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January 22nd, 2024
Unite BVI to help rebuild ASPS, move VI full S.T.E.A.M. ahead!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Unite BVI, which is part of the Sir Richard CN Branson’s Virgin Group, has committed to help rebuild the Althea Scatliffe Primary School and also help move the [British] Virgin Islands education system full S.T.E.A.M. ahead.

April 12th, 2023
Demolition of Althea Scatliffe Primary School building complete

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Althea Scatliffe Primary School (ASPS) building, which was deemed unsafe last year, is no more.

April 2nd, 2023
ASPS building to be demolished on Monday

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Althea Scatliffe Primary School (ASPS) building is to be demolished from Monday, April 3, 2023.

October 28th, 2022
ASPS building to be demolished- Hon Rymer

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A decision has been made to demolish the Althea Scatliffe Primary School (ASPS) building on Station Road and rebuild it.

July 31st, 2022
ASPS students to be housed @ Enis Adams & Francis Lettsome schools- Hon de Castro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Students of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School will mainly be temporarily housed at Enis Adams Primary School in Meyers Estate and Francis Lettsome Primary School in Greenland, while the school building remains shut due to safety concerns.

July 21st, 2022
'Options' being explored to temporarily house ASPS students- Hon de Castro

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- It is still unclear what will be the fate of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School (ASPS) building; however, it is the intention of the Education Ministry to seek temporary housing for the affected students ahead of the new school year.

December 8th, 2021
PHOTO of the Day: Hon Rymer takes 'aromatic' tree-planting to ASPS

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Transportation, Works, and Utilities, Hon Kyme M. Rymer (R5) today Wednesday, December 8, 2021, donated two aromatic trees to the Althea Scatliffe Primary School on Tortola.

November 17th, 2021
11 children taken to hospital as ceiling collapses @ primary school in UK

LONDON, UK- Eleven children and two adults were taken to hospital after a ceiling collapsed at a primary school in south-east London in the United Kingdom (UK).

November 1st, 2021
Ceiling collapses in classroom @ ASPS

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Teachers and students of one class at the Althea Scatliffe Primary School were unable to access their classroom today as the ceiling collapsed sometime between Friday, October 29, 2021, and early this morning, November 1, 2021.

July 24th, 2020
Marieta C. Flax-Headley heads off to retirement!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After more than 30 years as an educator, 10 of which she served as the principal of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School (ASPS), Mrs Marieta C. Flax-Headley is retiring.

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