PHILIPSBURG:--- The members of the Sint Maarten Lions Club and teachers welcomed many smiling students of the Leonald Conner School in Cay Bay back to their classrooms on Monday morning August 16, 2021; their first day of the new school year. The returning students and those attending for the first time were visibly excited about the new school year and all its possibilities.
Lion President Linette Gibs who was present for the “Fresh and Cool” Back to School Event said she was honored to have experienced a wonderful week of Back-to-School activities. Last Monday, the members of the Sint Maarten Lions Club turned out to the Cole Bay Seventh Day Adventist School to cheer the students on their first day back to school.
Later in the week, in observance of International Youth Day, children’s face-masks and pencil cases were presented to the students of the All Children Education Foundation (A.C.E.) School in Cole Bay and the Prins Willem Alexander (PWA) School in Belvedere.