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August 28th, 2023
Over 130 students in D3 equipped for reopening of school @ back-to-school event

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Thanks to a collaboration between Third District residents Ms Kishma P. Forbes of Virgin Islands School and Office Supplies and Mr Julian Willock of Advance Marketing and Professional Services, students of the Third District are geared up and ready for reopening of school in two weeks’ time.

August 28th, 2023
‘Certainly, we accept that we must pay our educators more’- Premier Wheatley

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Educators have been told that the Government of the Virgin Islands understands there is a need for improved wages and that it will continue to seek ways to compensate educators appropriately.

August 27th, 2023
D9 students reminded to ‘Be a Buddy, Not a Bully’ @ Back-to-School event

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Students in the Ninth District were reminded to not engage in bullying in school or elsewhere, when they attended the Ninth District Back-to-School on Virgin Gorda on Saturday, August 26, 2023.

August 20th, 2023
Raeseon Sambury wins 2nd Annual Adult Spell Off-District Edition

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- The 2nd Annual Adult Spell-Off Competition- District Edition started promptly at 7:00 PM at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) in Paraquita Bay on August 19, 2023, with residents gathered to cheer on their district contestants.

August 17th, 2023
HLSCC welcomes large turnout of students for Fall orientation

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) in Paraquita Bay was bustling with an impressive turnout of new applicants, parents, and guardians this past Monday, August 14, 2023, during the fall 2023 orientation.

August 11th, 2023
Premier Wheatley congratulates 1st cohort of Asia Scholarship Programme

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has congratulated the recipients of the Asia Study Abroad Scholarship programme.

August 3rd, 2023
Sandy M. Harrigan-Underhill to leave HLSCC post by year-end

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- It was in January of 2022 that Mrs Sandy M. Harrigan-Underhill was appointed the first Director of the Institute of Education at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC).

August 1st, 2023
Dr. Karen M. Carty now first female Athletics Director @ UVI

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI— University of the Virgin Islands announced that Dr. Karen M. Carty has been named as the director of athletics, marking a significant moment in the institution's history as she becomes the first female to hold this position in UVI’s 61-year history.

July 31st, 2023
Long Swamp Library moving to Major Bay in East End

MAJOR BAY, Tortola, VI- Librarian Ms Suzanne Greenaway has said the new location of the public library at Major Bay in East End will allow for improved space and an expansion of the services offered to the public.

July 30th, 2023
7 Special Education Teachers complete OECS course

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Seven Special Education Teachers in the Virgin Islands have completed the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commonwealth of Learning Assistive Technology course.

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