities are
looking at the whole person, and that’s what we’re
teaching. It’s incredibly exciting—there is so much
going on at this School!”
Lower Primary students get into the groove
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
NAHSHON HOLLIS, 17, SGY 2
Highlights Earned top grade in AP
Studio Art Drawing exam last year.
“I’ve been selling my artwork since I
was nine. My first sale was for $1,000.”
The Best Part “A blank surface can transform into a
masterpiece—I like being a part of that. Some people
say I speak more through my art than with my mouth.”
Benefits “In art, you learn about yourself and your
identity. It’s an introverted activity, so there is a lot
of self-reflection. I think advances in technology
and business have a lot to do with being imaginative
and creative. Just look at Leonardo da Vinci or
Mark Zuckerberg.”
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‘We have
waiting
lists of
students
wanting
to learn
instruments,
participate
in School
productions,
extension
ensembles
and
Performing
Arts Trips’
From left: Tashae Trott, Shona Maule, Eva Frazzoni and Mira Hartwig
Sassy Saxes off to Denmark
F
our Saltus students who recently launched a
“One of the objectives of this trip is to network and
saxophone quartet have been invited to show off
introduce the quartet to other students and musicians,”
their talents in Denmark this Christmas season.
says Mrs. Maule, whose daughter Shona is a member.
S10s Tashae Trott (alto), Eva Frazzoni (alto),
Mira Hartwig (tenor) and Shona Maule (baritone)—
“The girls will visit Rygaards International School, and
hope to give performances at two Danish schools,
aka the “Sassy Saxes”—are led by Lisa Maule, Head of
Rysensteen High School and Krebs School. They’ll join
Performing Arts at Saltus. The talented ensemble began
a local saxophone group’s Christmas concert at a music
playing wind instruments in Upper Primary; after gaining
school just north of Copenhagen. Overall, the girls will
experience in both the Secondary Department’s Wind
gain insight into studying in the UK and Europe and the
and Concert Bands, they joined the saxophone section
many opportunities offered to European Union students.”
of the renowned Saltus Jazz Band.
Now they’re off to Copenhagen just before Winter
Term wraps up—for a six-day educational and perform-
The trip came about thanks to Mrs. Maule’s contacts
in the Danish music community—as well as the fact one
of the quartet, Mira Hartwig, was born in Denmark.
ance trip. While the girls will explore historic corners of
Mira’s mother Christina will accompany the group and
the 800-year-old Scandinavian capital, including
give them an inside look at life in Copenhagen.
Renaissance palaces and mediaeval streets, the visit
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COVER STORY
“The city has such a rich cultural history and is the
also includes a tour of the Royal Danish Academy of
music centre of Scandinavia and Northern Europe,”
Music, the Radio Concert Hall and the Conservatory of
says Christina Frost-Hartwig, who grew up in the town of
Rhythmic Music. They will visit both Tivoli Gardens—
Horsens, west of Copenhagen, and played alto sax in
famous for its jazz entertainment—and Montmartre, the
her own high school’s big band. “The music, entertain-
legendary Copenhagen jazz club, which in the 1960s
ment, lights and people all contribute to create a most
and ’70s was home to jazz greats Dexter Gordon, Ben
memorable atmosphere at Christmas time. It will be the
Webster, Stan Getz and Kenny Drew.
perfect setting for their trip.”
Mrs. Maule. “Students can now see how music
classes relate to the modern world. When they
come here, they have learned the fundamentals, so
they can use this new technology to extend it.”
Born in Cyprus to an RAF serviceman and a
music teacher, Mrs. Maule joined Saltus in 1991—
the School’s first co-ed year—encouraged by the
Music Department’s icon, the late Bill Duncan.
“Bill first came to Bermuda with a tape recorder
for his music lessons, then held in the Hall,” she
remembers. “All the students loved his Band
Camps, and when alumni came back to visit the
School, it was always Bill they wanted to see
because he was such a character and so very kind
and interested in his students. To have this suite
established in his memory is so fitting.”
A woodwind specialist who founded and now
directs the School Jazz Band as well as the Wind
and Concert Bands, and is heavily involved in local
theatre, Mrs. Maule has witnessed the evolution of
performing arts at Saltus and oversees the
department’s broadening scope of arts-ed options.
“The support we got from Ted Staunton as soon as
he came on board has changed a lot of things—the
arts just grew and grew,” she enthuses. “Now we’re
in the situation where we have waiting lists of
students wanting to learn instruments, participate in
school productions and take advantage of opportunities
such as extension ensembles and Performing Arts
Trips. We are so fortunate to have such a highly
skilled team in this department who work together
to produce professional results that would be hard
to match at any other school of this size.”
The Gosling Centre’s new Wenger Room, just
steps away, is a sound-isolation space where students
can practise music performance pieces—on piano
or other instruments—and record as they go, with
the benefit of immediate playback. The room can
mimic a wide range of acoustical environments,
from a large recital hall to a small auditorium.
“Anything that gets recorded can then be taken
into the Bill Duncan Audio-Visual Suite and be
manipulated or edited,” says brass teacher and
orchestra director Steve Miles, a Welshman who
joined Saltus in 2011 after touring the globe as a
principal and soloist with some of the world’s bestknown brass organisations and later running music
academy programmes in Manchester and New
Zealand. He has driven the Music Department’s
fast-paced technological progress using his experience
with school keyboard laboratories in the UK. “The
S11 Nalani Dowling completes a self-portrait
in Fiona Murdoch’s GCSE Art class
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
ALEX FOX, 16, SGY1
Focus Plays drums for Jazz and
Concert Bands, violin in Senior
Orchestra; is leader of Menuhin
Youth Orchestra. Also plays piano.
Beginnings “I’ve played the violin since I was three
and the piano since I was six. I taught myself the
drums and later started taking lessons at 12.”
Benefits “It gives me discipline and self-confidence—
plus an outlet for stress. I often have a lot of performances to juggle at one time, so it helps me improve
my time-management. You need motivation and not
just a ‘like’ for music—but a love for it.”
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‘Music
helps
students
work better
in small
groups
and as a
team. I’ve
had many
parents
thank me
for running
music
clubs,
as their
children
have
become
more
confident’
thinking behind it was to bring what we had at
Saltus into this era—what we had before was about
10 years behind where the rest of the world was in
music education,” he says. “What we then came up
with gives students complete flexibility in how they
want to create music—whether they want to go a
traditional route with modern methods, or record
their own original pieces.”
More facility enhancements are planned for the
Music Department’s space in the Gosling Centre
in the next year. Architect Julia van Beelen (SGY
’83), a partner at Cooper Gardner, is designing a
project that will consolidate music classrooms and
storage space alongside the Bill Duncan Suite to
create a more cohesive, dynamic atmosphere. A
single, large rehearsal space combining two adjacent
classrooms will link to the suite by a separate corridor,
enabling music students to move about within the
department with minimal sound transfer.
In tandem with Secondary music, arts-education
programmes in other departments of the School
are also thriving. In Upper Primary, Music teacher
Margaret Fox, a New Brunswick native who has
spent the past 14 years at Saltus, runs a non-stop
schedule of hymn practice, choirs, recorder groups
and theory classes for Years 3 to 7 in addition to
leading regular music lessons. She also organises
group guitar, drum and violin lunchtime sessions
for students taught by instructors from the
Menuhin Foundation and Bermuda School of
Music, and is overseeing this year’s Christmas
show, The Nutcracker. UP students can choose
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
EVA FRAZZONI, 14, Year 10
Focus Plays alto saxophone in the
Saltus Concert Band, Jazz Band
and Sassy Saxes, timpanist for
Senior Orchestra, member of the
national soccer and tennis programmes.
Skills for Success “Self discipline—because if you
don’t have that, you won’t have the drive to practise
your instrument and improve.”
Why Arts are Important “It brings us all together to
enjoy a wonderful thing. There are hard times in our
community with violence and economic problems;
coming together to enjoy music lets people forget
the negatives.”
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
TASHAE TROTT, 14, Year 10
Focus Plays alto saxophone in
Jazz Band, doubles on soprano
and alto in Sassy Saxes, baritone
sax in Concert Band, and violin in
Senior Orchestra. Dances with the Jackson School.
Benefits “I like saxophone because it’s an original
instrument to play, especially for a girl. It’s easy to play
and it’s enjoyable. The performances help to build up
your confidence. Music is an easy way for some people
to express themselves and show off their talents.”
Skills for Success “It takes patience to sight-read
new pieces and discipline to actually take the time
to practice.”
from a tantalizing array of performing arts clubs,
including Hip-Hop Dance, Drama and orchestra.
“Music and other performing arts are extremely
important in the lives of all students, even if they
don’t ever pursue music as a career,” Mrs. Fox says.
“Music helps students work better in small groups
and as a team. I have had many parents thank me
for running music clubs, as their children have
become more confident and feel like they belong
and are good at doing something. Music is a place
where students can express themselves. For me,”
she adds, “music is like breathing, it is a natural
thing to do.”
Likewise, Saltus’s youngest students spend a
large part of their week drawing and painting,
dancing and singing, and experimenting with
musical instruments. “I’ve had conversations with
parents who claim their child has completely
changed their attitude and behaviour due to
participating in instrumental ensembles,” says
London-born Lower Primary Music teacher Dan
Guerrard, now in his second year at the School.
“The attention to detail when reading music or
playing from memory is something we encourage
of children of all ages at Saltus. A repeated conversation I have with many parents and ex-students,
here in Bermuda and the UK, is how much they
regret not continuing with playing an instrument
after they left school. It is often in retrospect that
we recognise the opportunities we had in our
school years, their value and their importance.”
Lower Primary has a choir of 60 children who
ART
in the
aerie
A
rt teacher Steven Masters’s aerie-like classroom
has a piano, rows of stippled tables that look
like Pollack creations, and a potpourri of
eclectic eye candy—from student paintings and giant
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Steven Masters shows by example in the “Northwest Art Studio”
Years 10, 11 and SGY1 and 2. Mr. Masters feels no matter
what they choose to pursue at that point, art classes
have helped students approach challenges in all their
subjects. “Perhaps, for instance, they might enhance a
palm seedpods to a collection of brass instruments
history or geography paper with illustrations,” he says.
hanging from the ceiling. It’s no wonder the “Northwest
“It’s also about being able to view things from a different
Art Studio,” as he’s dubbed it, is one of the most
angle, about realising there is more than one way to
popular corners on campus.
“Visual art is about seeing things differently,” says
Mr. Masters, who began his teaching career at Saltus in
1975 and after professional stints as an artist-educator
conquer a problem, about simplifying stuff and become
the manager of something abstract,” he says. “It’s a
useful tool for life in general.”
Mr. Masters, who also leads two over-subscribed
in both the US and Bermuda, returned to the School
afterschool clubs—for Upper Primary and Middle
in 2006 to teach Middle School and Upper Primary
Schoolers—makes his classroom conducive to out-of-
students. “I feel it enhances young people’s ability to
the-box learning. He encourages students to walk
communicate and it teaches them that there’s more
around freely as they work, to listen to music, to
than one way to approach challenges.”
The ever-ebullient teacher, whose colourful ties and
ready smile have students buttonholing him whenever
collaborate with him and each other, and to make
suggestions about the task at hand.
“I remember once when I was starting work at
he exits his creative headquarters, believes his art
another school,” he says. “I walked into a full classroom
classes should be exciting for all students—whether
and one of the children came running up to me and
they’re on track to become the next Leonardo or not. “I
pointed at another student. ‘There’s April,’ the kid said.
don’t see my job in any way as creating an environment
‘She’s the artist.’ I thought how unfortunate that mindset
solely to cater to kids who are going to art school,” he
was—that one student had to suffer the burden of being
says. “Some of them may—but more importantly, I want
the only artist, first of all, and that everyone else felt they
them all to be comfortable with pushing their boundaries,
might as well quit and go home!
thinking outside the envelope, being less afraid of new
“I prefer to create an environment where you get a
things, and enjoying the process of making decisions for
chance to make mistakes,” he says, “to experiment, to
themselves. It will help them make judgments about life.”
open new avenues to explore, to try something you
Visual art classes are a mandatory component of
haven’t tried before, and to find your own means of
every student’s curriculum up to the end of Middle
expression. It’s a process rather than a result I’m after.
