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Principal of the Ardenne High School, Nadine Molloy, (left) is assisted by Geoscientist and Fulbright Core Scholar, Dr. Katherine Ellins (2nd left), in cutting the ribbon to open the school's seismograph station. Others (from third left) are Director of Urban and Regional Planning in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Marsha Henry Martin; Head of the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Simon Mitchell; and Counselor for Public Affairs at the United States Embassy, Joshua Polacheck. The station, which is the first of six to be installed in high schools across the island, forms part of the Jamaican Educational Seismic Network (JAESN) which was launched during a recent ceremony at the school's St. Andrew location.
Principal of the Ardenne High School, Nadine Molloy, (left) is assisted by Geoscientist and Fulbright Core Scholar, Dr. Katherine Ellins (2nd left), in cutting the ribbon to open the school's seismograph station. Others (from third left) are Director of Urban and Regional Planning in the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, Marsha Henry Martin; Head of the Department of Geography and Geology at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Simon Mitchell; and Counselor for Public Affairs at the United States Embassy, Joshua Polacheck. The station, which is the first of six to be installed in high schools across the island, forms part of the Jamaican Educational Seismic Network (JAESN) which was launched during a recent ceremony at the school's St. Andrew location.

High School Students to Assist in Monitoring Earthquakes

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, July 1, 2016
The country’s ability to detect, monitor and prepare for earthquakes is being strengthened through the input of secondary-school students. This is being facilitated under the Jamaican Educational Seismic Network (JAESN),...
Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Ruel Reid, addresses a recent JIS Think Tank.

Grade Nine Diagnostic Test to be Introduced 2019

By: Judith A. Hunter, June 30, 2016
President, Junior Achievement Jamaica (JA Jamaica), Alphie Mullings-Aiken (left) and Executive Director, Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake, display a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) bearing their signatures, which will see them partnering to develop agricultural/agri-business-focused material for incorporation into JA Jamaica’s Junior Achievement Company of Entrepreneurs (JACE) initiative. The signing took place during a ceremony at JA Biz Town, Caenwood Centre in Kingston, on June 27.

45,000 Students to Benefit from Entrepreneurship Programme

By: Alecia Smith-Edwards, June 28, 2016

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