Premier’s mother launching book on late Principal Carlisle Scott
The book, which will be launched at the Elmore Stoutt High School, L. Adorothy Turnbull Building in Lecture Room 2, features several first-hand accounts from students and teachers who were impacted by the legacy of Mr Scott during his tenure between the years 1956 and 1968.
According to information, in the book Mrs Wheatley highlights the invaluable contributions of Mr Scott to the students who attended the Virgin Islands Secondary School, which have had positive, far-reaching implications for the overall educational landscape in the Virgin Islands.
“For me, the launch of Mr Scott's book is a sacred obligation. He left a record of what was accomplished in secondary education during the years of his tenure as principal of the Virgin Islands Secondary School,” Mrs Wheatley stated.
She added, “His impact in that role has left a mark on the socio-cultural, socio-economic, and socio-political infrastructure of the Virgin Islands and has rippled to distant parts of the world.”
Book contains several testimonials
Mrs Wheatley, who was personally influenced by Mr Scott’s formal and informal lessons, edited the text with a deep sense of commitment, which she intended to see through to completion. The nostalgic text contains testimonials by teachers, students and notes by the late Mr Scott himself.
Meanwhile, Director of Culture Dr Katherine A. Smith said, “The many individuals who passed through the hands of Mr Carlisle Scott who served as Principal of the Virgin Islands Secondary School between 1956 and 1968 attest to the direct link between education and the building of a society.
“This is captured in this valuable text which has been edited by Mrs Medita Malone Wheatley. These very students whom Mrs Wheatley refers to as the 'children and grandchildren' of Mr Scott would become the Virgin Islands' builders, engineers, architects, tradesmen, medical doctors, lawyers, bankers, entrepreneurs, elected officials, priests, ordained ministers, public officers and much more, often reaching the pinnacle of these fields," she said.
Contributors of the edited work include M. Elton Georges OBE, CMG; Canon Gibson, Miss Dorothy L. Turnbull, Inez V. Archibald CMG, Claudia Frett Lettsome, Quincy F.V. Letsome Ph.D., Marilin Malone Bass, Medita Malone Wheatley, Verna Penn Moll, Joseph Vanterpool and Reuben Vanterpool.
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