School through Year 9, after which students elect whether
That’s what art, to me, is all about.”
to continue with art as a GCSE subject and beyond in
—Rosemary Jones
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COVER STORY
‘It is often
said that
students
who are
involved
in music,
sport,
dance and
visual arts
are more
disciplined
and do
well in
other
areas
of the
curriculum’
rehearse weekly before class. A 40-strong handbell
group, like the choir, also performs at numerous
school and community events. Music classes begin
in the Foundation Year, where Mr. Guerrard leads
classes of singing and instrument play, along with
music and movement sessions where children get
creative with a parachute, beanbags, scarves and
ribbons to live and recorded music. “I enjoy
composing music,” he says, “and it was fantastic to
see the S1 and S2 children perform my musical,
Polo’s Christmas last year.”
‘I
n my first year at Saltus,” remembers Headmaster Staunton, “I made a point of dropping
into as many classes as I could. I quickly
realised the potential of creating a ‘Centre of
Excellence’ around the arts programme. Not only
was the instructional expertise present, but the
talent of the students was incredible.”
From the award-winning quilt created by Lower
Primary students for the Island’s 400th anniversary
in 2009, to individual student music performances
at Upper Primary Assemblies, to the acting prowess
of Secondary students at the Shakespeare Festival,
there existed ample evidence the School had the
potential to be a leader in arts education, he says.
Taking a page from his previous post as Head of
St Andrew’s College, ontario, Staunton introduced
an initiative to pay homage to Saltus’s best visual
artists. “My former school had a long tradition of
producing outstanding student artists. Many went
on to study Fine Art at established colleges in the
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
MARCUS SMITH, 16, SGY1
Focus Actor, dancer, gymnast,
public-speaker, debater.
Highlights Cast in every Saltus
production since 2009, including
High School Musical, Joseph & the Technicolor
Dreamcoat, Shakespeare Speaks and Our Day Out.
Performed in the BMDS 2010 Christmas pantomime,
The Firebird, and G&S’s The Producers.
Benefits “I put myself out there and express myself
without worrying about people’s perceptions. It makes
school subjects where you are chosen to volunteer
easier—you can deliver a speech with confidence and
read and recite with ease.”
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US. Unfortunately, all of their masterpieces left
with them; there was an absence of student work
hanging on the walls. In 1997, I instituted the
Headmaster’s Art Prize, awarded to the student
whose work, either painting or sculpture, was
deemed the best, by a panel of art teachers and
myself. We purchased the work, framed it,
presented it on Prize Day, and hung it along with
an appropriate inscription in the main corridor.
After 12 years, the walls were adorned with student
art, a testament to all visitors of the importance the
school placed on the visual arts.”
At Saltus he
established similar
awards in 2011–12
to showcase the
talents of students
of all ages. The first
such award, the
SGY Headmaster’s
Prize for Art, was
awarded at June’s
graduation ceremony
to Zakiya Morris
for her self-portrait.
The Headmaster’s Zakiya Morris’s prize-winning
self-portrait
Junior Visual Art
Award was
awarded to Mackenzie Pearman at the Secondary
Department Prizegiving for her acrylic painting,
Tail of a Time. And the S5 Headmaster’s Art
Award was presented to Upper Primary’s Tyler
Hurdle for his acrylic work, Bottles. All the
artworks were purchased and framed and will be
put on permanent display at the School.
“often my most talented and hard-working
students are high achievers in the more traditional
subjects,” says Head of Art Fiona Murdoch, who
with Steven Masters (see story page 23), runs a
flourishing visual arts programme at the School.
She notes that for the third time in four years,
Saltus students—recent grad Zakiya Morris (’12),
musicians Alex Fox (S12) and Gabriel Jones (S7),
and lighting technician Ryan Day (S9)—are being
recognised at the annual Premier’s Concert in
December. Sarai Hinds (’11) and SGY2 Nahshon
Hollis have also been Visual Arts Awardees.
“It is often said that students who are involved
in music, sport, dance and visual arts are more
disciplined and do well in other areas of the
curriculum,” notes Mrs. Murdoch. “Perhaps they
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Head of Art Fiona Murdoch hosts a
visit by S6 students in her studio.
Below, Steve Miles mans the teacher
workstation in the new Bill Duncan
Audio-Visual Suite
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figure out another way to look at a problem, often
innately. From an art educator’s point of view,
I concur with those experts who talk about
‘envisioning’—that is, learning to think about
something which you can’t see. Also, learning how
to make mistakes and move on, sometimes spending
a great amount of time on one piece of work—
these are transferable skills that are not ‘taught’
but developed as a result of studying art.”
In recent years, graduates of Saltus’s visual arts
programme have gone on to study at internationallyrecognised institutions such as Camberwell College
of Art, University of Winchester and Kingston
University, UK; Ryerson University, Toronto,
ontario College of Art and Nova Scotia College of
Art, Canada; The School of the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, Savannah College of Art and Design,
GA, Parsons School of Art and Design, NY and,
most recently, the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago, IL. outside of class, students also have
opportunities to pursue extracurricular activities
like Art Club in Middle School, or work on the
Yearbook if they are keen photographers or aspiring
graphic designers in all year levels. Community
competitions drive creativity through outreach
programmes, including mural design for PartnerRe’s
Dollars for Hours or the Masterworks Foundation’s
public art exhibits.
“I have been teaching at Saltus for 16 years and
in that timespan there has been a real evolution—
from new facilities and courses to technology
advancements,” says Mrs. Murdoch. “We are moving
from strength to strength—to the benefit of all
arts students.”
Drama teacher Mrs. Kelly agrees. Working with
A Midsummer Night’s Dream student cast in the
Gosling Centre’s Dave & Mary Barber Centre,
she is full of ideas to finesse the designated studio’s
ambience even further, with a high-tech sound
system and spotlights, to give budding actors a
truly authentic learning space and extend students’
knowledge of stagecraft.
“The passion we have here for the performing
arts is tangible,” she says. “Walking down the
corridors, I had students asking me about the
Schools Shakespeare Festival—how our production
was going. They want to get involved. That is so
inspiring to see. As teachers, we hope to take that
raw talent and energy and enthusiasm and help
propel the School’s results forward. I definitely
would like to contribute to that.” n
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ALUMNI
1950s
A new book details the story of
conservationist David Wingate (1951)
and his successful revival of the
Bermuda petrel (cahow) population.
Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of
the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who
Key to years
n Two-digit class
Brought It Back from Extinction,
is written by Elizabeth Gehrman.
years indicate
SGY graduates
n Four-digit year
Victor Minich Jr. (1950s), of Maryland,
stopped by for a visit with his wife. It
was only his second time back to the
indicates the year
School since he left the Island with his
group in which a
parents decades ago. He was once a
student who left
member of the School boxing team.
Saltus would have
graduated
Former Premier Dr. David Saul (’58)
was awarded an honorary doctorate
from alma mater Loughborough University, UK, for achievements in “internat-
Trevor Moniz JP, MP (’69) attended the February opening by the Queen of
ional business, education and politics.”
the new King’s College London Law School building in the east wing of
Eugene “Penny” Simmons (’55)
Award, which recognises the exemplary contribution of two members of
Somerset House on the Strand. In June he received the Helen Hudson
skippered his team to a seventh IOD
the King’s community to the college or alumni body; he was presented
World Title Championship win in 2012.
with the award by the Principal, Professor Sir Richard Trainor, at the
annual alumni luncheon in the Great Hall at King’s. Allan Marshall (’72),
1960s
also a Saltus alumnus, and his wife Dr. Kietny Chrun—parents of Jesse
Dr. Gordon Campbell (1969) still
(2011) and Kaliane—hosted a celebratory dinner.
plays cricket. In September he was a
part of the Associates’ victory in the
John Ross (1968) played Lord
the Daylesford Singers.” In addition to
Evening Cricket League finals and the
Montague in the Bermuda Civic Ballet
singing with the Bermuda Chamber
next day captained the Forties Cricket
production of Romeo and Juliet and
Choir and being an active member at
Club to victory in the Commercial
also performed in 24 Hours to Curtain
Christ Church, Warwick, John has
League Knockout Cup.
with BMDS, as well as “warbling with
been the manager of Solvent Liquida-
John E. (“Jet”) Thorne (’77) spent five weeks in Haiti this summer
working with the Feed My Lambs Ministry, which runs an orphanage
that houses and feeds more than 30 children. The group is building
a school to provide free education to 400 children and a clinic to
provide medical care. “I was working at the school construction
site digging ditches, laying pipe, moving concrete block up a ladder
to the second floor, sifting sand and rocks by hand, sanding and
varnishing desks, and installing toilets,” he says. “I would spend
time interacting with the children and I fell in love with all of them
and wish I could bring all of them back to Bermuda with me to provide them with a better life. What amazed me the most about the
people in Haiti was how happy they were despite the horrendous
conditions they live in. The children were happy playing marbles,
dominoes and football and did not allow the fact that they had no
electricity, very few clothes and personal belongings bother them.”
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Stephanie
Adderley / ’04
THE CAREER field of mechanical engineering is
typically considered to be, in the words of legendary
singer James Brown, “a man’s world.”
So you would think that BELCo Mechanical
Engineering Trainee Stephanie Adderley might
find herself feeling uncomfortable in such a maledominated profession. You would be wrong.
“I’ve always been in a male-dominated environment because of my schooling,” she says. “It’s never
bothered me too much. of course, there are distinct
differences between the way men and women work
and communicate though, and I sometimes think it
would be nice to have a few more females about for
a bit of diversity!”
The 26-year-old was one of the first girls to go
all the way through Saltus from P1 to SGY when
the School turned co-ed in 1991. She graduated
in 2004 before going on to study Mechanical
Engineering at Glasgow University, Scotland.
Stephanie joined BELCo as a summer student
and spent three summers learning the ropes before
being hired as a full-time employee. She is
currently in her third and final year of the Engineer-in-Training programme, operated in connection with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers
(IMechE) in the UK. once she carries out quarterly and annual progress reports upon completion
of the programme next year, she can apply for
Chartered Engineer Status.
Her work in BELCo’s Engineering Department
centres heavily on project management, meaning
that site work, reporting, contractor meetings,
plant tours for students, and research are all on
her weekly agenda. She admits there can often be
a lot of pressure placed on young employees in
any kind of work environment—especially in an
industrial workplace.
“There are people who have worked here for 20
years who have so much experience and knowledge
of what goes on and how things work, so there is
always pressure to keep up and I put a lot of pressure on myself to do well too,” says Stephanie, who
plays field hockey for the local Budgies and enjoys
yoga, travelling, art and design. “Generally, I’m at a
really good stage right now and the learning curve
is starting to flatten out.”
The best part of her career, she says, is the ability
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Powerful career
Stephanie Adderley at work at BELCO
to make a difference. “BELCo is the major power
supplier on the Island, so how well the plant runs
affects all of us. I get to travel, too, which is a plus.
There are utility user group conferences which are
a real bonus to go to, because you meet vendors
personally who you have been working with over
email. You usually find out that all utilities are
having the same challenges and therefore you can
all work together to find the best solutions to the
problems out there.”
Stephanie encourages other students to consider
engineering as a profession; she describes it as a
“versatile career.”
“I think it is now being promoted more as a
career path as more people learn what engineering
actually is. The great part is that you can have your
engineering degree, do a few years in that field,
then get your MBA [Masters of Business Administration] and get into the business side of things if
you want. There are so many options and so many
engineering fields to choose from.”
Stephanie presented the BELCo Mathematics
Award at the SGY 2012 graduation, and was “so
impressed” to meet four students at the ceremony
who were going on to study “four different types of
engineering.”
“There is a lot going on Island-wide right now
with regards to energy in terms of renewable energy,
alternative fuels, energy security, and, generally, how
power is supplied and distributed,” she says. “It’s an
important field—and I’m excited to be involved.”
—Helen Jardine
‘There is a
lot going
on in
terms of
renewable
energy,
alternative
fuels and
energy
security’
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Dick
Butterfield / 1947
THE THESPIAN world has always held a special
place in Dick Butterfield’s heart. From his university
plays to his current philanthropic role orchestrating
the creation of a Bermuda Performing Arts Centre,
the 83-year-old says he has never strayed far from
his passion for the stage.
