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The United States Virgin Islands Department of Education is the education agency of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The agency has its headquarters in St. Thomas. See also. School districts in the USVI: St. Thomas-St. John School District; St. Croix School District; References
Bertha C. Boschulte. Bertha C. Boschulte (March 8, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American educator, women's rights activist, statistician and politician. During her tenure as a teacher, she actively worked to attain women's suffrage in the Virgin Islands. After obtaining her master's degree in Public Health, she worked as the director of the ...
Central High opened in 1967 as a successor to Christiansted High School which was established in 1935. The original building in Christiansted is now the V.I. Department of Education Building, St. Croix District. In 1968, the school held its first graduation ceremony of which one hundred fifty seniors received their diplomas.
Political party. Independent. Education. Florida Atlantic University ( BA) Gonzaga University ( MA) Janelle K. Sarauw is a Virgin Islander politician and former educator who served as senator in the Legislature of the Virgin Islands from the St. Thomas-St. John District, from 2017 to 2023. Sarauw ran for Lieutenant Governor in the 2022 election ...
Edith L. Williams (August 17, 1887 – June 9, 1987) was a United States Virgin Islands educator, women's rights activist, and suffragist. Williams was the first woman who attempted to vote in the Virgin Islands and when she was denied the right to register, she petitioned the court along with Eulalie Stevens and Anna M. Vessup to review their qualifications.
The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas and 50 other surrounding minor islands and cays. [9] The total land area of the territory is 133.73 square miles (346.36 km 2 ). [7] The territory's capital is Charlotte Amalie on the island of St. Thomas.
The college was originally established in 1990 as the British Virgin Islands Community College under the College Act, 1990. The institution was subsequently renamed in favour of Hamilton Lavity Stoutt , first Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands and founding chairman of the college's Board of Governors. [1]
Jennie Wheatley. Jennie N. Wheatley MBE (24 June 1939 – 5 October 2023) [1] was a writer and historian from the British Virgin Islands. A long-standing member of the country's intellectual community, she worked to preserve and share the islands' history and culture. [2]