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Everything is evolving/changing...

Many things point to the need for meaningful change in education. Change around the world is driven by exciting new research on how the brain works and how people learn.

Learners must not only develop what they know, but also skills, attitudes, and values that will help them be capable people. How do we prepare our students at the Sister Regina School for today’s evolving/changing world?

Experiential Learning

We, the educators of the Sister Regina Primary School, a Roman Catholic school, are committed to the formation of young people in their spiritual, intellectual, physical and social-emotional lives (holistic approach) in partnership with home, parish, and our multicultural community.

Our school is a meeting and practice place for students, where they can work on their goals. Working on their goals requires space.

Space to explore, experiment and learn. Students and teachers get the opportunity to collaborate with each other, students learn by doing and engaging in hands-on experiences and reflection.

The result is that they can better connect theories and knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world situations.

Everything is changing and the Sister Regina Primary School is ready

Each student’s goal is different, and each student has a different path to walk. In our school, each student works with their own personal portfolio.

Students take ownership and become autonomous, happy learners in a changing world.

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Our Sister Schools

St. Joseph School

Estd.-1875

In 1875 Fr. Nieuwenhuis requested the Prioress of Voorschoten, Holland, to send some sisters to St. Maarten to help with Catholic education. This request was not granted. Fr. Onderwater repeated that request and finally the Prioress decided to send six sisters to St. Maarten.

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Sister Borgia Elementary School

Estd.-1978

Ms. Charlotte Johanna Wilhelmina Linskens was born on November 1, 1912 in Holland. Her convent name was Sister Borgia. Sr. Borgia arrived on St. Maarten in August of 1964 and became principal of the St. Joseph School. Sr. Borgia became directress of the Pastoor Nieuwenhuis MAVO. She was known to be an excellent teacher.

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Sr. Magda Primary School

Estd.-1978

The Sister Magda Primary School was founded in August 1978. Mr. Wim Scheerder was the founding principal.  The school was named after Sister Magda, a Dominican nun who spends 9 years of her life teaching in the Windward Islands.

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St. Dominic Primary School

Estd.-1987

Taking the interest of the future of St. Maarten into consideration, Mr. Voges, superintendent of the Foundation of Catholic Education, proposed to establish a new school with English as the language of instruction in all groups of the school. This was accepted by the School board in their meeting of June 1987.

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Sr. Marie Laurence Primary School

Estd.-1988

The Sister Marie Laurence School was founded in 1988. Six groups of the St. Joseph school were designated as the new Sister Marie Laurence Primary School, named after the reverend sister who served Catholic Education on Sint Maarten for so many years.

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St. Dominic High School

1994

The school was a vision of the Foundation for Catholic Education and St. Dominic Primary School parents, to provide faith-based secondary education where the language of instruction was English.

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School Coordinator

Mrs. Samantha Beaton

Sister Regina was the first prioress of the Sisters of the Dominican Order on St. Maarten. Sister Regina arrived on the island in 1890. She was a pioneer of Catholic education on St. Maarten. In 1897, Sunday school was started in the then newly built church in Simpson Bay.

School History

1890
1970
2005

Sister Regina was the first prioress of the Sisters of the Dominican Order on St. Maarten. Sister Regina arrived on the island in 1890. She was a pioneer of Catholic education on St. Maarten. In 1897, Sunday school was started in the then newly built church in Simpson Bay. That year school was started in the same church. In those days there was no bridge, so the nuns came from Philipsburg to Cole Bay and were rowed over to Simpson Bay. There was a jetty behind the church where they would land the little boat. They slept in the sacristy of the church. A small fire was made to cook their meals. In 1946 the church school closed its doors. As a result, the children of Simpson Bay had to go to the St. Joseph School in Philipsburg. About twenty years later there was a need for a second Catholic school on the island. The population was growing. Simpson Bay would once again have a school. In 1967 the Mary Star of the Sea Church was dedicated and the old church building became the Regina School . This was a temporary location as a new school was to be constructed on a site along the main road to the airport, and on the recently filled in lagoon. This road is now called the Simpson Bay Road. Mr. Wim Scheerder, the first principal, together with Miss Violet Halley and Miss Rose Vlaun, both from Simpson Bay, were the first to teach at the newly established school.

The school expanded. Two classrooms were housed in the home of Edgar and Daisy Peterson. In 1970 the new Regina School opened it doors with six classrooms and a gym. It was the most modern and best equipped school on St. Maarten. On February 20 1970, Bishop Williams Ellis blessed the school, a highlight of its history. This was our Bishop’s first official deed on St. Maarten. For the twentieth anniversary Foundation Catholic Education St. Maarten changed the name to Sister Regina Primary School in honour of Sister Regina.

The Butterfly Kindergarten, housed in the old guard house across from the big cistern, later on also moved into a new building. The schools were separated by a fence. As of August 2005, due to F.B.E. (Foundation Based Education) both schools were fused and are now called Sister Regina Primary School . In 1994 a poll conducted by the P.T.A. of the school showed that 73% of parents wanted Dutch as language of instruction. In that year the Sister Regina Primary School became a school with Dutch as the language of instruction from group 1 through 8. Simpson Bay had developed from a sleepy fishing village into a busy commercial center. Many families moved away in those years leaving fewer children living in the neighborhood. As a result, the school population has dipped in the first decennium of the new millennium. The make-up of the school population drastically changed. Names as Peterson, Halley, Williams and Vlaun are hardly heard anymore.

The Sister Regina Primary School is proud of having had – and still has – the opportunity to mold the future of many children. We will continue to bring forth men and women of caliber as our school song says. With the Lord’s blessing we will continue to be a pillar of our community. With the cooperation of the parents we can achieve these goals.

Principals of the school:

1967-1974 Mr. Wim Scheerder

1974-1980 Mr. Stanley Hodge

1980-1983 Mr. Huub Keulers

1983-2006 Mrs. Nancy Hodge

2006-2013 Mrs. Ria Uiterloo

2013-2014 Mrs. Natasha Ambrose

2014- present Mrs. Samantha Beaton

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An informative message from Bishop Secco in preparation of the Synod of Bishops 2023.
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01 Oct 2021

An informative message from Bishop Secco in preparation of the Synod of Bishops 2023.

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“Building Relationships between Educators and Students”
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“Building Relationships between Educators and Students”

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Announcements

28 Nov 2023

Registration Compulsory Education for Catholic Schools 2024/2025

Dear All,

Registration date Compulsory Education for children (Catholic and non-Catholic) that will be 4 years old before October 1, 2024: On-line registration- January 8 to January 31, 2024 (Monday-Friday) Website: www.skos-sxm.org

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