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October 29th, 2025
Jubilee E. Vanterpool wins 5th Annual My Favourite Teacher Essay Competition

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Jubilee E. Vanterpool of Ivan Dawson Primary School in Cane Garden Bay is the winner of the 5th Annual My Favourite Teacher Essay Competition held by the Rotary Club of Road Town.

December 8th, 2024
Ivan Dawson Primary School gifted $1,000 from ‘Adult Spell-Off Initiative’

CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- A wave of celebration swept through the Ivan Dawson Primary School on Thursday, December 5, 2024, as students and staff warmly welcomed a team of distinguished visitors, led by Deputy Governor David D. Archer Jr., Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2), and Adult Spell-Off co-producers Darryl E. F. Flanders and Mandisa Frett, to present a $1,000 cheque to the school—a generous contribution from the Virgin Islands Adult Spell-Off initiative in collaboration with the Public Service Week Com

October 14th, 2024
Premier Wheatley joins in celebration of Reading is Fun Week 2024

CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- Public and private schools across the Territory engaged in activities aimed at encouraging students to develop a love for reading when the Territory observed Reading is Fun Week 2024 from October 7 to 11, 2024.

October 5th, 2023
ESHS & Ivan Dawson Primary students to return to school on Friday

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Public and private schools, with the exception of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) and the Ivan Dawson Primary School, will resume normal classes today, Thursday, October 5, 2023.

February 11th, 2020
Granny says she would be in 'Balo' if grandchild was given Pine Sol

CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- As the Territory patiently awaits the outcome of the investigation on the incident where a teacher allegedly gave a student Pine Sol to gargle as punishment for using 'bad words', one grandmother said the matter disgusted her to the point that she believes if the incident had happened to one of her grandchildren, she would have been an inmate of Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut.

January 30th, 2020
Teacher made a 'serious mistake'- Education Minister on Pine Sol incident

CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- As the Ministry of Education commences an investigation into reports of a teacher of the Ivan Dawson Primary School in Cane Garden Bay, making a child gargle Pine Sol, the subject Minister has admitted that something did take place.

January 29th, 2020
Teacher allegedly gives student Pine Sol to gargle

CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- A teacher at the Ivan Dawson Primary School in Cane Garden Bay has allegedly been suspended after it was brought to light some two weeks after that she gave a student a cleaning agent to gargle.

June 30th, 2019
Sterling Stout recipient of 18th Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship

ZION HILL, Tortola, VI- Described as a balanced student who excels in academics and athletics, 11-year-old Sterling Stout, born 24 January, 2008, is the 2019 recipient of the 2019 Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship (IDMS), valued $600.00.

June 26th, 2019
24 graduate @ joint LDPS & IDPS Exit Ceremony

By Chassidy M. Leonard

ZION HILL, Tortola, VI- The 2019 Exit Ceremony for the Leonora Delville Primary School and Ivan Dawson Primary School was jointly held at the Zion Hill Methodist Church on Tuesday June 25, 2019.

March 15th, 2017
Inter Primary C/ships set for Wednesday & Thursday

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With the introduction of pre-events that were held last week, there are tight battles in both A and B Divisions, of the Inter Primary Track and Field Championships, which begins for the “B” Division Schools today, Wednesday March 15, 2017, at the A.O. Shirley Grounds.

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