So how exactly did he end up as a practicing
chartered accountant? Born in Bermuda in 1929,
Richard Darrell Butterfield attended Saltus from
1935–42 before going to Trinity College School,
ontario. “There I was cast in the leading role in the
school’s annual play,” he remembers. He never looked
back. In the summer of 1946, he organised, cast
and directed a local play in which he performed the
lead role. Presented at Bermuda’s Trinity Hall, it
was the first production ever sponsored by the
Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society (BMDS)
—and sold out immediately. Dick realised he had
“fallen in love with the theatre.”
He attended Trinity College, University of
Toronto from 1947–51, winning the Professor
William Jones Scholarship and obtaining an Honours
BA in Modern Languages. He was very active in
theatre both at boarding school and at university,
performing in plays each year at U of T’s Hart
House Theatre, and producing the college play in
1950—attracting sell-out audiences and a profit!
After graduation, Dick spent a year building sets
at the Canadian Repertory Theatre in ottawa. In
1952–54, he was the first company manager of the
new National Ballet Company of Canada, taking
the company coast to coast across Canada and the
US. He joined the Stratford Festival in ontario
1954–55, where he designed a system of box-office
control and accounting that other north American
festivals later adopted. “Then I decided if I was
going to make my living in the business end of the
theatre, I had better learn something about business!
So I became a chartered accountant—and, consequently, spent my life practicing as a CA instead!”
Dick returned to the Island in 1963 to join
Coopers & Lybrand Bermuda. He became a fellow
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
ontario in 1988 and of Bermuda in 1989. He was
founding president of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Bermuda from 1973–76, and a
member of the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s
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Arts and soul
Dick Butterfield “fell in love” with theatre early in life
board of directors from 1978–93, and held many
other board appointments. He retired in 1994 at
age 65. Today, coming full circle, he has returned to
theatrical pursuits, focussing his energy on facilitating
the creation of a Performing Arts Centre for
Bermuda. “This is perhaps exactly the right time to
undertake a process that will help to bring the
community together,” he says. “The performing arts
bring people together to share experiences.”
The project is the work of The Centre Limited,
a registered charity headed by Dick. After an
economic impact study is done and a location chosen,
the project will go into design and construction.
For service to the Canadian Institute of Chartered
Accountants, Dick was awarded the Queen’s Silver
Jubilee Medal in 1977 (Canada); he earned an
oBE in 1986 for his many philanthropic pursuits
in Bermuda. At Saltus, he was chairman of a
fundraising committee for the School’s library
building in 1975, and served as PTA president
from 1992–93. Married, to Susan, with two sons—
alums Mark (1978) and Richard (2000)—and one
granddaughter, his hobbies include all his favourite
things—music and singing, theatre and the arts.
—Helen Jardine
‘Performing
arts bring
people
together
to share
experiences’
ALUMNI
tions at Conyers Dill & Pearman for
Brian Patterson
over 11 years—“and I wear my Saltus
(’80) married Chris-
Old Boy tie every Monday,” he says.
tine Grace in July
and is now living in
1970s
Lexington, MA, with
Robert Masters (1972) is the new
his new wife and
library director at Bermuda College.
her two children,
In 2007, after more than 25 years in
Sam and Jessi.
finance, banking and trusts, he
Brian just finished
decided to pursue a Masters Degree
a two-year stint
assisting with the
SACHA BLACKBURNE
in Library and Information Science.
Starting with an online degree
programme, he took two courses per
term, and managed to finish in about
two years. He joined Bermuda College
in 2010 as research and bibliographic
start-up of KRyS
Global Bermuda, a
corporate recovery
and insolvency
firm.
instruction librarian, teaching freshmen
how to use physical and online
resources for research. He was
promoted to library director in June.
Andrew Parsons (’77) is now executive
vice president and strategic advisor to
the CEO of Ascendant Group.
Poet Paul Maddern (’79) has won
acclaim in the UK and Ireland for his
“island-flavoured” writing. Paul is a
teaching fellow in Creative Writing at
the University of Leeds; he completed
a PhD at the Seamus Heaney Centre
for Poetry, Queen’s University, Belfast.
1980s
James Thomson (’94) brought a little bit of Bermuda to All Saints Church
Jonathan Evans (’81) has a new
in Fulham, UK, in June—sporting Bermuda shorts (along with 50 of the
book out—Peace, Prudence and
guests), at his wedding to Alexandra Jackson. Saltus alumni Colm Single-
Prosperity: A History of Bermuda from
ton (’94) and Matthew Davies (’94) were in the wedding party and Adam
1919 to 1939, available at www.lulu.com.
Farrell (’94), Chris Watson (1997) and Sam Stevens (1998) also attended.
According to Jonathan, “It is a wide-
Bermuda touches included a steel-drum band, a wedding cake decorated
ranging study of Bermuda between
with Bermuda cedar, dark ’n’ stormies, and a tree-planting (a bay tree was
the two world wars, carefully indexed
planted instead of a Bermuda cedar). James is an investment manager
and extensively footnoted. A sequel
and has lived in London for the past 12 years.
covering the period to 1959 is planned.”
a local bike accident. “I am a qualified
efforts are not in vain and give them
Former BHS student Katherine Blyth
psychiatric nurse and see on a daily
the strength to carry on with the
Raphael, sister of the late Peter
basis how families are battered by the
knowledge all they do does not go
Blyth (1982), has written a memoir,
emotions of dealing with traumatic
unnoticed.” Part proceeds from the
For Pete’s Sake. The book is a tribute
situations,” she says. “I wrote this as a
book will support Head Way, a UK
to her parents’ efforts to care for Peter
thank-you to my parents on behalf of
brain injury association. For more
for several decades after he suffered
my brother and I would hope that it
information, go to www.katherine
severe brain damage as a teenager in
would help others realise that all their
raphael.co.uk.
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Owain Johnston-Barnes (’99) says
he was “completely stunned” when
he won the top award for his play, A
Thousand Words, in the BMDS Famous
for Fifteen Minutes competition. “This
contest is pretty much the highlight of
the Bermuda theatre year for me,” he
says. “It’s a fantastic opportunity for
people who are interested in writing,
acting, directing or pretty much
anything else, to come in and get
their feet wet.”
George Spurling (1999), who is
completing a MBA in Finance at the
Rachael Barritt (’94), who specialises in
Wharton School of Business at the
matrimonial and family law and has extensive
University of Pennsylvania, intends
advocacy experience, was appointed as a
to pursue a career in global health
director at the law firm of Marshall, Diel &
financing. He was awarded the Bank
Myers. Rachael has two daughters, Avery Isla
of Bermuda Foundation Eldon H.
Taylor, one, and Hannah Somers, five.
Trimingham Masters of Business
Administration Scholarship 2012.
Ian Maule (’83) has been made vice
University of Waterloo, ON.
2000s
president of Energy Supply at BELCO.
Conyers Dill & Pearman welcomed
Marie Humphrey (2000) has returned
Peter Hind (1989), an assistant
Niel Jones (’95) back to the
to Bermuda. She is married to Alex
professor in the architecture programme
Bermuda corporate team from its
Fay, a dentist. The couple toured
at the University of Nebraska’s College
Moscow office, where he had worked
Saltus recently with their baby.
of Architecture, was on the Island
since 2008. “Most recently, Mr. Jones
visiting family. Jon Beard took him on
led the Conyers team, advising the
a tour of the Saltus campus.
Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange
education teacher at Somerset Primary,
(MICEX) on its US$4.5-billion merger
and his son, Lucian, started P1 there
1990s
with the Russian Trading System
this year.
Scott Pearman (1990) joined Conyers
(RTS) stock exchange, which created
Dill & Pearman as a member of its
one of the biggest exchanges in
Ian Jacobs (formerly Ostroff-Striffler)
Bermuda litigation team. Previously,
Europe,” the company reported.
(2000) married Margaret (Meg) Morris
Scott was a barrister at Ely Place
Richard Campbell (2000) is a physical
in July in Arlington, VA. The couple is
Chambers in London for 13 years,
Jennifer Campbell (’96) and husband
making a home in the Washington
specialising in commercial litigation.
Gary welcomed their second child,
DC area.
daughter Emily Elizabeth, in August.
Kimberley Zuill (’93) became the
Jennie teaches voice lessons.
new director of the Bermuda Weather
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Jonathan Herring (’01) won the
Bank of Bermuda Foundation
Service (BWS) in September 2012.
ACE appointed Graeme Henderson
Triathlon in St. George’s in September,
She began her career as a forecaster
(’98) as vice president, international,
completing the half-mile swim, 20K
trainee in 1997, taking an 18-month
and Darin Cassidy (’98) as vice
bike and 5K run in a time of 1:1:51.
certification course at the Caribbean
president, USA (based in Bermuda),
This was his first win in the annual
Meteorological Institute in Barbados.
in its ACE Tempest Re Bermuda
event. “I’ve been competing since I
Later, while working at the Bermuda
reinsurance unit. Graeme joined ACE
was nine years old,” he says, “and
Weather Service, she obtained
from Axis Reinsurance Company,
now I’m 29, so it definitely feels good
a degree in Environmental
where he was an underwriter. Darin
to win this event. I just love to race
Studies and Geography from the
was promoted from within the USA unit.
whether I win or not.”
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The Lennon Bermuda artwork and commemorative sculpture by Graham Foster
HOST OF ALUMS CREATE LENNON FANTASY
Several Saltus alums played a
ing Lennon covers, a book and
which was used in all tribute
big part in this summer’s suc-
boxset—and finally staged a
materials.
cessful John Lennon Tribute.
sold-out concert at the Botanical
The two creators and organisers
Gardens, Paget, featuring inter-
of the multi-month festival were
national and local music stars
edited the book on Lennon, by
business partners Tony Brannon
including Maxi Priest, Heather
Royal Gazette reporter Scott
and Michael Freisenbruch
Nova, and Christina and Julia
Neil, and her company, Brimstone
(friends who both attended the
Frith (Mom and sister to S9
Media, designed the book, CDs,
School until 1962). The pair
Gabriel Frith).
boxset and promotional materials
the former Beatle’s connection
Artist Graham Foster (’88)
event, in September, saw per-
to Bermuda—Lennon spent two
designed the statue—a circular
formances by several students
months on the Island in 1980,
steel sculpture, stylised to
and alums, including violinists
before he was fatally shot in New
incorporate mirror images of
Kaleb Phillips (S9), Jackson
York later that year. He enjoyed a
icons such as doves and
Spurling and Gabriel Jones (both
creative rebirth and wrote or
freesias along with Lennon’s
S7); Mohawk Radio lead singer
completed many songs here for
distinctive profile. Measuring
Mia Chambray (’01); reggae
his comeback albums, Double
six feet across and weighing
artist Daniel Frith (’96) as his
Fantasy–named for a freesia in
some 4,000 pounds, it was
“Uzimon” alter-ego; and Tiffany
the Botanical Gardens—and Milk
erected in front of the Master-
Paynter (’03), who wrote a poem
conceived of the idea to honour
Journalist Rosemary Jones (’82)
for the tribute concert. That
& Honey. Freisenbruch-Brannon
works Museum for Bermuda
about Lennon. “It was such a
Media commissioned a comm-
Art in June. Graham also painted
special night,” she said. “Better
emorative sculpture, CDs featur-
an evocative Lennon portrait,
than I had ever imagined.”
Triathlete Tyler Butterfield (2001)
effort I put forth in London,” says Tyler.
the Bermuda Olympic Association,
represented Bermuda in his second
“The Olympic journey is a long one.
the International Olympic Committee,
Olympics, crossing the line in 34th
I’m deeply indebted to my support
and my major sponsors, Tokio Millen-
place in what he felt was the best race
team and the Olympic infrastructure
nium Re and Philadelphia Insurance
of his professional career. “I’m truly
for making this awesome experience
Companies. I also would never have
pleased with my achievement and the
possible. In particular, I’m thankful to
managed to reach this highlight in my
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career—nor enjoy it so much—without my wonderful wife, Nikki, and our
adorable daughter Savana.” Tyler is
now focusing on accumulating early
qualifying points for the 2013 Ironman
World Championship. For more information, visit butterfieldracing.com. (In
April, Tyler and his wife were featured
on the cover of Triathlete magazine.)
Rachael Beasley Rance (’01)
welcomed baby Tyler Jacob in July.
