By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff With an intention to jet off to a university to pursue her dream of becoming an attorney, 17-year-old Ki’eyra Dawson said a $2,500 cash award from the BVI Tourism Board will be of […]
Category: Youth/Education
BVI village saved my life, says former resident
The adage ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ may be considered too old-fashioned for some people. But, for Ashaala Shanae Jenkins, it was a British Virgin Islands village that made the big difference between life and death. Jenkins, […]
PHOTOS: Be inspired by tough year, grads told
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) graduation, which took place yesterday at the Multipurpose Sports Complex in Road Town, is certainly one for the British Virgin Islands history books. Why? Students from the recently […]
Fewer suspensions – Principal rethinks punishment
Principal at Elmore Stoutt High School Sandy Underhill said she intends to reduce the number of suspensions meted out to students, adding that she will instead formulate an intervention method to foster a culture of discipline. She said the initiative […]
Three students offered second chance
All is not lost for the three students who did not meet the new graduation requirements at Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS), said Principal Sandy Underhill. She said one of the three students only failed the Mathematics Proficiency Exam. That […]
Young men to promote use of proper English
The Reaching Out Foundation, which is headed by Kevon ‘Shack’ Lettsome and Chezly Stoddard, said it will embark on an initiative to encourage students to better use the English language. According to the foundation, it will start the initiative by […]
VG school to lose principal, assistant principal
The next school year will start without the current principal and assistant principal being in charge at Bregado Flax Educational Centre (Secondary Division) on the island of Virgin Gorda. Both of them will retire on September 1, according to information […]
Schools with ‘most severe issues’ to get priority
There is an audit underway to ascertain works to be done at schools over the summer holiday, said education minister Myron Walwyn, who also gave an assurance that schools with the most severe issues will get first attention. “We are […]
Lebritnie Legair – District 5
Music inspires me because it is the way people express themselves – it offers a form of freedom. Hi, my name is Lebritnie Legair, singing songstress for the amazing District 5! My favourite quote is one by Descartes, ‘I think, […]
Abigail Christopher – District 5
Hi! My name is Abigail Christopher and what inspires me to be your Gen-Y Factor District 5 representative, are the other stories of successful artists and their journeys. My interest and future aspiration is to become a recording artist, and […]
