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To support and nurture The Berkeley Institute and to raise funds to supplement those received from government for the operation of the school. To appoint a Board of Governors to oversee the management of the school. To perpetuate for the students an awareness of Berkeley-'s unique heritage and its contribution to Bermuda.
The Society was founded October 9, 1879, under the chairmanship of Reverend Joseph Henry Thomas, ,to raise and invest funds to establish a school or schools for the better education for the people,. The Berkeley Institute was thus founded in 1897. It is a coeducational secondary school with approximately 600 students. As an... Read More
The Society was founded October 9, 1879, under the chairmanship of Reverend Joseph Henry Thomas, ,to raise and invest funds to establish a school or schools for the better education for the people,. The Berkeley Institute was thus founded in 1897. It is a coeducational secondary school with approximately 600 students. As an aided school it is part of the public system of education. Show Less
The Society recently established ,The Berkeley Institute Fundraising Steering Committee, to oversee its current fundraising activities. A long-standing activity has been the administration of an endowment fund to provide educational loans to assist the graduates of the Berkeley Institute to study at graduate level. Each year... Read More
The Society recently established ,The Berkeley Institute Fundraising Steering Committee, to oversee its current fundraising activities. A long-standing activity has been the administration of an endowment fund to provide educational loans to assist the graduates of the Berkeley Institute to study at graduate level. Each year the Society sponsors a Spring Concert to raise funds for this purpose. Under the auspices the Berkeley Educational Society, the school celebrated its centenary year in 1997 with a year of fundraising activities. Show Less