Kiera Aitken (’01) won three medals
in the Catalan Cup Absolute Swimming
Championships in Spain in May: a
gold medal in the 100m backstroke,
clocking a time of 1:03.93; a silver
Four Saltus alumni competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in London this
medal in the 100m freestyle in a time
summer: Triathlete Tyler Butterfield (2001), pictured above in London with
of 58.42; and she was on the team
Premier Paula Cox, swimmer Roy-Allan Burch (2003) and sailing brothers
that finished third in the 4×50
Alexander “Zander” (2001) and Jesse (2006) Kirkland. And Bermuda’s
freestyle, clocking a time of 2:03.04.
youngest entrant in the Paralympics in August was Jessica Lewis (SGY
’11), in track and field (see story Page 32).
Edward Barnes (’02) married Sun
Young Shin in Seoul, Korea on Easter
involved with training horses and
Tiffany Paynter (’03) was promoted
Sunday. Brothers Andrew (’05) and
makes her home in Florida.
to development associate and com-
John (’10) attended, along with
classmate Mark Mitchell (2002).
munity facilitator at the Performing
In the Fall 2012 issue of the The
Arts Centre Project. Tiffany also wrote
Bermudian, an article headlined
and performed a poem for the John
Steven McGuinness (’02) was pro-
“Rising Stars” spotlights alumni
Lennon Double Fantasy Tribute
moted from constable to sergeant in
Jonathan McBeath (’06), Katie
Concert in September, and read one
the Bermuda Reserve Police, which
Shaw (2002), and Alexandra
of her poems at the Poetry Café at
he joined in 2007. His day job is rela-
Froncioni Gibbons (2004):
Saltus in October.
tionship manager, credit management
Jonathan graduated from Wharton
and analytics, in the Business Banking
School of Business with a BSc
Jerome Overbey (2003) joined the
Department at HSBC.
magna cum laude and Green
Bermuda Police Service in May.
LaKae Dill (’02) married Andrew
Oxford with a MSc in Applied Statis-
Rachel Sawden (’04), a weather
Tavares in 2011 and is studying to be a
tics; he was awarded the Gutiérrez
presenter at VSB-TV, is also vice presi-
weight management coach through
Toscano prize for best academic per-
dent, head of business development
formance. Today, he is an actuarial
for Bermydeals (www.bermydeals.bm),
Templeton College, University of
the American Council on Exercise.
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analyst at ACE Bermuda. Katie, who
a company launched in 2011 and
Onea Mills (’02) has been awarded
graduated from the University of
which offers daily deals to locals.
a 2012 Green Family Scholarship to
Western Ontario with a Sociology
“We’ve won three awards over the
attend Florida National College to
major and Psychology minor, is a
past year—Local Innovation of the
study health sciences diagnostic
property treaty underwriter with Catlin
Year at the 2011 TechAwards, The
medical sonography.
Insurance Company. Alexandra, who
Bermudian magazine’s Best of
graduated from Dalhousie with a de-
Bermuda Entrepreneur of the Year
Claire Humphrey (2002) was in
gree in Sociology and Anthropology,
2012, and a Bottom Line Small
Bermuda visiting her sister, Marie, with
was sales manager at Rosewood
Business Award earlier in the
her husband Derek, a vet. Claire is still
Tucker’s Point.
summer,” she reports.
Katrina
Williams Ball / 1999
IT WASN’T until she became a parent that entrepreneur Katrina Williams Ball realised what Bermuda
was lacking—a locally produced parenting magazine
full of helpful tips for Island moms and dads.
Just over a year later, the 31-year-old mother
of two is the publisher, editor and chief sales
representative of Bermuda Parent (bermudaparent
magazine.com).
“After the birth of my first child, I was looking
for parenting information and activities that were
Bermuda-specific and there was none compiled,”
she says. “It seemed you just had to be in the right
place at the right time. I found many states and
counties around the world had their own parenting
magazines which were area-specific, and that was
when I decided to make my idea a reality.”
Content is provided by freelance writers and
community contributors. Topics range from “pregnancy” to “teens,” “parenting issues,” “health and
wellness,” “dads’ corner,” as well as a section dedicated to highlighting Bermuda’s young achievers.
“The magazine is for anyone who has a child, is
thinking about having a child, works with a child
or is related to a child—there is something for
everyone,” says Katrina. “The spectrum ranges from
pregnancy to those graduating from high school.”
The first issue was released March 2012 and two
more have followed. Despite the weak economic
climate, Katrina says sales have been good and
advertisers are supportive. So much so, she has
decided to branch out to TV.
“Not everyone is a reader by nature and I want
to capture the parenting audience through different
mediums,” she says.
But production of the magazine and TV series is
currently just her side job—she works fulltime as a
civil servant. As Mom to two sons, Elijah, three,
and Enoch, eight months, Katrina says she often
doesn’t start work on the magazine until late in the
evening—after her boys are bathed, fed and put to bed.
“The hardest part of my job is raising two kids,”
she says. “Recognising that I am now a role model
for them in everything I do can create quite a lot of
pressure. But, while children are certainly hard work,
it’s all worthwhile being able to guide someone
through life and seeing them blossom and grow.”
Katrina attended SGY from 1998–99. After
VIC BALL
Parent publisher
Magazine mum: Katrina Williams Ball with her print “baby”
graduation, she went to the Word of Life Bible
Institute for a year, where she received a Biblical
Studies diploma. Later, after two years at the
University of Western ontario, London, she transferred to Anglia Ruskin University, UK, where she
graduated with a degree in Forensic Science and
Criminology. As a summer student, Katrina
worked for Westgate Correctional Facility as well
as the Bermuda Police Forensic Support Unit—
where she returned as a civilian crime scene officer
after graduation. Today she works in the Land
Title Registry office.
Katrina offers three pearls of wisdom to today’s
students: don’t worry too much if you don’t know
what you want to do for a career right away, she
says—it’s only after life’s experiences that you find
your true passion; try to do as many work-shadowing or volunteering opportunities as you can so that
you can see various types of careers; and don’t let
anyone define you—“you are only limited by your
own fears.”
—Helen Jardine
‘Don’t
worry if
you don’t
know
what you
want to
do for a
career
right
away’
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Jessica
Lewis / ’11
Paralympic star
ON THE heels of London’s 2012 Paralympic
Games, 19-year-old Jessica Lewis now holds the
title of being the first Bermudian track-and-field
athlete to qualify for and compete at this event on
the world stage.
Jessica took part in the 100m, 200m and 400m
events at the summer Games for disabled athletes
and placed eighth in three events.
“I hope I have inspired others to never give up
on themselves or their dreams,” she says.
Jessica, who has a congenital disorder known as
diastematomyelia attended Saltus from 2009 to her
SGY graduation in 2011; her favourite subject was
Drama, she says. “All the teachers I had at Saltus
were amazing, and they all impacted my life. They
were always so encouraging and they treated me
like everyone else, which meant a lot to me. They
looked past my chair and saw me as the person I
am. After all, my day-to-day life is just like everyone else’s. The only difference is that I do it from a
sitting-down position!”
Her drive to succeed has taken Jessica far. She
grew up enjoying many para sports—from swimming to horseback riding to wheelchair basketball
and finally track. “My family never told me I couldn’t
do something so I always knew I could do whatever
I put my mind to and they would support me.”
She began her training for the Paralympics in
2010 after getting a track chair, a special wheelchair
designed for track and road racing. But she didn’t
start to train seriously until 2011 when she enrolled
in Brock University, St. Catharines, ontario, under
her Canadian coach Ken Thom.
Her exercise schedule saw her training six days
a week, including gym work and track sessions.
Making it tougher was severe back pain she suffered as a result of surgery she’d had the previous
year. Yet, this summer, she realised her dream and
found herself on the Paralympics start line—alongside her sporting idol, American T53 racer, Anjali
Forber Pratt. They competed against each other in
the 100m, 200m and 400m events.
“She came to Bermuda a couple of years ago and
she has been a real inspiration to me as she is an
incredible person and athlete,” says Jessica. “I felt
so honoured to race against my role model, my
inspiration and my friend.”
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Jessica Lewis in action in London
Accompanying her to the Games were her
coach, doctor Annabel Carter, aunt Karen olson,
Dad Mark Lewis, Mom Lorri Lewis (also her
“Chef de Mission”), as well as Ann Lindroth
and Jeni Southern, of the Bermuda Paralympic
Association. “My parents and everyone else were
so proud to see me out on the track,” Jessica
enthuses. “Many happy tears were shed. I think
the best part was carrying the Bermuda flag in
the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as
the racing, of course.”
Jessica is now looking forward to continuing her
training through the winter and into next year’s
racing season, with hopes of qualifying for the
World Championships in Lyon, France in July
2013, the Para Pan American Games in Toronto in
2015—and the next Paralympic Games, in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil in 2016.
Now in her second year as an Arts & Science
undergrad at Brock, she is studying Recreation and
Leisure with a focus on Therapeutic Recreation.
She hopes to work at WindReach Bermuda, an
activity centre for people with special needs.
Never one to miss an opportunity to spread a
positive message, Jessica was an invited speaker this
fall at the sold-out TEDx Bermuda conference.
“I enjoy bringing awareness to the fact that people
with disabilities can achieve greatness if they put
in the time, the dedication, the hard work and the
attitude,” she says.
—Helen Jardine
‘I hope
I have
inspired
others to
never give
up on
themselves
or their
dreams’
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Darren Woods (’05) is a community
support worker with the Family Centre
and is the Class Agent for the Class of
2005. Darren is part of the community
team whose job is to work with
schools and other groups to run
programmes that benefit children. He
works with the Youth and Police Initiative, Youth Leadership Academy,
Beyond Rugby Programme, Homework and Study Academy, and
Community Triage Service at the
Angle St. Youth Centre. “I was drawn
to the Family Centre because I truly
believe it takes a village to raise a
child,” he says. “I have a passion for
working with youth and coordinating
youth programmes. We have brought
in many Saltus alumni to support
our Youth Leadership Academy
programme, including David
Thomas (’06), Nandi Davis (2005),
Kryshae Furbert (’07), Bryan Rose
David Campbell (’05), son of Dr. Gordon Campbell (1969) and former
(’09), Daniel Woods (’07), Brett Fox
Saltus teacher Liz Campbell, married Sara Wilson in June at Kensington
(’06), Ashley Fox (’09), Sean Dunkley
United Church in Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada. David’s brother,
(’01), Nhuri Bashir (’01), Jerome
Richard (2000), was best man, Shaun Moniz (’03) was a groomsman, and
Overby (2003) and Tiffany Paynter
sister Jennie (’96) also attended. David is completing an internship in
(’03).” Darren has volunteered with
York, PEI, to become an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada.
Youth Net, helping coordinate its
Peace Builders Initiative, and he also
web designer for the Bermuda
Being, Minor in Family and Child
works with Live Free, a group created
Yellow Pages.
Studies). She went on to do her
Nandi Davis (2005), a graduate of
at Keele University, UK. Kelly received
Master’s in Counselling Psychology
to honour the memory of murdered
alum, Jason Smith (’07). See p. 38
CompuCollege, Halifax, NS, with a
the 2012 GlaxoSmithKline Scholarship
Hunter Pitcher (’05) won a 2012
diploma in Business and Computer
Award from the Bermuda Hospitals
BELCO Llewellyn Vorley Engineering
Applications and a certificate in
Board and the St. John’s Trust
Educational Award.
Supervisory Management, is currently
Company’s Psychology, Counselling
the office manager and personal
or Social Studies Education
Stacee Smith (’05), studying at
assistant to the executive director of
Scholarship. She is pursuing her
Queen Mary College, University of
an investment management company.
doctorate in Counselling Psychology
London, was awarded a 2012
She is also a candidate for the
at the University of Manchester.
Conyers Dill & Pearman legal bursary
upcoming 2012 parliamentary
election, running for the One Bermuda
John Masters (’05) graduated
Alliance (OBA) in St. George’s West.
from Boston College, MA in 2009
Simon Morrison (’05) graduated
Nandi is engaged to marry Brendan
with a Bachelor’s degree in
in 2009 from Brock University, St.
Outerbridge in June 2013.
and an Appleby bursary.
