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Harbour Island, Eleuthera, — February 2021 — 3 Pages

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Ms. Kristal’s Goldman Environmental Prize

By: Geneva Elison Ms. Kristal Ambrose won the Goldman Environmental Prize for stopping single-use plastic in The Bahamas. She and her students from her Plastic Camp taught people in The Bahamas how dangerous single-use plastic is for the environment. Ms. Kristal and her students showed how plastic can break up and become microplastics that fish, birds, and turtles can eat and die.

Ms. Kristal and the students spoke to many people in the country to get help with banning single-use plastic. They met with the Minister of the Environment and Housing, The Hon. Romauld Ferreira and he supported the Bill for banning single-use plastic. Ms. Kristal and her students led the way to a nation-wide ban on single-use plastic, Styrofoam, and the release of balloons that became law on January 1st, 2020. Because of Ms. Kristal’s work, there will be less plastic in the environment.

2020 US Election Biden vs Trump

By: Ava Charles On November 4th, 2020, former president Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, were voted out of office. On that day, current Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden were elected.

This is an event that will be recorded in history because Kamala Harris is the first female black, and South Pacific vice president of the United States. This event in history signifies change and it empowers many women around the world. Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump with more than 300 electoral college votes while Donald Trump lost with under 240 votes. Biden won two very special states which were Pennsylvania and Georgia. Which were very important states in 2016 that Trump won, so this helped Biden win. In conclusion, Biden has won and since January he has been the official President of the United States of America.

A Sneak Peak on Harriet Tubman

By: Ava Charles Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist and political activist. Mrs. Tubman was born in March 1822 in Dorchester Country, Maryland, U.S. Harriet was also known as Minty or Moses. Tubman is recorded in history for her brave act of freeing enslaved people.

She made 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends. She freed the slaves by using the network of antislavery activists. Harriet also used safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. During the American Civil War, she served as an army scout and spy for the Union Army. Tubman was also a nurse and a suffragist.

Harriet did so many good deeds in her life that God granted her a long lifespan. She got married to two spouses John Tubman and Nelson Davis. Later on, in her life. Mrs. Tubman also adopted a child and named her Gertie whom she loved very dearly. Sadly, on March 10, 1913, Harriet died at age 91 due to Pneumonia. In her 91 years of life Tubman did so much for the black community in America.

Lay Back, Relax By Aurora Lebrun

Yoga club is a fun little club. It is on Monday from 3:30 till 4:30, at Harbour Island Green School. There is Stretching, poses, fun and relaxation. Ms. Molinaro, yoga club instructor shares, “Yoga club is a safe space for kids to unwind their minds and keep their bodies active.”

A Letter from Kevin the Chair

By: Chris P. Bacon (Geneva Elison)

Dear concerned citizens,

I want to first thank you for taking the time to read this article. As you can imagine, my peeps don’t usually have a voice. I work in the service industry as a seating technician. I am made of fine oak with artisan-crafted carvings and a classy but not too classy cushion. My day is usually quite peaceful and sometimes boring. The reason I am writing this article is to bring to your attention the fears and struggles of my fellow chairs. Kind folks of the people world, please do not step upon us as if we were a common ladder. We are seating technicians, not seating and ladder technicians! Ladies and gentlemen let me also point out a lack of common courtesy often overlooked. We often have the sitters sit upon us with nothing more than a thin piece of fabric separating us from what we call the “Bad Place.” With respect, allow me to suggest that extra cushions make seating more comfortable for both of us. Furthermore, my dear friends of the people world, if I scream out a creak, please understand this to be a call for help not a call to wiggle more!

Meet Ms. Lederer By: Ava Charles

Kaitlin Lederer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 7th, 1993. She enjoys reading, travelling, learning about different cultures, and ways of living. She is also currently a teacher at the great Harbour Island Green School. Before she started teaching in Harbour Island, she taught in Philadelphia and Deep Creek, Eleuthera. Aside from teaching Ms. Lederer enjoys helping people, she is also a part of a nonprofit organization called From Eleuthera With Love. The organization raised over $31,000 to help families that evacuated to Eleuthera due to Hurricane Dorian.

Letters to The Ocean Dear Ocean, I wish that you

can be plastic free. I wish you could take care of your fish. And I will swim to make sure that it is clean.

By: Joy' Cee Sawyer Dear Ocean, I wish that you have a clean ocean. I wish people wouldn't litter in you. I wish that the turtles wouldn’t eat the plastic.

By: Antonia Reeves

Thoughts from a Kindergartener

By: Joy’ Cee Sawyer I Joy'Cee Sawyer interviewed Sakeri Nixon aka “Bobby”, a kindergarten student at Harbour Island Green School. When asked what he thought about the Harbour Island Green School he said, “I love it, and I want to learn!”

Jokes on you! By: Genesis Mullings

How do you know if a vampire is sick? -> It's always coffin. DUH! Where does a mermaid go to find a job? -> The Kelp Wanted Section!

Comic Section: By: Jaylin & Jayden Sawyer

The Island School By: Ava Charles

The Island School is a great school that allows students from all over the world to come to Eleuthera each year to study sustainability. The Island School also rethinks of ways on how to grow food. Students at the Island school learn about many things like food miles, sustainability etc. Food miles are the total distance food travels to us. Everything that is grown at the school stays on campus. Fun fact food travels in steps, not miles.

At the Island School students learn that dirt is not needed to grow plants. Instead of dirt they use aquaponics.

Aquaponics is a sustainable way to grow plants and raise fish together. The Harbour Island Green School and The Island School are quite similar because they both want to change the planet for the better, and both the Green School and the Island school do not use plastic and they compost.