The Catholic Board of Ed­u­ca­tion (CBE) has con­firmed that a ninth-grade stu­dent at Aquinas Col­lege has died af­ter col­laps­ing dur­ing a phys­i­cal ed­u­ca­tion class.

The CBE said that trained per­son­nel pro­vid­ed im­me­di­ate as­sis­tance to Ethan Clarke who was trans­port­ed to Doc­tors Hos­pi­tal, where he lat­er died. The cause of death was not dis­closed.

The state­ment said that a team of coun­sel­lors and cler­gy will be on hand to pro­vide sup­port to stu­dents, teach­ers, and par­ents as they process this loss, de­scrib­ing the stu­dent, who joined Aquinas Col­lege in Sep­tem­ber 2024, as kind and man­ner­ly, and a mem­ber of the school’s band.

The state­ment said Arch­bish­op Patrick C. Pin­der, the Catholic Board of Ed­u­ca­tion Chair­man Lam­bert Lon­g­ley, and the broad­er Catholic School sys­tem have since ex­tend­ed con­do­lences to Clarke’s par­ents, rel­a­tives, and friends.

NAS­SAU, Ba­hamas, Jan 15, CMC

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