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Victor International donates computers & $10K to St. Mary’s School

Chairman of Victor International Mr. David V. Johnson (left) Principal of St. Mary's School Mrs. Laura Fox (middle) and Chairperson of the St. Mary's School Board Mr. David O'Neal.
Mr. Johnson and Principal Fox, posing with some of the students at St. Mary's.
Mr. Johnson and Principal Fox, posing with some of the students at St. Mary's.
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - Businessman and Philanthropist in the Virgin Islands, David V. Johnson, who is also the Chairman of Victor International, extended his arms today, May 2, 2012, to the St. Mary's School in the Valley, Virgin Gorda, where he donated eight Dell Laptops and a $10,000 cheque.

Mr. Johnson said the future of the VI is the children and the education of the children is the fundamental principle that will determine the future of the people in the VI all the way around.

He stated that he is committed to education, and that education is a life time journey and takes the opportunity to help out in the educational field in any way he can.

Principle of the St. Mary's School, Mrs. Laura Fox said, the computer lab means a great deal to the school. "At our school we stand on certain pillars …one of the main pillars we stand on is technology, computer technology, some of our students are very familiar with computers, so what it means for us is that we can get back to our curriculum."

She stated that some of the students are well versed in Microsoft Office skills such as Microsoft Word and Power Point.

"We teach our children hear at St. Mary's School how to use the internet, we show them websites that are friendly and beneficial to them and how to retrieve that information when they need it again."

She said that through the donation made by Mr. Johnson, the lab will be fully functional and would be able to teach the children on the proper equipment.

Mrs. Fox added that the computers they had before had reached its limits, and then was substituted by some second hand computers.

"We all know that computers have their life span, so over the years they have slowly died off, but the school was fortunate to receive a donation of 11 computers last year, which kept us running since then."

Mrs. Fox said St. Mary's is very grateful for the donation made by Mr. Johnson to the revival of the school's computer lab.

Chairman of the school, Mr. David O'Neal, thanked Mr. Johnson for his donation and said that he hopes this is the beginning of a long and mutually rewarded relationship, between St. Mary's School and Victor International.

The St. Mary's school is an early childhood school that fosters children from the ages of 1- 12.

11 Responses to “Victor International donates computers & $10K to St. Mary’s School”

  • valley massive (02/05/2012, 14:53) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Thank you mr johnson it was much needed
    • ----------------------------- (03/05/2012, 20:18) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      that is all everyone needed to say from these long silly comments
  • Crank Shaft (02/05/2012, 15:33) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Boss you need to be donating bigger than that. We appreciate it but I know you can do better. All these resorts and developments need to donate to an environmental fund that will be monitored by a select committee, they can be on the committee as well to ensure funds are utilized properly. It can be used to clean up our beaches and other environmental needs. They can also donate a lot more to the schools. Come on Corporate BVI, step up!
  • Hitman (02/05/2012, 15:42) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    About TIME David!!!! Now how about the public schools? What about internships at your exclusive encalve? Where was your corporate good citizenship during the past VG Easter festivities? You need to do more - not less!
    • sad (02/05/2012, 22:24) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      they were approached for internships did not take any of our young people. Kudos to Little Dix, Nail Bay/MooneyBay, Virgin Gorda Village abd Bitter End
    • Millionare Road (02/05/2012, 22:42) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      the dog that bites the hand that feeds it soon has to eat its tail.
    • META WORLD PEACE (03/05/2012, 09:11) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      remember...... st. marys is more white kids. festival and public schools don't foster white kids and teachers.. do the math my bro. just reality
  • zoe (02/05/2012, 15:43) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    look at dat david he like to be in ting but when Uncle Ralph retire we aint voting for he.....yaaawn
  • ann (02/05/2012, 17:40) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    seems like somebody buying influence hope the education system or top leaders are not for sale
  • ooooo (02/05/2012, 22:46) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    when andrew did it, uit was a problem


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