Economics and is currently working
at Chartis Excess as a financial lines
Catharines, ON, with a BA in Studies
Kelly Savery (’05) graduated from
assistant underwriter. He has also
College in 2011 with a diploma in New
Guelph University, ON, in 2010 with a
enjoyed travelling—to New Zealand,
Media Web Design. Simon is living in
Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours
Australia, and Peru to see the
Toronto and working as a freelance
Major in Adult Families and Well-
Amazon.
in Arts and Culture, and from Niagara
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Owen
Darrell / 1938
IT’S NOT often that researching a famous historical
figure leads you to discover a link to your own
ancestry, but that’s exactly what happened to alum
owen Darrell (1938) when he began investigating
Bermuda’s founder, Sir George Somers.
His interest in Somers began in 1959 when he
became president of the Bermuda Historical
Society—the year Bermuda celebrated the 350th
anniversary of the Sea Venture’s storm-wracked
arrival. So began 15 years of research that led him
to the hallowed British Museum’s Reading Room
and later to Somers’ birthplace in Lyme Regis.
owen’s findings revealed his own ancestor, Sir
Marmaduke Darell (1559–1631) and Somers had
both sailed on expeditions with Sir Walter
Raleigh—Darell to Cadiz, and Somers to the
Azores. Furthermore, as Somers was knighted only
the day before fellow court member Sir Marmaduke at Whitehall, the two men would have
most certainly known each other.
His research resulted in a 20-page booklet, Sir
George Somers Links Bermuda with Lyme Regis.
A second edition was published in 2006 to support
the St. George’s Foundation.
owen’s lifelong love of history began at Saltus
in the 1920s. Born in 1921 at a cottage on Pitts
Bay Road, Pembroke, he attended primary and
secondary school at Saltus—just a mile’s walk from
his home. He recalls the western part of the School
grounds was at that time used for grazing the
caretaker’s cow! Saltus had fewer than 200 students
in those days and followed the curriculum and
sports of a comparable English day school.
owen remembers Henry Cox, Bermuda’s first
Rhodes Scholar, was Saltus Headmaster in 1928,
followed by Englishman Bobby Booker—who
was still in charge when owen left in 1938 for
Cheltenham College, England. He himself was
awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship in
1940, and attended Magdalen College, oxford
from 1940–41 and again from 1946–48. He
spent the intervening years serving in the
Second World War.
As an able seaman aboard the destroyer HMS
Bulldog, he helped escort a convoy to Murmansk in
northern Russia. It was through Murmansk that
the Allies supplied Stalin with war material to
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Love of history
Owen Darrell: survived the dangerous wartime Murmansk Run
continue the eastern war with Germany. owen
endured enemy torpedo attacks—one left pieces of
shrapnel lodged in his ditty bag—extreme weather
conditions, and even a nasty case of the mumps
which saw him hospitalised in mainland Russia.
Ironically, when the war ended, he learned he
wasn’t the only Bermudian serving in Murmansk;
fellow Saltus alum Francis “Goose” Gosling was
there with the RAF. owen wrote up his reminiscences of that period for the official publication of
the North Russia Club in 2002.
After taking part in the November 1944 liberation
of Greece aboard minesweeper HMS Packice,
owen returned to oxford and earned a BA and
MA with second-class honours in Philosophy,
Politics and Economics. In 1947, he met his wifeto-be aboard a train in Switzerland. A year later
they were married.
He and Pamela returned to Bermuda, where
they raised three daughters and he worked for
insurance giant American International Company
until 1971. Later, he became company secretary
and manager for Michelin Investment Holding
Company, until retirement in early 2002.
In July 2005, some 60 years after the end of the
Second World War, owen received a letter and
commemorative medal from Russia for his service
on the Murmansk Run, one of the most dangerous
voyages of the conflict.
—Helen Jardine
‘Research
into Sir
George
Somers
linked to
his own
ancestor’
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Jiney Caines (’05) graduated from
Calyx Tucker (’10), right in photo,
McGill University, QC in 2009 with a
studying at the University of
Bachelor of Science degree in
Leeds, spent last year as an
Anatomy and Cell Biology, and is
exchange student at Doshisha
currently studying at SUNY College of
University in Kyoto, Japan, as part
Optometry in Manhattan, NY, and will
of her degree course, BA Japanese
and Politics. She studied Japan-
Condolences
ese language and culture and
to the families
Andrew Whale (’05) graduated from
received a scholarship from the
and friends of the
Queen’s University, ON, in 2009 with a
Japan Student Service Organisa-
following alumni:
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in
tion. Calyx is studying for the
Dr. Laidlaw Fraser-
Mathematics and Biochemistry, and is
Japanese language proficiency
Smith (’60); Peter
graduate in June 2014.
working at Sun Life Financial in
test and aiming to sit the N2 level
Longworth (’78);
Toronto as director of actuarial pricing,
examination in July. “I would never
Ian Michael
group retirement services. He passed
have been able to reach Japan
Whitehead (’79),
his actuarial exams last year and
without the help and support of
married to
became a Fellow of the Society of
everyone at Saltus,” she says.
Sandra Burgess
Actuaries in June 2012. “I’m getting
Whitehead (’79);
married next May,” he says. “Fellow
Afghanistan. In Iraq, he earned a
management and leadership diploma.
Sean Pitcher
Saltus alumni Andrew Barnes (’05),
Bronze Star for his service in Baghdad
After returning home, he co-founded
(1980); Christian
Colin James (’05) and my brother
from May to December 2011 for
Off Level Productions, a promotion
Wheddon (1987);
Michael (’03) will be in the wedding
“exceptionally meritorious service
and party-planning business, and
and John Russell
party.”
to the United States” as 1st Platoon
helped organise two major events at
“JR” Francis Pitt
Leader in the planning, resourcing,
Snorkel Park in the summer of 2012.
(2005) and
Rebecca Doughty (’05) graduated
execution and supervision of more
Daniel will begin a graduate certifica-
Christopher
from the University of Bristol, UK, in
than 20 combat missions covering a
tion in Internet marketing at Full Sail
Spencer (2005).
2009 with a Bachelor of Science in
nearly 40,000-square-kilometre area
University, FL, in January.
Deaf Studies and received a post-
of operations.”
graduate degree in Primary Education
We also send
Chef Benjamin Bernardo (’07) is the
condolences to the
from the University of Gloucestershire
Meliseanna Gibbons (’06), is work-
catering officer aboard Spirit of
families and friends
in 2012. She is currently a Year 4
ing towards a medical degree at St.
Bermuda.
of former Saltus
teacher at Beechwood Junior School
George’s University in Grenada. She
in Southampton, UK.
was awarded a Nicholl Scholarship.
teachers Joyce
Connor Doyle (2007), a student at
Zuill, who, with the
University College London, was
Ernest E. Stempel
Kristina Wright (’05) graduated from
Andrew Masters (’06), graduated
awarded a 2012 Legal Scholarship by
Foundation, donated
Nova Southeastern University with a
from the University of Southern
Conyers Dill & Pearman.
funds to establish
major in Psychology and is currently a
California in 2010 with a BA in
manager at Hertz in Fort Lauderdale,
Communication and taught English
Oliver Riihiluoma (’08) graduated in
Discovery Garden in
FL. Her goal is to move back to
for a year in Chengdu, China. He
June with a degree in Mechanical
2008, and Myra
Bermuda in the near future to start a
currently lives in Los Angeles and is
Engineering and a minor in Computer
Robertson-
career in teaching.
Samantha Saunders (2005) is
the Lower Primary
working as ad operations coordinator
Science from Stanford University, CA.
Armstrong Allen,
for Stardoll Media, a digital advertising
Oliver worked at Orbis over the sum-
who taught at
sales company.
mer and has returned to Stanford to
Cavendish Hall
start a graduate degree in Mechanical
School 1955–72,
Engineering.
when it merged with
studying law at the School of Oriental
and African Studies (SOAS), University
James Daniels (’07) is the second
of London, UK.
engineer aboard the Diamond A.
1st Lt. Charles Waters (2005), who
Daniel Woods (’07) graduated from
Saltus; she taught
Lawrence Doughty (’08) has a BSc
Year Seven until her
in Environmental Geoscience from
retirement.
fought in the Iraq War, was profiled in
London, ON’s Fanshawe College with
Cardiff University, Wales, and is
a Royal Gazette article before he
a marketing diploma and Lawrence
currently working on a conservation
headed for a tour of duty in
Kinlin School of Business with a
project in Guyana.
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Matthew Hogan (2011), who is reading
Philosophy, Politics and Economics in his
second year at Durham University, UK,
won the BFIS/Ariel Re Scholarship. Last
year, he received the MVP award for
basketball at the Trev’s Sportsman’s Ball
and was selected as captain of the
Trevelyan College basketball team for this
season. He is also a member of the
Durham University basketball team. An
avid rower, Matthew is also representing
Trevelyan College for a second season.
During the summer, he spent five weeks
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with Saltus alumni
for children in state care. “It was a life-
(Saltus Grammar
changing experience for me,” he says.
School alumni)
Jordan Amaral (’08) graduated from
sparking her interest in law.
Matthew Ross (’09) is in the University
a Bachelor of Commerce, major in
Joanna Hamer (2008) graduated
plays in a contemporary music en-
Accounting. He joined KPMG and
from Vassar College, NY, and is work-
semble, brass quintet, Weston Silver
intends to obtain his chartered
ing as an event organiser for a finan-
Band (brass band), Klezmer ensemble,
accountancy qualification.
cial advisory company in Norwalk, CT.
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, with
of Toronto Symphony Orchestra and
and West African Drum and Dance
ensemble. A winner of the concerto
Alison Hollis (formerly Begeman)
Yvonna Osborne (’09) is majoring in
competition at university, he performed
(2008) has been called to the Bar of
Economics at Temple University,
the Hummel Trumpet Concerto in
England and Wales. Alison was
Philadelphia, PA. She was awarded
Toronto in October, and will again in
awarded the Dame Lois Browne-
the 2012 Capital G Scholarship.
Bermuda next May. He also finds time
Matthew Stracquadanio (’09) was
ice hockey. Matthew was awarded a
Chambers in London. Alison credits
accepted into the Perdue School of
Gilbert & Sullivan 2012 Theatre Arts
Nicole Mathias, her English teacher at
Business at Salisbury University, MD,
Scholarship.
Saltus, and Nicole’s husband, with
where he is currently an Information
Evans schlarship, and has started her
year-long pupillage at the Carmelite
to play soccer, frisbee and intramural
Systems major.
Alexander Jack (2011) graduated
Arthur Begeman (’10) is in his third
year at Queen’s University, Kingston,
in June from Trinity College
ON. He was awarded scholarships by
School, Port Hope, Canada, and
the Garden Club of Bermuda and the
received the following awards:
English Speaking Union.
The Butterfield Trophy for outstanding contribution to Dramatics,
John Barnes (’10) is a volunteer
the Angus and Lorna Scott Award
director for the Make-A-Wish Founda-
for outstanding contribution to
tion’s Eastern Ontario Queen’s Univer-
school life, and the Armour Memo-
sity Volunteer Branch. Last year he
rial Prize for the Editor of The
had his head shaved in the “Hair
Record (the TCS yearbook). He
Massacure” for Make-A-Wish at
earned the designation of AP
Queen’s and raised $1,860.
Scholar with Distinction and is
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now in his first year at Dalhousie
Michael Coles (2010) was awarded
University, Halifax, NS.
the BFIS Signature Scholarship and is
ALUMNI
Calling alumni
We’d love to hear
Sarai Hines (’11) exhibited her artwork at Paget’s Coco Reef Resort in June to raise funds for her education. Sarai
from you! Please
sailed on Spirit of Bermuda and met crewmember Adam Goodwin (2006), who later died in a 2010 traffic accident.
email updates and
She was inspired by Adam and her Saltus art teacher, Fiona Morrison Murdoch (’88), and hopes to become an art
photos (high-
teacher. Sarai received the Bank of Bermuda Foundation Chairman’s Award 2012 and has now begun studies at
resolution only,
the prestigious School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA.
please) to Jon
Beard, Director of
studying Finance and Insurance at
Connor Astwood (2012) graduated
ships in Mexico included Edward
Alumni Relations, at
Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
in June from the Hotchkiss School,
De Silva (’11), Dylan O’Kelly-Lynch
[email protected]
where he helped the sailing team win
(2011), Daniel Pell (’12), Tristan
or [email protected].
