The Tribune

Bahamas Harvest Church. - On January 27, more than 350 students attended a workshop titled “Effectively preparing for the ACT” at Bahamas Harvest Church. The ACT test is a university admissions test required of students by universities around the world when evaluating applicants to their undergraduate programs. The ACT is accepted for admissions by the College of The Bahamas, all four-year universities in the United States, and more than 200 other universities around the world. Erica Hepburn (ACT International Consultant) educated students on the multiple-choice questions test format:

English - 75 questions, 45 minutes; Mathematics - 60 questions, 60 minutes; Reading - 40 questions, 35 minutes; Science - 40 questions, 35 minutes; plus an optional Writing Test 1 prompt essay, 40 minutes.

Listed below are some of the key pointers Erica Hepburn gave to students:

• The ACT provides scores based on the number of correct answers-with no deduction for incorrect answers.

• The ACT measures Science and higher-level math skills-an advantage for students interested in studying in these fields.

• The ACT offers an optional writing test.

• If you take the test more than once, you choose which test date results to send to the schools of your choice.

The goal of the seminar was to give students a heightened awareness that the ACT is the admissions test taken by the majority of the high school graduating class in the United States and is a viable exam.

The ACT is currently offered on multiple test dates in Nassau, Freeport, Eleuthera, and Abaco.

Students can find those test dates at www.actstudent.org/intl.

Erica Hepburn closed the workshop by informing students that it is common for students to take both the ACT and the SAT and submit the highest score to colleges and universities. ACT scores can be used for many scholarship applications.

EarlyAct Club. - Monday was a Red Letter Day for the Emma Cooper Primary School, in Palmetto Point, Eleuthera, when the first EarlyAct Club in the Eleuthera Public School system (second for the island), was officially inducted by Rotary Club of Eleuthera president Juanita Pinder, at school assembly. Receiving the official ‘Charter’ certificate, was EarlyAct president Torii Knowles.

President Knowles proudly introduced his board of directors, and his school advisors LaDonna Major, and Karen Culmer. Thirty-right students were officially pinned as EarlyActors by president Junaita, assisted by Rotarians Sherrin Cooper, Sandra Ingraham, Deborah Young and Sup. Christopher Wright. Principal of the school Karen Crane also received an official pin.

The students were given their charge by Superintendent Rotarian Wright, who focused some of his remarks on peace and conflict resolution.

Pan-Hellenic Council. - The Nassau, Bahamas Pan-Hellenic Council will be hosting a Barefoot Summer Jam Kickoff Chocolate Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at 6am. Registration is $10 and can be done on site. The route is Arawak Cay to Goodman’s Bay and returning to Arawak Cay.