New principal joins Clement Howell High School

A passionate educator of more than 20 years is the new head of Clement Howell High School in Blue Hills, Providenciales.

"Education was, is and will forever be the foundation upon which all of my goals and dreams are built,” Shanta Seymour said in a Government press release on Wednesday, July 21.

"It has provided me with the opportunity to achieve one of my greatest desires, to help children to develop to their fullest potential and to help to propel them into a world with endless possibilities.”

Her new position as principal will allow her to explore the implementation of new and innovative strategies in a diverse and ever-changing educational setting.

This will go on to help and improve the teaching learning dynamic in the school and the TCI at large, she explained.

Seymour initially joined the educational sector in 1998 as a primary school teacher after her tertiary education studies at Barbados Community College in Bridgetown, Barbados.

She was then awarded a scholarship in 2000 to further her studies at the University of the West Indies, where she was awarded upper second-class honours. 

Seymour returned to Grand Turk where she assumed the position of English teacher at HJ Robinson High School.

Here she excelled as she found her true passion and in three short years she was promoted to vice principal of the institution.

In 2011, Seymour was transferred to Clement Howell High School in the same capacity where her commitment and dedication to educating the youth of the TCI remained steadfast. 

She became involved in a number of outreach programmes all geared toward the enhancement of educational progression of young minds.

"I am passionately pursuing avenues to not only enhance myself professionally but to enhance the profession that I have chosen and of which I have fallen so deeply in love,” she said.

"My students are my passion. The feeling that envelops me when a student who is considered academically challenged, rises up and is able to accomplish goals that may have once been out of his metaphoric grasp, is surreal.

"Or when a behaviourally challenged student has been given the time and attention that best suits their needs and is able to progress normally and with the right stimuli, overcome said challenges.”

She said that fills her with a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment that concretises her extreme desire to remain in her profession.

And "…motivates me to want to increase my knowledge and understanding of the education spectrum and help to teach and lead others over whom I’ve been placed, to do likewise”.

Anya Williams, Deputy Governor and Head of the Public Service, congratulated Seymour on her appointment as the new principal of Clement Howell High School.

"Ms Seymour has dedicated over 20 years of service to education in these Islands and has served as the vice principal of the Clement Howell High School for the last 10 years, having as a part of the senior management team of that institution, overseen a great shift in the operations, output and potential of the institution.

"We wish her well on her well-deserved promotion and know that she will continue to do well in leading the institution to even higher heights in the future.”