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Education

January 2nd, 2019
No official Principal; ESHS Students back in Old Clarence Thomas Building

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Students at the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) resumed the January 2019 school term back into the crammed and deplorable conditions of the Old Clarence Thomas Building in Pasea Estate after many promises from the Minister for Education and Culture, Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL), that never came to past.

December 17th, 2018
AG stands 100% by Wall report; Calls Walwyn dangerous!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In a bombshell press release issued this afternoon, Monday, December 17, 2018, by the Auditor General (AG), Ms Sonia M. Webster, she sought to defend her office and the report on the small wall around the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS), by standing 100% behind the findings.

December 14th, 2018
Flood Awareness Poster Competition Winners Announced

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Grade 3 student Niomi Caines of the St. Georges Primary School and Akeela McMaster, a Grade 9 student of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) are the first place winners of the Ministry of Communications and Works’ Flood Awareness competition.

November 28th, 2018
Branson Foundation lends to BFEC restoration

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Ninety persons from the United Kingdom (UK)—comprising everyday civilians, lawyers, teachers, nurses, flight attendants, parents and pilots to name a few—cleared debris, painted walls, and toiled effortlessly under the Virgin Gorda’s sun, on Thursday, November 15th, 2018.

November 26th, 2018
VI reps for C’bean @ Family Medicine Confab in South Korea

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two Virgin Islanders—more specifically Virgin Gordians—recently represented the Caribbean, at the ‘World Family Medicine Conference’ held in Seoul, South Korea, last month from October 17 to 21, 2018.

November 24th, 2018
75 graduate VI first hospitality Pop-up School

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Seventy Five, men and women who were certified as ‘trained’ in 'Hospitality' graduated at a ceremony held in their honour last night, November 23, 2018—the first to have benefited from the international Pop up School - Saira Hospitality.

November 13th, 2018
Angela Burnett Penn takes ‘Irma Diaries’ to schools

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Irma Diaries author, Ms Angela Burnett Penn, today November 13, 2018, donated over 250 copies of her book to schools across the Territory, as part of her ‘Read to Heal School Programme.’

November 7th, 2018
Company involved in Walwyn Wall scandal given another ‘no bid’ contract

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - SA Architect, the company that was at the heart of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) 'Wall' scandal has been given another ESHS ‘no bid’ contract.

October 24th, 2018
VI nationals Penn, Farara & Vanterpool recipients of UWI 2018 Pelican Awards

GROS ISLET, St Lucia: Three Virgin Islands (VI) nationals are among ten outstanding University of the West Indies (UWI) Alumni recently honoured at a special ceremony in St. Lucia.

October 11th, 2018
Irma Diaries shared with students for ‘Reading is Fun’ week

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Irma Diaries’ Author, Angela Burnett-Penn, on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, shared the memoirs, with students of the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) and the Willard Wheatley Primary School, as part of the ‘Reading is Fun’ week of activities.

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