Somer Zuiker (’11), a student at
a second consecutive state title in the
Kermode (2012), SGY2s Gianni
Be sure to “friend”
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON,
Connecticut State High School Sailing
Nesbeth and Simon Thompson, and
us on Facebook!
received a 2012 Peter Mitchell
Championships (Connor’s third over-
coach James “Herbie” Adderley (’94).
Scholarship, which provides financial
all win). He’s currently studying at
assistance as well as a guaranteed
Boston University, MA.
from Wellington College, Crowthorne,
position in the PwC HeadStart
summer intern programme.
Shaunte Simons (’11), a student at
Tristan Kermode (2012) graduated
The Bermuda U19 rugby team that
UK, in June, and has been accepted
went to the North American Caribbean
at Sussex University for September
Rugby Association U19 Champion-
2013 after he takes a gap year.
the University of West England, was
awarded a 2012 Legal Bursary by
Conyers Dill & Pearman.
Alexis Richens (’11), a student at
Jacksonville University, FL, won a
National Dance Foundation of
Bermuda Bursary.
Christopher Wright (2011), a student
of Economics at Lancaster University,
UK, won the BFIS Overseas Scholarship.
Emily Chadderton (’11) was presented with a Duke of Edinburgh Gold
CADET CAMP (From left) Colour Sergeant Scott Godet escorts George
Award by the charity’s founder and
Cook (’56), Tim Henry (1960) and an unnamed boy at Warwick Camp in
patron, Prince Philip, at St. James
this July 1957 photo submitted by Douglas Roberts (1957). The Commanding
Palace, London.
Officer is Captain Henry H. Hallett, Saltus Headmaster 1948–68.
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ALUMNI
LIVE FREE: THE LEGACY OF JASON SMITH (’07)
By Kryshae Furbert (’07)
Live Free was formed after the
murder of our dear friend, Jason
Smith (’07), in May 2011 in what
police believe was a case of
mistaken identity. Jason had no
gang affiliations, but was unfortunately in the wrong place at the
wrong time. Our group is made up
of some of Jason’s closest friends,
and we created it not just as his
friends, but as his family.
We know that “Live Free” will
have a personal meaning to each
individual; however, our aim is to
Team GPS Jamin Furbert (’08), Kijaun Wilkinson (’07), Akil Trott (’08),
encourage and promote together-
James Adams (’07), Lozendro Symonds (’07), Jez Burrows (’08) and
ness. The purpose of our events is
Cardo Lowe; bottom row: James Pace (2010), Damian Pitcher (’06),
to raise money to sponsor both
Ezekiel Stoneham (’07), Daniel Woods (’07) and Elijah Dublin
local charities and fund a
scholarship award at Saltus
(given annually to a SGY
graduate). Our mission is to
promote positive social environments and build community and family
relationships. With money
raised from fundraising
events, Live Free has been able
160 players participated. Many
to honour Jason’s memory, cele-
to donate just over $500 to Big
alumni and Saltus graduates of
brate his life, and ensure his
Brothers and Big Sisters, as well
2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
legacy lives on.
as award two scholarships to
and 2012 participated in the event.
graduating Saltus students—
We also had tons of help and
Woods (’05), Jasmin Caines (’06),
Daniel Andrade (’11) and
support from Saltus Facilities staff,
Teron Ratteray (’06), Kryshae
Ian Simmons (’12).
Mr. Beard, Mr. Figureido, Mr. Lewis,
Furbert (’07), Tse Minors (’07),
Jason, a Bermuda Regiment
Ms. Robinson, as well as past and
Kijuan Wilkinson (’07), Daniel
lance corporal, had a passion for
present Saltus students, including
Woods (’07), Francesca Cacace
football. He was the striker for the
SGY2 students.
Pembroke Hamilton Club and
All these individuals and many
represented and travelled with
others within the community worked
the national squad. He was an avid
together to make these events
(’08), Akil Trott (’08), and Milan
Wall-Burgess (’08).
We encourage our Saltus family
to look out for future Live Free events
team player both on and off the
successful. The tournament
and support a great cause! Email
field. In memory of him, Live Free
encompassed the whole purpose
the Live Free Foundation at
organised a seven-a-side football
for which Live Free was created:
[email protected].
tournament this past June, with the
finals played during a Family Fun
Day on the Saltus Field. More than
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Live Free members are: Darren
‘Live Free was created to honour
Jason’s memory, celebrate his life’
Annual Report 2011|12
Director of Finance and Administration
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
While both the local and international economies continued
to struggle, Saltus Grammar School’s outlook appears more
positive than it has in recent years. The target budgeted
student population of 955 students was exceeded at the start
of the year with 962 students enrolled in September 2011.
As the year progressed, the reduction in student numbers
was not as significant as prior years, ending the year with
946 students.
Saltus continued to monitor all areas of operations and in
February 2012 focussed on a school-wide strategic-planning
initiative as well as undertaking audits in both the areas of
technology and energy consumption.
The strategic planning initiative solidified the School’s
view that paying down its debt while being mindful of all
expenses is its number-one goal financially. over the next
five years, the School will aim to increase annual giving and
use those funds to increase cash reserves, reduce the debt
and complete facility upgrades.
In 2010, Saltus began a four-year initiative of upgrading
its facilities. The third year in this initiative, 2012, saw the
following targets accomplished:
l Completion of lock installation on all classroom doors,
allowing for lock-down procedures in the event of an
emergency;
l Renovations to the lower car park, transforming this area
into a staff parking lot in an attempt to relieve congestion
during drop-off/pick-up times and provide school-hour
parking for parents and volunteers;
l Installation of a school-wide fire-alarm system at the
St. John’s Road campus, including voice technology allowing
for whole-school announcements in the event of an
emergency and two security cameras covering 80 percent
of the parking lots and the main gate;
l Soundproofing the music room in the Gosling Centre, as
well as purchasing a soundproof practice room and
electronic equipment in the Bill Duncan Audio Visual
Music Suite;
l Removal of carpet and underlay in two Lower Primary
classrooms, replacing with vinyl flooring;
l Waterproofing repairs to the outside walls at Lower
Primary.
As per prior years, certain budgeted projects for the next
fiscal year were started early, including:
l Complete renewal of the Stempel Library in Upper
Primary;
l Renovation to the parent and staff washrooms at Lower
Primary;
l Security fencing at Lower Primary;
l Airconditioning in the Secondary Hall;
l Renovations to the Secondary staff rooms and
washrooms;
l BELCo three-phase electrical upgrade at the St. John’s
Road campus;
l Reinforcement of the Gosling Centre terrace railings;
l Renovations to the Secondary science labs/classrooms;
l Safety provisioning for the rockface behind the Haygarth
Gymnasium;
l Renovations to the Design Technology Centre.
by julie boyd
Upper Primary’s Service Club donated books to charity
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ANNUAL REPoRT 2011|12
AUDIT AND YEAR-END RESULTS
For fiscal 2012, Saltus reported a surplus of $195,709,
compared to a surplus of $608,577 in 2011.
OPERATING FUND REVENUE
Donations
<1%
REVENUE
Total revenue decreased (one percent) year over year.
operating Fund revenue was $18,640,651, of which 94
percent was represented by tuition revenue. Tuition revenue in
2012 was $17,584,229; by contrast, tuition revenue in 2011
was $17,721,574, a decrease of $137,345. Budgeted tuition
revenue was $17,078,315.
other sources of revenue in the operating Fund include
miscellaneous fee and rental income of four percent, income
from Saltus Appeal of one percent, and interest and dividend
income as well as other donations at less than one percent.
ISM (Independent School Management), a leading resource
for private-school management strategies, recommends that
hard income (defined as income other than donations and
investment income) be a minimum of 92 percent of total
operating Fund income. Saltus meets this mark handily with
its ratio of 94 percent.
The Bursary and Endowment Fund revenue amounted to
$951,630, comprised of gains from sale of investments, interest
and dividend income, contributions received from the Vallis
Trust and further education award donations. Income in the
Campaign Fund was nil. Donation income recognised in the
Building Fund was $600,000, which results from revenue
recognition of campaign donations previously pledged and
received matched to the current year’s expenditures (interest
and amortisation) on the assets for which the original
donations were designated.
EXPENDITURES
operating Fund expenditures, excluding amortisation of
$709,819, totalled $16,809,882, which was in line with the
budgeted figure of $16,809,931. Salary and payroll benefits
continue to be the largest expenditure at $13,741,592, which
represents 78 percent of total operating Fund expenditures.
other operating Fund expenditures of $3,068,290 were
represented by audit fees, repairs and maintenance, information
technology, insurance, curriculum, utilities and general office
expenses. The operating Fund expenditures represented 88
percent of all expenditures incurred during the year, followed
by the Bursary and Endowment Fund, with expenditures of
$1,130,227, comprised mainly of financial aid or six percent
of overall expenditures and Campaign plus Building Fund
expenditures totalling $1,346,644 or seven percent of total
expenditures. Campaign and Building Fund expenditures are
comprised of interest on long-term debt and amortisation.
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Miscellaneous
income
Tuition
income
4%
94%
Saltus Appeal
1%
Interest income
<1%
TOTAL REVENUE ALL FUNDS
Bursary &
Endowment Fund
5%
Operating
Fund
Building Fund
92%
3%
OPERATING FUND EXPENDITURES
Other
operating
expenses
Salary &
benefits
78%
18%
Amortisation
4%
LIQUIDITY AND NET ASSETS
Saltus’s cash position increased over the year by $528,021,
propped up again this year by collections on past accounts
receivable. Cash flows from operating activities resulted in a
positive effect of $1,583,990 on cash. School fees receivable
net of allowance for doubtful accounts decreased $51,802
from 2011 to $134,505, while allowance for doubtful accounts
decreased a further $70,110 year over year. other receivables
were insignificant at year end, while prepaid assets, comprised
of prepaid insurance and prepaid curriculum expenses, were
$535,289.
Endowment assets lost some ground during the year based
on poor market results. Realised and unrealised losses resulted
in an asset base decrease of $244,685 at year end. Net capital
assets were $19,255,009 at year end.
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities at year end were
$2,555,229, comprised of $648,661 in payables and accruals in
the operating Fund, $5,445 in the Bursary and Endowment
Fund and accrued interest on the Centennial Trust in the
Building Fund which again increased in the current year,
ending the year at $1,901,123. Prepaid student accounts were
in line with the prior year at $1,218,870.
As noted in the 2011 report, as of July 1, 2011, the
Campaign Fund no longer included a deferred contribution
balance, therefore any donations received during the year in
this fund were immediately recognised in revenue to partially
offset the interest and depreciation which continue to be
incurred on the buildings. This resulted in a $746,551 loss in
the Building Fund in the current year and will continue to
have a significant effect on operating results in future years as
interest and depreciation continue to be incurred on the assets.
School fees
receivable
TOTAL ASSETS
<1%
Other
receivables
Cash
<1%
16%
Net capital
assets
67%
Prepaid
assets
2%
Endowment
investments
Interfund amount
receivable
12%
3%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Long-term
debt
Prepaid
student
accounts
Total A/P
& accrued
liabilities
7%
15%
Deferred
contributions
67%
3%
Interfund
amount payable
5%
Deferred
pension liability
3%
TOTAL EXPENDITURES ALL FUNDS
Bursary Fund
6%
Campaign Fund
Operating
Fund
88%
<1%
Building Fund
6%
CAIS BENCHMARKING REPORT
Saltus continuously strives to offer the best education for
money on the Island and, as an accredited member of CAIS
(Canadian Accredited Independent Schools), Saltus has the
opportunity to take part in a benchmark study annually. The
comparison schools are Canadian institutions, which will
account for some of the variance in results, but on the whole,
the results help Saltus gain on its strengths and focus on areas
in need of improvement.
When compared to day schools of similar size, Saltus
tuition comes in lower than the median; its operating costs
per student, however, are slightly higher than the median.
Salaries compose 78 percent of operating costs and therefore it
stands to reason that Saltus’s operating costs would exceed the
median based on the higher cost of living in Bermuda and the
accompanying higher salary scale. When looking at fees, in
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Yearbooks
Books
Transportation
32%
7%
3%
Supplies &
printing costs
Saltus common
PE shirt
13%
9%
Grub days /
charitable giving
Field-trips
& Advisory
activities
Social events
SGY expenses
10%
12%
7%
7%
As denoted, the Activity Fee total revenue received
($107,184 in total) fell short of actual spending of $150,643.
