Education
No option for ‘homeschooling’ at this time- Dr the Hon Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has warned that children who are learning from home for the rest of the year must still be enrolled in a local learning institution and not be strictly homeschooled.
Radiance Donovan wins Rotary’s Summer Reading Challenge
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The winners of the Rotary Club Sunrise of Road Town’s Summer Reading Challenge have been announced, following the prize drawing on August 31, 2020.
No 'face to face' schooling for remainder of year- Dr the Hon Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Online schooling will continue for the rest of the year 2020, Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr The Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) announced via a live broadcast on the Government of the Virgin Islands’ Facebook page minutes ago, Tuesday, August 25, 2020.
36 graduate from BVI Seventh-day Adventist School
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Known for consistently producing top students in the Territory, the BVI Seventh-day Adventist School-Secondary Division bid farewell to 36 (10 boys and 26 girls) of its senior students at its 2020 Graduation Ceremony held at the school in Sea Cows Bay on Sunday, August 9, 2020.
HireBVI to host drive thru 'Back to School Distribution' exercise
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- This year HireBVI will host its annual Back to School Distribution Drive on Saturday, August 29, 2020, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at the Althea Scatliffe Primary School grounds on Tortola.
ESHS Valedictorian: 'It felt like my senior year had been totally stripped away’
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Alexia M. Penn, the Valedictorian of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) 2020 graduating class, has described her final years of secondary school as a roller-coaster ride.
Gov't has plan to re-open schools by Sept 21, 2020 - Dr Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said Government has a plan to re-open school by September 21, 2020; however, that plan has not been shared with the public as it is dependent on Cabinet's approval.
Schools unlikely to physically reopen in September due to latest COVID-19 measures
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Students and teachers who were looking forward to physically returning to school in September 2020 may have to continue in their online space, until November 2020 at least.
Marianna Rose awarded 19th Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship
ZION HILL, Tortola, VI - Listing her hobbies as basketball and reading, Marianna Rose of Towers, West End, is now the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship (IDMS).
ESHS 2020 graduation abruptly postponed! Was Minister Snubbed? Not advised?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our news desk is that the 2020 Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) graduation exercise scheduled for today, Thursday, July 30, 2020 was rescheduled.