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JOURNEY FOR EDUCATION HOSTS SUCCESSFUL DINNER --- Patricia Lourens challenges educators to prepare for the 21st century child.

jfedinner29012012The Journey for Education Foundation hosted its annual gala dinner with an outstanding keynote address, students' testimonials, great entertainment and prizes for the supporters. Rescheduled from Last November, the dinner was held on Saturday evening at the Sonesta Great Bay Hotel.
Educator and Head of the Education Innovations Division, Patricia Lourens challenged educators and parents to prepare for the 21st century child. This was one of the main messages in her delivery as keynote speaker for the Journey for Education's annual Gala dinner last Saturday evening. She encouraged the need for us to design flexible educational systems to meet the needs of the "digital child". Engagement, active learning and hands-on learning were all expounded upon in her presentation. Mrs. Lourens believes that generating knowledge should take precedence over the traditional sharing of information as is now being done in the classrooms. She envisions a global classroom where teachers are facilitators, classrooms are nerve centers and students are rewarded for their curiosity. "This is not just wild imagination, but is already being done in several parts of the world" she reassured the audience.
The presentation by Mrs Lourens was well received and provided great insight into the challenges of the new century and the need for St Maarten to make some serious changes to the educational system in order to meet the needs of the digital child.
Clara George, who was a past recipient of funds from JFE gave a short testimonial on the importance of the organization in helping her realize her goals of becoming an elementary school teacher. Paul Emmanuel, who had received assistance several years ago made a donation of One thousand Euro to the Foundation as he commended them on the work they are doing and pledged to support the organization annually.
After dinner supporters were entertained by the Philosopher of Humor Fernando Clark who had the audience in stitches. Clark showed his versatility in comedy by incorporating aspects of Mrs Lourens keynote address in his comedy routine. Several attendees won prizes such as round trip tickets on Winair, weekend stay at Oyster Bay Hotel and a weekend stay at Ocean Terrace Villas in Anguilla.
JFE President Rolando Tobias extended words of thanks and appreciation to all those who made the evening a success. He also thanked the Board for continuing to do the work of volunteering to continue the vision of the late Captain Gaston Boasman; founder of Journey for Education Foundation.
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