In an effort to accommodate the entire body, students will utilize a two-shift system when face-to-face classes resume at the Elmore Stoutt High School on September 6th. As a result, parents are now being guided on the reopening protocols.
The junior students (grades 7-9) will be housed at the Lower Estate campus and while seniors will assemble at the Clarence Thomas Limited, Lower Estate campus
According to official updates, student orientation will commence on August 30th and run until September 3, 2021 in two groups. Grades 7-9 are expected to be in attendance from Monday August 30th to Wednesday September 1st. Grades 10,11 and 12 will follow on Thursday September 2nd and Friday September 3rd, 2021.
Parents are asked to accompany students to the orientation sessions. A more detailed schedule inclusive of date & time of each student’s orientation is forthcoming.
New students (grade 7 or newly transferred) must be completely registered before they are scheduled for classes. The advisory further stated that registration is officially complete when fees are paid to the Ministry of Education and access code is given.
Students in Grades 7, 8 and 9 will receive email information on their digital textbooks from the ICT unit in the Ministry of Education. In addition to the digital textbooks, students are required to purchase a few workbooks.
A strict uniform policy is also in place and will be enforced as classes resume.
The recent ESHS advisory stated “Students will be required to wear correct uniforms to school. Physical Education uniforms will be available for purchase at the school during orientation”.
Parents and students are also notified that summer school for senior students from Grades 11 and 12 has been cancelled.
The Minister of Education recently revealed plans to have the Elmore Stoutt High School project completed by early 2022.
He said, “For Elmore Stoutt High School, there is good news. All the furniture procured through the Caribbean Development Bank 65-million-dollar loan have been completed and is expected to arrive prior to the beginning of school. This will allow more students to be accommodated in our classrooms.”
“There is more good news. The Premier and Minister of Finance has agreed to finance the construction of additional school buildings on the Elmore Stoutt High School Campus to accommodate our senior school students presently housed at Pasea Estate, and our growing population of Junior School students. The Recovery and Development Agency is managing this project, and it is expected to be completed early in 2022,” the minister later added.
For more information on the reopening, persons can contact the Elmore Stoutt High School via email eshs@vischools.edu.vg or the following telephone numbers 468-6764, 468-6759, 468-6725 or 346-4014.