New principals named for Dellwood and Clearwater

Lisa Marshall has been appointed as the new principal of Dellwood, while Levyette Robinson will take up the post at Clearwater.

Both appointments will take effect on September 1.

Ms Marshall has worked in field of education for 16 years. She was the instructional leader for Social Studies at CedarBridge Academy between 2002 and 2008, where she also worked as the athletics coordinator and co-curricular coordinator.

In 2008 she became a mentor teacher for the Bermuda Teacher Induction Programme.

In 2010, she was seconded to the post of chief operations officer for the Board of Education and also served the permanent secretary as a Policy Analyst.

Ms Robinson has been a “passionate educator” in the Bermuda community for 29 years.

She received her Bachelor of Education degree from Queen’s University before returning to Bermuda to take a position at the Berkeley Institute as a teacher of French and English.

After three years of teaching, she took a leave of absence to pursue a different career and start a family.

Ms Robinson returned to Berkeley in 1986 where she continued to teach French, English and History. She also worked in a number of other roles including: head of year, head of department (foreign languages), first assistant and finally deputy principal for 10 years.

She also spent six months as acting principal in 2005-2006 when principal Michelle Simmons was preparing to open the new Berkeley Institute building.

Ms Robinson left Berkeley in 2007 to take up a position as head of secondary at Bermuda High School for Girls.

Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith today welcomed the appointments.

She said: “As a new school year approaches, it brings with it the promise of new opportunities and new possibilities.

“These are two very strong and respected members of our teaching profession and I am certain they will bring their focus, dedication and commitment to each of their respective schools, which in turn will benefit our students in the public school sector.”