A deficit was exhibited at each year level, most significantly in
Upper Primary and SGY2.
ACTIVITY FEE
REVENUE & EXPENSE
$
20,000
17,500
15,000
12,500
10,000
7,500
5,000
REVENUE
EXPENSES
SGY2
S11
S9
SGY1
Year group
S10
S8
S7
S6
S5
S4
S3
2,500
S2
Saltus is committed to providing a first-rate education
to all Bermudians, regardless of economic background.
We have an endowment base of $4,293,160 and
committed donors to assist us with our goals.
The Endowment Fund, like all investment assets,
has suffered from the poor investment returns of the
current economy, but Saltus was delighted to award
$1,108,822 in financial aid and scholarships to 141
students, 12 percent of our population, during the year
ending June 30, 2012.
As the new school year begins, Saltus looks to
continuously review its financial-aid policies in light of
the new economic realities facing our student population
and is committed to assist those mission-appropriate
students in need.
ACTIVITY FEE EXPENSES
FY
A top education for all
ACTIVITY FEE
In an effort to improve financial controls and ensure financial
statements represent the full cost of providing an education,
Saltus introduced an Activity Fee in 2012. The fee was
designed to cover many incidental expenses which parents
were previously requested to pay in addition to tuition costs.
The graph and chart depict how the Activity Fee was allocated.
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particular, Saltus matched the median for the percentage of
fees paid by parents as a percentage of total operating revenue;
where it falls short, however, is in the area of annual giving
and endowment. For Saltus to grow and continue to upgrade
its facilities in the future, an increase in annual and capital
giving must occur. This is an area in which the School has not
achieved top performance as of late.
In terms of physical plant, Saltus was in the top 10
percentile of plant expenses per square foot. This stands to
reason due to the number of maintenance projects which have
been necessary over the past three years and in the coming
year. once this period of major upgrades is complete, it is
expected Saltus will fall in line with the median of the other
schools. Saltus’s teaching area per square foot is at the median
of 170 feet.
other areas of interest include administrative costs, in
which Saltus is well below the median of administrative
expenses per student while its administrative staffing headcount falls in line with the median of other schools. Information
technology costs as a percentage of total operating expenses
are twice the median and total information technology costs
per students are 1.5 times the average. These areas of concern
will be addressed through the followup on the Technology
Audit in 2013 and forward.
THE FUTURE
As Saltus enters the next academic year, student numbers are
targeted at 927 and the first day of class met this target. Fiscal
2013 will be the final year in its major capital improvements
drive, with an eye to moving to a preventative maintenance
mode to maintain its facilities into the future. With continued
excellence in teaching, a renewed thrust to integrate technology
in the classroom, a dedicated, mission-appropriate student
body and a refined financial-aid structure, Saltus has once
again positioned itself as the school of choice in Bermuda.
Building our School community
by jennifer titterton
Our fundraising soirée helped renovate Secondary science labs.
Below: the new Saltus van provides much-needed transport
The Saltus Association starts each year with three goals in
mind: to bring families together and develop a sense of
community; to offer informative programmes for our parents;
and to raise much-needed funds for initiatives that benefit our
students. We feel we were successful in all these in 2011–12.
Parents and staff attended our Bingo Night, informational
meetings, summer camp fair and the Saltus-to-Saltus
Run/Walk in numbers greater than we have seen in a while.
Please continue! Your presence and participation help to make
this a truly special community.
Thanks to all of you, our 2011–12 fundraising efforts were
successful throughout the year, raising more than $112,000.
Such efforts culminated with a truly amazing “Round the
World, First Stop Bermuda” Soirée and Raffle.
Each year, the Saltus Association earmarks money raised to
fund innovative enrichment initiatives proposed by the School
community. In 2012, we financially supported $100,000
towards renovations to the Secondary Department Science
labs; $20,000 lighting on the Field; $10,000 towards the new
Saltus van; awards for the Upper Primary prize-giving; the
Debate Committee; the girls’ field-hockey trip; and the SGY
prom committee.
We thank our teachers and administrators for all they do
to inspire our children and continuously raise the bar. To our
families, it is a true pleasure and privilege to serve you. Saltus
is a special school where wonderful things happen every day.
CHARLES ANDERSON
Saltus Association President
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Golf tournament nets $49,329
by berta barreto-hogan
Eighty-eight golfers took to the greens of
Belmont Hills Golf Club in June for the
17th Francis L. Stephenson Memorial
Golf Tournament. The event—a key
fundraiser for the School—had been
postponed after rainstorms washed out a
previous attempt a month earlier.
Alumni, parents, staff and friends of
Saltus took part in the 17th year of the
tournament, hosted by AoN Bermuda
chairman Paul Markey and organised by
Advancement officer Berta BarretoHogan, John Rego (’78) and Simon Tully
(’89). Proceeds help fund scholarships for
students entering the Saltus Secondary
Department; this year, the tournament
netted $49,329 for this important
cause—an increase of $8,019, or 19
percent, over 2011, and a whopping
66-percent increase over 2010.
once again, the tournament’s Lead
Sponsor was the Freisenbruch-meyer
Group, whose valuable donation was
used to offset the cost of refreshments
served during the tournament and the
prize-giving buffet reception. The
company’s support enables a larger
portion of funds raised to go to the
Stephenson Scholarship Fund. Thank
you Freisenbruch-Meyer! We would also
like to thank our General Sponsors:
Advancement Officer
Winners Herbie Adderley, Mark Briers, Jim Ferguson (captain). Not pictured is David Wall
aon benfield, paul markey, bF&m
insurance Group, bermuda pest control,
conyers dill & pearman, d&j
construction, KryS Global, miles
market and james Thomson (’94). We
are very grateful for their support. The
Hole-in-one car, a Renault Megane
hatchback valued at $30,000, was
generously provided by eurocar and
alumnus richard davidge, and insured
by the bF&m insurance Group.
Unfortunately, there were no winners.
The hole and tee signs were sponsored
by Signworx (Nelson Pimentel).
our thanks go to hole/tee sponsors:
ace Group, anfossi management,
aon benfield, bacardi international,
bermuda electric light company,
bermuda pest control, capital G bank
ltd., d&j construction, deloitte,
Gl construction, hSbc bermuda, la
trattoria restaurant & pizzeria, larry
and craig davis, and the bank of n. t.
butterfield & Son. We are also grateful
to those who donated prizes and goodiebag fillers: paul markey, aon benfield
(for first, second, third and individual
competition crystal prizes), air pro,
arch re, axis Specialty, bacardi international, belmont hills Golf club,
RESULTS: Francis L. Stephenson Memorial Golf Tournament
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Jim Ferguson, Herbie Adderley, Mark Briers, David Wall, 49.6
Andrew Parsons, Mike Daniel, Chris Coelho, Robert Steynor, 52
Bob Wilson, Nick Dove, Allan Day, Greg Swan, 52.7
Matthew Durrant, Chris Fullerton, Jim Leitch, Malcolm Durrant, 53.2
Mark Baumgartner, Gerald Gakundi, Barry Mah, Kevin Copeland, 53.4
Rob Bernardino, Emily Leitch, Michael Veale, Chris Burns, 53.8
Martin Brown, Steven McGuinness, Paul Cann, Damien Palanyandi, 54.2
Simon Tully, John Rego, Andrew Bento, Andy Pereira, 54.7
Doug Tufts, Francis Cassidy, Allan Todd, David Mathias, 54.9
Andy Wright, Larry Lombardo, Larry Osborne, Malcolm Sutherland, 55.1
Stuart Clare, Richard O’Connell, Kevin Hovi, Jason Floyd, 55.4
Damon Mussenden, Julie Boyd, Stephen Savage, Vincent Hogan, 55.9
Gordon Benson, Rick Morris, Mike Deevy, Michael Harvey, 56.4
14 Sandy White, Ted Staunton, Phillip Heap, Alan Boardman, 57.1
15 Paul Markey, Joe Rego, Paul Benevides, Matt Mullen, 57.8
Dennis Fagundo, Ben Halpin, Michael Naugler, Steve Demerling, 57.8
17 Rob Mason, Robert Blee, Ryan Faries, Bryan Adams, 57.9
18 David Sousa, Mike Sousa, Brian Hollis, Michael Boorman, 58.3
19 Arthur Robinson, Cal White, Delton White, Eardley Fleming, 58.4
20 Stuart Brash, Denis Bird, Charles Cope, Tracey Sutherland, 59.0
21 Allan Marshall, Mark Orchard, Ronnie Lines, Oliver Heyliger, 60.9
22 Kenneth Krys, Alex Potts, Brian Patterson, Carla Colbourne, 64.2
Proximity winners
Closest to Pin 4 Ladies, Tracey Sutherland; Closest to Pin 11 Men, Oliver
Heyliger; Closest to Curve 6 Open, Phillip Heap; Longest Drive 12 Open,
Mike Harvey; Straightest Drive 9 Open, Emily Leitch
Annual Fund supports
academics and facilities
by Graham collis (’77)
Chairman of the Saltus Annual Fund,
Trustee and Alumnus
Thanks to our alumni, parents, and
friends, $501,868 was raised through
the Saltus Annual Fund from July 1,
2011 to June 30, 2012. In addition,
donations totalling $165,009 were
received for scholarships and bursaries,
of which $49,329 was realised after
expenses from the 17th Annual
Francis L. Stephenson Memorial
Golf Tournament. The event’s net
income represents a 19-percent
increase over last year’s figures and
a 66-percent jump over 2010. The
William (Bill) Duncan Memorial
Fund has also increased by $21,850 in
additional donations, bringing funds
raised to date to $136,685. Total cash
donations by parents, alumni and
friends of Saltus—helping to support
the entire operations of the School—
was $1,344,237.
We received gifts from 236 donors
who collectively made a significant
contribution to the success and future
of our School. We are sincerely
grateful for the loyalty, generosity
and commitment to Saltus of all its
supporters.
Contributions to the Annual Fund
provide immediate critical funding for
the academic programmes, facilities
and financial aid that make Saltus the
premier school in Bermuda. Each
year, improvements can be seen at the
School which result directly from the
financial support of our donors. As
in previous years, funding was also
provided for student bursaries and
teacher development. The projects
financed last year by the Annual
Fund are set out in the Director of
CHARLES ANDERSON
bermuda container line, bermuda
electric light company, bermuda Golf
academy, bermuda premium Spirits
(local distributors of BACARDI brands),
bermuda pest control, the bank of n. t.
butterfield & Son, butterfield & vallis,
jim butterfield, blu bar & Grill, capital
G bank ltd., cellone, d&j construction,
digicel, Fairmont hamilton princess,
Flanagan’s irish pub & restaurant,
Fresh ’n’ new, Gosling’s, KryS Global,
lindo’s market and lindo’s Family
Foods, logic communications, makin’
waves, marks & Spencer, meyer
Freight, the market place, la trattoria
restaurant & pizzeria, northrock
communications, pembroke paint
company, port o’ call restaurant,
portofino pizza restaurant, red carpet,
Saltus, Specialty products, Stefanel,
tangles hair, topS, xl re.
We would like to express our sincere
appreciation to: belmont hills Golf
club, especially bushara bushara,
general manager of Newstead and Belmont,
and golf pros darron Swan, dwayne
Gibson, twilton Smith and darriek
douglas—as well as the groundsmen at
belmont hills Golf club for their stellar
assistance both on the day, and leading
up to the tournament. Thanks also to blu
bar & Grill, especially baba tan Son
liang, head chef for the buffet at the
prize-giving; patra lea phillips for her
assistance with player registration; Saltus
students Sam wehmeyer, mikaela buryj,
cecilia wollmann, walker campbell,
peter cooper, oliver brooks, michaela
ratteray, tomas amaral and destiny
Thomas-adams for help with the mulligans,
raffle sales and collecting money for each
competition; and cynthia lancerbarnes for photographing the event. I
would like to add personal thanks to my
committee members, john rego (’78)
and Simon tully (’89), for their great
support and sense of humour. We thank
all sponsors, prize donors, participants
and helpers—for your annual support of
this tournament and the scholarships
funded by it. We could not achieve this
result without all of you.
Finance’s report. For the upcoming
year, we will focus on upgrading our
technology infrastructure.
