Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 1st , 2020 (ZIZ News):
By: Chaïra Flanders
The William Marcus Natta Memorial Scholarship Fund made a donation of school supplies and teaching aids to the Irishtown Primary School on Thursday October 1.
During a brief handing over ceremony at the school, Scholarship Fund Chair, Dr Marcus/ Natta said the Fund is always ready and willing to provide assistance and give support to the school.
He also spoke of the close ties that have formed between his family and the school.
“We brought these school supplies to assist the teachers, to assist you along your journey this school year. So when you lose a pencil or your book is complete, the teacher can easily go to a stash and give you one and help you along your way. We have been in existence since April 2010 and we are continuing to grow and we look forward to supporting you even further. My father went to this school, my cousin Nadia all of blessed memory went to this school, taught at this school as well and so it takes nothing at all away from us to give back to Irishtown Primary”, he explained.
Deputy Principal Beverly Alford accepted the donation and thanked Dr. Natta on behalf of the school.
“I would like to say on behalf of the Irishtown primary school, Dr. Natta we are indeed grateful that you are and that you brought these goodies for us. We are grateful that you brought them and we want to say thank you. We know that you are indeed apart of the family here at Irishtown Primary”, Alford stated.
School supplies such as pencils, glue sticks, notebooks, rulers, crayons, scissors and many other items were presented to the school.
The William Marcus Natta Memorial Scholarship Fund, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in April, continues with its aim to foster an early love for learning to better prepare children for the real world.
The founding committee pioneered the Scholarship Fund at Tucker-Clarke Primary School in 2010 and extended the scholarship to students of the Irishtown Primary School in 2016.
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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 30 , 2020 (ZIZ News):
By: Chaïra Flanders
The Irishtown Primary School received various types of school supplies courtesy of a daughter of the soil, Renee Clarke on Wednesday.
Clarke, who is national living in New York, organized a fundraiser on her Facebook page that encouraged persons to donate supplies for both teachers and students in St. Kitts.
Representatives from the various schools were asked to send their information along with their individual needs in order to be selected. The Irishtown Primary School was the recipient of the 2 barrels of supplies totalling US$500.
Head Teacher at the Irishtown Primary School, Avonelle Carey Fraites thanked Miss Clarke for her generous donation.
“We are here to say thank you to Ms. Renee Clarke-Roland for giving us gifts for the school. She has given us a plethora of school supplies which there are some on the table here, the children are doing their bits with some of them and we definitely want to say a heartfelt thank you to Ms Clarke because we are indeed grateful for these gifts which she has bestowed on us”, Carey-Fraites expressed.
The donation comprised folder sheets, latex free eraser caps, pencil cases, coloured pencils, multi pack highlighters, packs of anti-dust chalk, board erasers and scissors with storage racks
]]>Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 8, 2020 (ZIZ News):On Tuesday, officers of the St. Kitts Nevis Defence Force were on site at the Irishtown Primary School assisting in cleanup efforts.
For most of the morning the soldiers were cutting overhanging branches and removing debris from the area.
The exercise was led by Warrant Officer Class 2 Laughton Huggins who gave an explanation of the work being done.
“We came out this morning at approximately 0800 hours. What we’re doing, we’re getting rid of the trees from the roofs, we’re cleaning drains. We’re gonna clean, we’re gonna sanitize. To sanitize right now is important. We’re gonna remove all debris from the compound and disposal of garbage,” he said.
He said as a past student of Irishtown Primary he felt the need to give back.
“I attended the Irishtown Primary School and with the Covid-19 ongoing, the pandemic, I thought it would be best to speak to my commander to do something for my alma mater,” he said. “In doing so I contacted my mentor, Newrish Nital, who in turn spoke with my commander, more on my behalf. The commander was gracious enough to allow this today. So in doing this I want to echo the sentiments of my commander. The Defence Force we are servants of the people and therefore what we are doing here today is simple service.”
Mr. Huggins said the cleanup isn’t intended to be a one-off event but they will continue as long as is necessary.
]]>Basseterre, St. Kitts (Natta Memorial Scholarship Fund) – Four educational institutions will now be better equipped to identify and mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus among students, teachers and staff as a result of a donation of thermometers by the William Marcus Natta Memorial Scholarship Fund.
The Fund this week donated 10 non-contact thermometers to the Tucker-Clarke Primary School, Irishtown Primary School, Newtown Nursery and KeBabies Child Development Centre. As many schools prepare to kick off the new academic year, the safety of children, teachers and school staff is at the forefront of many parents and community concerns.
“Our Scholarship Fund recognises the complexities of having young children returning to schools during this ongoing pandemic,” noted Scholarship Fund Chair Dr Marcus L Natta. “We believe this small donation of forehead non-contact thermometers can be quite helpful in quickly screening the young students daily. Not only in relation to COVID-19 but medical professionals often attest that a high body temperature is usually a good indicator of various illnesses.”
In receiving the thermometers, school officials expressed their profound thanks to Dr Natta and the Fund’s Board of Trustees for being proactive and generous with the much-needed devices. Principal of the Irish Town Primary School Mrs Avonelle Carey-Fraites said “I was only recently discussing the need for these medical devices as part of our preparations to reopen our school and now we have received this wonderful surprise that is most welcomed and greatly appreciated. Thank you Dr Natta and the Natta Scholarship Fund.”
The William Marcus Natta Memorial Scholarship Fund, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in April this year, has been an ardent supporter of these early learning schools throughout the years. According to Dr Natta, the Scholarship Fund focuses on primary education because it aims to foster early love for learning and believes that the earlier a child receives sound schooling, the better prepared that child becomes for the real world.
The founding committee pioneered the Scholarship Fund at Tucker-Clarke Primary School in 2010 and extended the scholarship to students of the Irishtown Primary School in 2016. Over the past ten years, the Scholarship Fund has given assistance, totalling more than EC$15,000 and has donated over 10,000 educational items to the schools.
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