{"id":25761,"date":"2025-01-23T15:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25761"},"modified":"2025-01-23T15:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:19:15","slug":"bamia-schools-host-first-ever-christmas-tree-light-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/bamia-schools-host-first-ever-christmas-tree-light-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Bamia Schools Host First-Ever Christmas Tree Light-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tracey Liverpool<\/em><br><em>December 13, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bamia Nursery and Primary Schools brought the Christmas spirit to life on Thursday evening with their inaugural tree-lighting ceremony held on the school compound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized by the Bamia Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) Committee, the event was inspired by Teacher Lorna, who proposed the idea of celebrating the holiday with a special activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With support from Minister Juan Edghill and corporate sponsors in Linden, the festive celebration became a reality, spreading joy among students, parents, and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program included lively Christmas-themed activities, highlighted by a storytelling session led by Pastor Leroy James. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pastor encouraged attendees to reflect on the season\u2019s true meaning, emphasizing themes of love, sharing, and togetherness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cultural presentations added to the festive atmosphere, and children were delighted with goodie bags and gifts before participating in the countdown to light the Christmas tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditional carols and opportunities to take photos with Santa further enriched the evening\u2019s celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bamia PTA Committee expressed its hopes of making the tree-lighting ceremony an annual tradition, bringing the community together to embrace the spirit of the holiday season for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracey LiverpoolDecember 13, 2024 The Bamia Nursery and Primary Schools brought the Christmas spirit to life on Thursday evening with their inaugural tree-lighting ceremony held on the school compound.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25762,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25761\/revisions\/25762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}