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BHS Students Help Build School In South Africa
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Bernews
Four Bermuda High School [BHS] students – Emilia Dunkerley, Sage Benevides, Gabrielle Smith, and Theresa Briere – spent part of their summer in South Africa, helping to build a school through the 2025 Round Square International Service Project.
A spokesperson said, “This July, four BHS students had the opportunity of a lifetime, volunteering part of their summer to build a kindergarten in the North West Province of South Africa.
“Year 13 students Emilia Dunkerley, Sage Benevides, Gabrielle Smith, and Theresa Briere were selected from a pool of applicants for the 2025 Round Square International Service Project.
The girls were eligible to apply as students at a Round Square school, each completing the application process, which included personal references from Mrs Shirley Kelly, BHS Round Square Coordinator.”Mrs. Kelly said, “As the only Round Square school in Bermuda, BHS provides so many opportunities for young people to connect with like-minded people across the world to make a real-world impact.
“South Africa has a deep history of using politics to regulate who education is accessible to.