We hope that all our alumni,
parents and friends will consider
giving to Saltus. During these difficult
economic times, the School’s need
for funding, beyond the fees it
charges, is greater than ever. Saltus
makes an enormous contribution to
the lives of our students and your
support, at whatever level, will help
the School achieve its mission of
offering them the best educational
experience possible.
If you would like information
about how you can make a difference
through the Annual Fund, or
assistance with on-line donations,
please contact Berta Barreto-Hogan,
Advancement officer—Annual
Appeal, Alumni Relations & Special
Events at [email protected]
or 441/292-6177, ext. 6248.
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HONOUR ROLL
OF DONORS
Those who donated during the last
school year to the Buy-a-Brick
campaign to renovate the Saltus
Alumni Memorial Hall are marked
with *. All donations for donor bricks
received after June 30 will be
acknowledged in the next Honour
Roll of Donors.
ANNUAL FUND
SAMUEL SALTUS ASSOCIATION
($15,000–$150,000)
COLLIS (’75), John and Judy
Ernest E. Stempel Foundation
Lindo’s Market Limited and
Lindo’s Family Foods Limited
MARSHALL, Charles E.
PartnerRe
PEREIRA, Andy and Paula
The Atlantic Philanthropies
Director/Employee Designated
Gift Fund
The Saltus Association
TUCKER (’71), R. Gil and
Beverley
Vallis Educational Testamentary
Trust
FOUNDER’S CLUB
($10,000–$14,999)
COLLIS (’77), Graham B. R.
LINES, Sheila
TRUSTEES’ CLUB
($5,000–$9,999)
Arthur H. and Annette C. Bolton
Charitable Foundation
*COLLIS (’75) & Family, John
KPMG Services
*PENRUDDOCKE & Family,
Charles B. and Maja
*The Green Family
*The Hinson Cooper Family
The Schroder Family
Validus Re
ZANOL, Giorgio and Marilyn
HEADMASTER’S CLUB
($2,500–$4,999)
GARROD (’90), Chris and
GRIFFITHS (’90), Dawn
GREEN (’96), Alexander
HELLAM, Blake and Tania
HELLAM, Blake—HSBC
Executive Giving
Island Press Limited
BENEFACTORS’ CLUB
($1,500–$2,499)
D&J Construction
TITTERTON (’61), Glenn
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VAN BEELEN (’82), Kees
Wyndham Worldwide Group
(matched Pauline Richards’ gift)
BOOSTERS’ CLUB
($1,000–$1,499)
ACE Foundation Bermuda
BF&M Insurance Group Ltd.
CAVE, Miles and Ruskin
GORMAN, Gayle
PATTERSON (’80), Brian
*PATTERSON, Brian (’80), Mark
(’81) and Douglas (’83)
RANCE, MBE (’50), Cyril E.
RICHARDS, Pauline
The Gutteridge Family
WATERS, Les and PICKWORTH,
Lynda
SUPPORTERS’ CLUB
($500–$999)
ADDERLEY (’80), Mr. and Mrs.
Bradfield
*ANDRADE, Oscar (’80) and
Daniel (’11)
Anonymous
*BEARD, Jon, in Memory of
Jennie Beard
BUBENZER (’72), Peter and
MARSHALL, L. J.
CALDWELL, Colonel Patrick A.
*CAVE (’84) & Family, Mark
and Janey
COOPER (’76), Philip and Allison
*COOPER (’79), Karen
*DOUGHTY, Andrew (’73), Rosie,
Rebecca (’05), Lawerence (’08)
and Rachel (’12)
*DURRANT and Family, Malcolm
and Terri (’76)
GILBERTSON, Alan and DIXON,
Carol
Gorham’s Limited
*HILLEN, James A. (’09),
Christian J. (’12) and Samantha A.
*LINES, David, Sheila, Connor,
Joss and Noah
*MARSHALL, Allan (’72) and
Jesse (’11)
*MARTIN (’79) and Family, Paul
and Lora
*MASTERS (’72), Robert H. C.
*PENRUDDOCKE (’18), Adriana
U.
*PENRUDDOCKE (’16), Thomas
M.
*SKINNER (’84) and Family, J.P.
and Amanda
*SPENCER-ARSCOTT, Ann (’77),
Robin, Andrew and Ryan
*The Bishop, Madeiros and
Wallington Family
*The Dorrington Family Saltus
Staff 2005–12
*The Godfrey Family
*The Rattery Shakir Family
CONTRIBUTORS’ CLUB
($250–$499)
*ANFOSSI (’77), Michael
*BRANCO (’94), Michael
*BROWN (’12), Rokeyah S.
*CANN (’12), Kerina
*CARREIRO, Kristen (’04)
and John
*CLARKE (’12), Scott
*CLEMENTS (’20), Ryan
COOKE (’44), Bill and Anne
*COOPER (’48), J. Cyril
*FERGUSON (’95), Trevor
*FERGUSON (’97), Craig
*FLEMMING (’25), Cole Michael
*JAMES (’05), Colin G.
*JAMES (’08), Mark C.
*JONES (’19), Gabriel
*KEYES (’17), Charlie
*MAIDEN & Family,
Christopher and Alison
*RANCE, MBE (’50), Cyril E.
*RENAUD & Family, Tracy
and Gary
SAUL (’58), Dr. David
*SAYERS & Family, Shelly
and Peter
SHAPIRO, Paul and JONES (’82),
Rosemary
TUCKER (’46), Robert N. and
Anne
DONORS’ CLUB
($100–$249)
Anfossi (’77), Michael on behalf of
Henry Ziegler
Anonymous
Anonymous
BRANAGAN, Ian and Sara
DARRELL (’38), Owen H.
INGHAM (’82), Jonathan
MASTERS (’11), Katherine A.
MCLEOD (’11), Alex B. M.
RABAIN (’89), Mr. and Mrs. Diallo
STIRLING, Luke
FRIENDS OF SALTUS
($25–$99)
BALL (’11), Eugene Sinclair
Carlington
COOPER (’77), Andrew and Jane
KEMPE, Sebastian
LINDSAY-BAYLEY (’11), Megan
NORTH (’11), Thomas J. B.
RICHARDS (’10), O’Brien C. L.
RICHENS (’11), Alexis
SIMONS (’11), Kimberly
STUDENTS’ CLUB
($5+)
SIMONS (’11), Denzel
MICHELLE OUTERBRIDGE
MEMORIAL FUND
OUTERBRIDGE, Lise
JENNIE BEARD AWARD
ZIEGLER, Henry and Zhi
KEYES, Laura
17th ANNUAL FRANCIS L.
STEPHENSON MEMORIAL
GOLF TOURNAMENT
ACE Group
ADAMS (’87), Bryan
Anfossi Management
AON Benfield
Bacardi Limited
BENSON, Gordon
BENTO, Andy
Bermuda Electric Light Company
Bermuda Pest Control
BETTS, Jonnie
BF&M Insurance Group
BLEE, Robert
BOYD, Julie
BTC Limited
Butterfield & Vallis
Capital G Bank Ltd.
Conyers Dill & Pearman
D & J Construction
DAVIS, Larry (’58) and Craig (’87)
Deloitte & Touche Ltd.
DURRANT, Malcolm
DURRANT (’00), Matthew
Eurocar Limited
FARIES, Ryan
Freisenbruch-Meyer Group
FULLERTON, Chris
GL Construction
Golf Miscellaneous
HARVEY, Michael
HEYLIGER (’74), Oliver
HOGAN, Vincent
HOLLIS (’69), Wendell
HSBC Bermuda
KRyS Global
La Trattoria Restaurant & Pizzeria
LEITCH, Jim
LINES (’72), Ronnie
MARSHALL (’72), Allan
MASON (’81), Robert
Miles Market
MOSLEY, Malcolm
MUSSENDEN, Damon
ORCHARD (’80), MARK
PEREIRA, Andy
REGO (’78), John
SAVAGE, Stephen
STAUNTON, Ted
The Bank of N.T. Butterfield
& Son Ltd.
THOMSON (’94), James
TOPS Ltd.
TULLY (’89), Simon
XL Group
Family Foods Ltd.
Logic Communications Ltd.
Makin’ Waves
Marks & Spencer
Meyer Freight
Miles Market
North Rock Communications Ltd.
Pembroke Paint Company Ltd.
PIMENTEL, Nelson
Port O’ Call Restaurant
Portofino Pizza Restaurant
PWs Marine
Signworx Limited
Specialty Products
Stefanel
Tangles Hair
The Bank of N.T. Butterfield
& Son Ltd.
The Fairmont Hamilton Princess
Hotel
The MarketPlace Supermarkets
Ltd.
The Red Carpet Bar & Restaurant
TOPS Ltd.
XL Re Ltd.
WILLIAM (BILL) DUNCAN
MEMORIAL FUND
Allied World Assurance Company
(matched William “Rick” Mello’s
gift)
Alterra Capital Holdings Limited
(matched Kip Herring &
Family’s gift)
BEARD, Jon
BURKE-GREEN, Dawn
DAVIS, Toni
DESILVA, Christine
DURRANT, Malcolm and Terri
(’76)
Ernest E. Stempel Foundation
HODSON, Norman and Andrea
HOGAN (’11), Matthew D. B.
HOGAN, Vincent A. and
BARRETO-HOGAN, Berta L.
HOPKINS, Mary
JOHNSTON (’82), John N.
LE PAGE, Peter and Janet
MASTERS, Jeanne H.
MURPHY, George
PETTIT, Marjorie and Tony
RIIHILUOMA and Family, Jay
and Sue
SIMMONS, Sacha and “Penny”
SOARES, Dr. J. J.
STAUNTON, Ted
The Go Down Berries
The Herring Family
The Maule Family
The Raistrick Family
SALTUS STAFF
SCHOLARSHIP
BOARDMAN, Alan
BRIGGS, Steve
BROWN, Rebecca
CHICHON, Nicole
DORRINGTON, Daniel
DORRINGTON, Rebecca
GANGWANI, Kalpana
HASSELL, Cynthia
HILES, Christianna
HOLMES, Kelly
KEELEY, Esther
MAHON, Patrick
MASTERS, Steven
MAYOR, Sandra
MCKITTRICK, Angela
MORRISON MURDOCH (’80),
Fiona
PAYNTER, Ann
PEDRO, Stefanie
PHILLIPS, Patra Lea
PIMENTEL, Susanna
REEVES, Kelly
RICHARDS, Dena
SQUIRE, Michelle S.
STAUNTON, Ted
STEVENSON RIDGEWAY, Anna
THOMPSON, Kim
VICTOR, Gregory
WALKER, Tanja
WHITE, Alexander S.
WHITE, Lesley
WRIGHT, Paul
YOUNG, Steve J.
OTHER IN-KIND DONATIONS
BARBOSA, Hailey
BERGQUIST, Diana
John Barritt & Son Ltd.
JONES (’82), Rosemary
MOULDER, Dylan S.
MULLEN, Ryan S.
O’CONNOR, Kathryn M.
PHILLIPS, Connor
PULLEN (’02), Christopher R.
ROBERTSON, James
RYNNE, Helen M.
YOUNG, Ardleigh
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STEPHENSON GOLF
TOURNAMENT
In-kind donations
ACE Group
Air Pro Ltd.
AON Benfield
Arch Reinsurance Ltd.
Axis Specialty
Bacardi International Limited
Belmont Hills Golf Club
Bermuda Bistro at the Beach
Bermuda Container Line
Bermuda Electric Light Company
Bermuda Golf Academy
Bermuda Pest Control
Bermuda Premium Spirits Ltd.
(local distributors of BACARDI
Brands)
BF&M Insurance Group
Blu Bar & Grill
BTC Limited
Butterfield & Vallis
BUTTERFIELD, Jim
Capital G Bank Limited
CellOne
D & J Construction
Deloitte & Touche Ltd.
Digicel
Eurocar Ltd.
Flanagan’s Irish Pub and
Restaurant
Fresh ’n’ New
Gosling’s Limited
KRyS Global
La Trattoria Restaurant and
Pizzeria
Lindo’s Market Ltd. and Lindo’s
49
108 St. John’s Road, Pembroke HM 09
P.O. Box HM 2224
Hamilton HM JX, Bermuda
Tel: 441-292-6177 Fax: 441-295-4977
Web: www.saltus.bm
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