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Education

August 30th, 2022
VG Community Library receives new tech & furniture donations

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Virgin Islands Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports, Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL) has expressed appreciation for a sizeable donation made to the Virgin Gorda Community Library.

August 30th, 2022
Author with VI roots pens book on journey in ‘white’ fashion industry

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Don M. Martin is a poster child success story of hard-working Caribbean immigrants who moved and settled in the United States (US). Mr Martin was born in Harlem and raised in the Bronx; however, has strong ties to the [British] Virgin Islands (VI).

August 28th, 2022
HireBVI's 2022 'Back 2 School' event a huge success

NOEL LLOYD POSITIVE ACTION MOVEMENT PARK, Tortola, VI- The 2022 HireBVI’s Back 2 School Wet Fete held at Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park on Saturday, August 27, 2022, saw hundreds of parents and children in attendance.

August 27th, 2022
New ESHS building completion delayed over material setbacks- Hon de Castro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – When the new 2022-2023 school terms beings, the New Elmore Stout High School buildings will not be opening as previously planned as a result of delays in the arrival of materials for building construction.

August 26th, 2022
Enis Adams Primary School re-opening to hybrid learning system

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister of Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, and Sports, Hon Sharie B. deCastro (AL) has indicated that with the reopening of schools to commence in two weeks for the 2022-2023 team, parents, students and teachers of the Enis Adams Primary School will be returning to a hybrid system learning system.

August 26th, 2022
Quality Construction Ltd inks $4.3M contract for new JvD Primary School

GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Local construction firm Quality Construction Limited has been awarded the contract for the building of the new Jost van Dyke Primary School.

August 12th, 2022
HireBVI to host Annual Back to School Fun Day & Expo August 27, 2022

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Community-minded entity HireBVI will host its annual back-to-school fun day and expo on Saturday, August 27, 2022, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park.

August 10th, 2022
New ESHS buildings ‘still on track for September’ opening- Premier Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many persons taking a look at the construction of the new Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) buildings would get the impression the buildings would not be ready for the September school term. The National Unity Government has faith the buildings will be ready.

August 4th, 2022
Gender-neutral dress code introduced by USVI Board of Education

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas - The V.I. Board of Education has codified new dress code uniform guidelines for public schools meant to be gender neutral, in what board chairman Dr. Kyza Callwood described to the Consortium as the U.S. Virgin Islands coming in line with broader trends on the U.S. mainland relative to the rights of individuals.

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.

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