Back to school date fixed for 30 August
(CNS): All government schools across the three islands, including primary, secondary, the Lighthouse School and Little Cayman Education Services, will reopen for students on 30 August, the Department of Education Services (DES) has said. Year 12 students enrolled at the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC) are required to go to the school for consultation and guidance based on the first letter of their surname from 30 August.
However, before the first day of school, new students and those transferring from another school must attend Orientation Day and parents must accompany them. Officials said this is mandatory for any student entering a government school for the first time so they can successfully integrate into their new learning environment.
The dates for Orientation Day in the various schools are as follows:
All Primary Schools, 27 August
| Time | School |
| 9:00am – 10:30am | Sir John A. Cumber Primary |
| 8:30am – 9:30am | George Town Primary |
| 9:00am – Noon | Red Bay Primary |
| 9:00am – 10:00am | Lighthouse School |
| 8:30am – 10:30am | Joanna Clark Primary |
| 9:00am – 11:00am | Prospect Primary |
8:30am – 11:00am 8:30am – 10:15am | Theoline L. McCoy Primary Reception Students New Students for Years 1-6 |
| 9:00am – 10:00am | Edna M. Moyle Primary |
| 8:30am – Noon | East End Primary |
| 11:00am – Noon | West End Primary |
| 9:00am – 10:00am | Creek & Spot Bay Primary |
John Gray High School (JGHS)
| Date | Time | Activity | Details |
| 25 Aug | 8am – 1pm | Orientation for Year 7 students | Students will meet in the new gymnasium and parents are invited to attend the welcome assembly. |
| 26 Aug | 8am – 1pm | Orientation for Year 8 & 9 students | |
| 27 Aug | 9am – Noon | Orientation for Year 10 & 11 students | |
| 30 Aug | 8am | Resumption of classes | For all current/previously enrolled and new students. |
Clifton Hunter High School (CHHS)
| Date | Time | Activity | Details |
| 25 Aug | 9am – 11am | Induction for new Year 7,8,9 &10 students | Year 7 students who attended taster day should not attend. |
| 26 Aug | 7:55am – 2:50pm | Year 7 & 11 orientation | |
| 27 Aug | 7:55am – 2:50pm | Year 7, 10 & 11 orientation | |
| 30 Aug | 7:55am – 2:50pm | Resumption of classes | For all current/previously enrolled and new students. |
Layman E. Scott Sr. High School (LSHS)
| Date | Time | Activity | Details |
| 24 Aug | 9am – 11am | Orientation for Year 12 students | UCCI (Dual Entry) students and Vocation Studies students. |
| 25 Aug | 9am – 10:30am | Orientation for New and Transfer students ONLY | |
| 30 Aug | 8:05am – 2:45pm | Resumption of classes | For all current/previously enrolled and new students. |
Cayman Islands Further Education Centre (CIFEC)
| Date | Time | Activity | Details |
| 30 Aug | 8:30am | Class induction for Year 12 students in CIFEC Hall | Students will come in based on the letter of their last name for consultation and guidance on choosing courses. 8:30am – 10:30am Surnames A – D Noon – 2pm Surnames E – H |
| 31 Aug | 8:30am | Class induction for Year 12 students in CIFEC Hall | 8:30am – 10:30am Surnames I – L Noon – 2:00pm Surnames M – P |
| 1 Sept | 8:30am | Class induction for Year 12 students in CIFEC Hall | 8:30am – 10:30am Surnames Q – T Noon – 2pm Surnames U – Z |
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CIFEC your plan of sessions based on surnames is excellent. Based on numbers even classes also based on surnames morning evening sessions will reduce overcrowding. Same to other schools.
Glad to see schools open. For now until borders r open it could be normal school functioning. But when borders r open few sugestions.
1. Only vaccinated teachers in class room.
2. Separate classes for vaccinated and umvaccinated above 12 yrs
3. Temp and any cold symptoms monitoring and testing. Once any positive whole class quarantine
4.sports and gatherings of same class students
5. Standard measures of distancing sanitization mask to continue
May be for about 3 months and see.
Plan now Educate the public in preparation to opening borders.
Back to school already? Summer should last all year!
I often see full size school buses arriving at CIFEC early in the morning with only 6 students on board and occasionally only 3.Has the Dept of Education considered using mini buses or would this upset the contract holders?.
A short bus would be appropriate for CIFEC
Has PACT fixed the roads yet?
Only the North Side ones.