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S TATIA N EWS
V OLUME 1, ISSUE 12 A UGUST 17, 2009
Renovating the
Methodist School,
Page 5
Introducing Marga
Drewes, Page 6
Plan Prevention
and Youthcare
plan, Page 7
Koninkrijkscompi-
ment for SECAR,
Page 8
Three extra classrooms, painting the inside and
outside of the school, fixing part of the road and
the parking space: a big renovation and clean up
for the Bethel Methodist School was necessary.
Beside volunteers, DROB (public works) lended out
some workers to help out. The school will open on
Wednesday.
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This price is linked to an important part of Mr. Van
Vollenhovens’ activities. Mr. Van Vollenhoven pro‐
motes cooperation between non‐commercial organi‐
zations in the Dutch Caribbean and the Netherlands.
In Saba, the comprehensive school won this price for
its cooperation with the Fioretti College in Lisse and
on Statia, it was Secar (St. Eustatius Centre for Ar‐
chaeological Research) for its cooperation with the
Rijksuniversiteit of Leiden.
Since the beginning of archaeology on Statia, in the
1920’s, there has been a cooperation between uni‐
versities. The connection with Leiden goes back a
long time, just like the cooperation with the college
of William and Mary in Virginia, USA.
Presently, Mr. Grant Gilmore, our archaeologist, is a
`gastmedewerker` in Leiden. He gives lectures in
Leiden every year and he helps students with their
thesis and of course students from Leiden also come
to Statia.
P AGE 9 E DUCATION August 17, 2009 S TATIA N EWS
T HE W AY I S EE I T BY A LIDA F RANCIS
Summer is almost over and it is back to school time. reach the goal to successfully prepare all students
Students, teachers, school management and parents for their future.
have gotten a well deserved break from the every‐
day. Fewer students have left to further their educa‐ Fulfilling our individual responsibilities requires a
tion in Aruba, St. Maarten, Curacao and The Nether‐ change in the way we do business. It requires a
lands. Unfortunately some students will call it quits. new approach to how we look at education.
In St. Eustatius , tropical storms Anna and Bill did
not stop students and teachers from reporting back
to school today Monday August 17th, to what will The Way I See It:
hopefully be a more exciting and productive school ∙ Without change, learning is impeded,
year.
∙ Every student has a right to develop indi‐
The break was long. Hopefully some time was spent vidual abilities,
reviewing and reflecting on how to improve educa‐
tion in Statia. To be more specific, how we can pro‐ ∙ Students should share in the responsibil‐
duce better results than the previous year. ity of their own learning and personal
growth
For the past several years there has been extensive
∙ Students, teachers, parents deserve to be
bickering in education circles. This was particularly
treated with respect and dignity
evident between management and teachers at the
secondary school level. An Education Summit was ∙ Students should be provided with an envi‐
hosted on April 1st, 2009. A lot has happened since ronment that promotes learning
April 1st. The secondary school board was disman‐
tled and a new school board was established. ∙ Parents need to get involved. Time in‐
vested with your child at home and at
The Way I See It, combined this new Board is con‐ school pays off in huge dividends. The
sidered one of the most qualified and experienced more you participate the more you and
in the history of secondary education on Statia. your child will benefit from school. Volun‐
There is a wealth of knowledge, expertise and ex‐ teer as a class room tutor, library or com‐
perience in the areas of policy development, fi‐ puter lab aide or chaperone field trip
nances, business, school and personnel manage‐
ment, planning, community work etc. The chal‐ ∙ Adequate funding must be made available
lenges and expectations are great. to support education at all levels
The challenge is to ensure stakeholders start looking
in the same direction. The expectations are that
The Way I See It, everyone needs to be continually
stakeholders will be treated with respect and dig‐
learning, working and growing together to enrich
nity. What is the vision? What is the mission? How
the learning environment and develop social skills.
will the mission and vision be communicated to
Learning together and from each other is one of
stakeholders? How do they intend to iron out the
the most powerful ways to learn, because it builds
creases? This school board certainly has its work cut
relationships and community.
out for it.
The Way I See It, communication, integrity, trans‐
parency and objectivity will be ingredients for suc‐
cess.
The Way I See It, education is a partnership be‐
tween the school, students, parents, teachers, com‐
munity and industry. Without all members of this
team carrying out their responsibilities, we will not
P AGE 13 S PORTS August 17, 2009 S TATIA N EWS
the Netherlands will have their own teams. Bonaire,
IBOS, the International Brothers of Statia, is going to
Statia and Saba have met and are planning to have
participate in the St. Maarten competition. IBOS is a
a joined team.
seniorteam, most of the players are under 20. IBOS
has joined the St. Maarten Football Association and
Statia News will keep you updated on the perform‐
will go to Sint Maarten every two weeks from Octo‐
ances of our talented players.
ber until March. Winair gave a generous discount on
the tickets and now IBOS is looking for more spon‐
sors.
Mr. Paul Fletcher, trainer/coach of the IBOS team,
wants to give his players as much exposure as possi‐
ble. This competition give them the opportunity to
play against other teams. On Statia, the possibilities
to play against a good team are limited. There are
not so much football players. This is why IBOS is look‐
ing for opportunities off‐island. The Kingdom Games
that will be hosted in 2011 will be interesting. In the
past, players from the Dutch Antilles and Aruba
would play against the Netherlands. In 2011, St.
Maarten, Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire, Statia, Saba and
IBOS play every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
F OOTBALL ON S TATIA
On Monday September 14, Marije van Montfoort and soccer club is a foundation with Mr. Cleford Wil‐
another person from VWS (ministry of Health, Wel‐ liams as the head of the board. Mr. Paul Fletcher is
fare and Sports) will visit Statia to talk about a sports the coach of the team. He trains the schoolteam,
plan. “Sport en Bewegen”, of VWS visited the differ‐ he trains the IBOS team and he helps out with the
ent islands already and now plans are becoming younger kids too. Wilma van Zoest hopes that in the
more concrete. Marije van Montfoort is assigned to future, the younger kids can automatically be
set up sports plans for Bonaire, Statia and Saba in trained for the IBOS team, or for another team.
half a year. She will start working in January. IBOS and the Youth Soccer Foundation have to co‐
operate in a structural manner. Statia needs more
How is football organized on Statia? soccerteams to practice amongst each other. She
also thinks the schools can play a role in that. The
The two soccer foundations, Statia Youth Soccer and greatest challenge is to find volunteers that can act
IBOS work independently of the Sports Federation. as coaches.
Wilma van Zoest of the Youth Soccer Foundation
explains: The Youth Soccer Foundation has four Both Wilma van Zoest and Paul Fletcher agree that
teams, two for the smaller kids, two for the older Statia needs a big football field to play eleven
kids. The teams play a small competition amongst against eleven. The football you learn on a Cruyff
each other and from time to time we organize a court cannot be compared to the football you learn
friendly games with other islands. on a big field. Our youngsters can’t train in shooting
a ball very hard for example and that’s a great dis‐
There is also a girls team led by teacher Anke. Then advantage when they play against another team on
there are the boys from the GVP school that act as a a big field. Besides that, it is impossible to invite
schoolteam when there are schoolcompetitions and teams from other islands to play a game of soccer if
most of them also play in the IBOS team. The IBOS you don’t have a big footballfield.
P AGE 14 C ULTURE August 17, 2009 S TATIA N EWS
Statia
Warriors
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Rebels Band
Jammboyz
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