Education
‘You can’t be a teacher & putting all your business on social media’- Dr Maurice D. Smith
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Registrar and Chief Administrative Officer of University of the West Indies (UWI) Dr Maurice D. Smith, who was the keynote speaker at the Ministry of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Professional Development Day at Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) on Monday, August 28, 2023, had some blunt words of encouragement for teachers ahead of the reopening of school.
‘You can’t go to classroom looking sexy’- Dr Maurice D. Smith tells teachers
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Teachers, as well as Principals and education administrators, in the [British] Virgin Islands have been told that if the Virgin Islands is to move full S.T.E.A.M. ahead in education they must change their perspective, and this must be demonstrated in how they conduct themselves as professionals.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.