Bertranne Abrams-Menko, Head of Juniors

Bertranne (Birch) was born in Guyana, grew up in Jamaica and, together with her Hungarian husband, has called Cayman home for almost 30 years.  

After graduating from the University of the West Indies with a B.S. Hons in Economics and Management, Birch attended the one-year Training in Mission (TIM) programme through the Council for World Mission (CWM) with an international group of 11 other students, and she was later appointed to serve on the Executive Committee of CWM. The invaluable lessons learned through living, studying and working with both these culturally diverse groups and travelling to almost every continent, were incredible and transformative experiences that have served her well as she has worked with people from many different cultures in the years since.

Birch has always had a deep passion for all things education and has been fortunate enough to live this out in a wide variety of ways. She has worked in Youth Ministry in Jamaica and later in Cayman, planning and running programmes for children and youth as well as leading and training other youth workers. While homeschooling her two children, she became a certified Kindermusik Educator and for four years, owned and operated Cayman’s first and only dedicated Kindermusik Studio, providing the research-based music and movement classes for over 100 families enrolled each year. Falling in love with classroom teaching, Birch completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education and began her primary school teaching career in 2010. She values creating strong, positive relationships with her students and their parents and is dedicated to empowering her students to become self-directed, expert learners.

Birch enjoys the quality time she gets to spend with her husband and their two children, the company of treasured family and friends, listening to music, ‘singing’, and the peaceful charm of Little Cayman.