“Respect is what you choose or you will lose,” declared a bright yellow sign designed by students from Leonora Delville Primary School. The slogan was among several similar messages displayed …
Solar signs installed at two schools
As part of efforts to improve road safety, the Public Works Department has installed solar radar school zone signs at the Willard Wheatley Primary School in East End and the …
One VI Poker Run raising funds for schools
A new three-day poker run is being planned for early July, and organisers said in a press conference on May 24 that they hope to raise enough funds to modernise …
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Junior high schools promised in east, west
Several updates to school infrastructure are coming soon, according to Deputy Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. “We need more schools,” Dr. Wheatley put it bluntly while debating a bill concerning …
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Four contracts signed for three islands
The Recovery and Development Agency was bustling last week as officials signed contracts to install a solar facility at Ivan Dawson Primary School in Cane Garden Bay, to repair the …
Commonwealth Day hit with heavy weather
The weather cast a shadow over this year’s Commonwealth Day celebrations Monday in Cane Garden Bay, though residents made the best of it with hot food, indoor games and neighbourly …
Teacher accused of making student gargle Pine Sol
Speaking last Thursday to JTV broadcaster Cathy Richards about allegations that a teacher at Ivan Dawson Primary School in Cane Garden Bay instructed a student to gargle Pine Sol as …
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Updates given on sports facilities, JVD school
No repairs have been made recently to the broken air conditioning system at the Multi-purpose Sports Complex, which was damaged in the 2017 hurricanes, according to Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, …
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Ivan Dawson reopens for students
Almost a year and a half after Hurricane Irma, students and teachers at Ivan Dawson Primary School can now return to a new-and-improved school building in Cane Garden Bay. To …