| Clement Howell High gets new wellness center |
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| Thursday, 26 January 2012 11:08 | |||
 Putting students well being first, Beaches Resort charitable arm, the Sandals Foundation, this week cut the ribbon at the grand opening of a wellness center at the Clement Howell High School. Sandals Foundation volunteers joined Principal Lloyd Fearon, faculty and students at the government’s largest school to commemorate the momentous occasion with a grand opening ceremony followed by a cake and ice cream celebration. “On behalf of the faculty and students of Clement Howell High School, we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Beaches and the Sandals Foundation for their continuous support and for offering our school a state-of the-art Wellness Center, ” Fearon said. “This center will certainly help to improve the service we offer here at the school and ultimately enhance overall well being of our students.” This is the second government school in Providenciales that the Sandals Foundation has taken under its wings since its launch in March 2009. As part of its ongoing commitment to the CHHS, the foundation has completed several improvement projects, including the renovation of the Samual Forbes building, post-Hurricane Irene cleanup, National Wellness Week celebration and the construction of the new Wellness Center. Elanor Finfin Krzanowski, public relations manager for Beaches and the Sandals Foundation, explained why the Wellness Center became a priority for the foundation. “When the Sandals Foundation adopted the school a year ago, we conducted an audit to decide which project we would tackle first,” she said. “At the end of our evaluation, we realized that high school was home to nearly 1,100 students but did not have a wellness center, so it became our top priority to not only establish the health center but also maintain its overall operation.” “We remain committed to promoting the wellness of our Clement Howell Students as well as education while providing the best possible environment to empower our students.” The state-of-the-art Wellness Center comes equipped with a consultation area, a resting area which includes two beds, a wheelchair, a fully furnished bathroom with a shower unit as well as lavish wall decors to compliment the room. In addition to the center, the Sandals Foundation has already drafted a 2012 curriculum aimed at enhancing the school. The first project on the 2012 agenda is to install a much needed water pump and provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for the 68 teachers at the school. Other projects will include a mentorship program and the implementation of a high school breakfast feeding program for underprivileged students. Across the Caribbean, the Sandals Foundation has adopted a total of 27 schools, including Clement Howell High and Enid Capron Primary in the TCI. The foundation works closely to provide support and assistance to schools while working with parents, teachers and pupils of the community.
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