Barb Bingham, operations manager at Island Pacific School, is gearing up to welcome both new and returning students.
Bingham has been working at IPS since 2002, and is the go-to person for just about any issue big or small. "Supporting the kids and staff is just part of the job", says Bingham.
IPS is a private middle school which accepts students locally and from around the world. It has been in business for 17 years and teaches Grades 6 through 9. Its motto is "Learning to make a difference" and teaches an inquirybased learning model. This year it has approximately 19 newcomers and has introduced a second Grade 7 class due to demand. Bingham says the school is seeing an increase in off-islanders who reverse commute each day just to attend IPS.
The best part of the job for Bingham is watching the kids grow during the time at IPS, "the students are child-like when they come in and after 4 years they leave as typical teenagersits fun to see them mature over the span of time."
For more information about IPS, see www.islandpacific.org.
