June 2008 Phase 1 of the St. John's Building Expansion has begun!!!

The framework for the stairway to the upper level was put in place the last week of August and the step itself was cast the weekend of September 6th. There was also a small sidewalk placed from the Health Clinic out to the school and will connect to the second stairway to the second floor of the school. There was a tremendous outpouring of support on the 6th with several parents and other volunteers coming out to lend a hand. The casting of the second stairway is scheduled for Saturday Sept 20th and the PTA & St. John’s building committee are hopeful that the turnout will be even greater! Several people came together to make the beginning of this project a success.

Special thanks goes to Richard Westby, Usam Abja, Dennis & Virginia of Reagan International, Lydia Villanueva, Placencia Pointe Town Homes, Ilsa Villanueva, Jacki Tipton, the Placencia Youth Center, the Placencia Women’s Group, the Placencia Tour Guide Association, Cindy & Francisco Linarez, and Malcolm Young for the contribution of material. Salva Igleseus, Manuel Lemus, Liston Leslie, Devon Lozano, Paul Fanning, Glen Eiley, Dave Vernon, Sonny Vernon, Rodney Griffith, Douglas Young, Alonzo Ogaldez, Richard, Westby, Michael Sainsbury, Nelson from Nelson’s Giftshop, Doren Leslie, Dr. Alexis Caballero, Maynor Pineda, Jose Ipina, Wilfred Ritchie, Allen “Tulu” Villanueva, Richard Westby, Penny Dial, Lloydia Caballero, Ilsa Villanueva, Elysia Dial, Darryn Eiley, Samuel “SonSon” Burgess, Adrian Supaul, Anthony Ritchie, Isaac Ritchie, Tessa Eiley, Jadah Westby, and many others for getting out there that day and working in the hot sun. Also, a big thanks goes out to the Placencia Tourism Center, PTA, Lydia & Ilsa Villanueva, Fiona Macfarlane, Myrtis “Cunchi” Villanueva, Placencia Fishermen’s Cooperative and Althea Schable for proving lunch and cool drinks to the volunteers.

Community support in this type of project is greatly appreciated and will benefit the children of Placencia. We look forward to continuing the project with the community’s assistance.

Scotiabank Placencia Support the St. John's Memorial School Building Project!!!

Scotiabank commits itself to the community by participating in fundraising to help those that are the future of this country; the children. The Scotiabank staff fundraises throughout the year with various small raffles & other activities in order to be able to donate scholarships to the primary school students of Placencia & neighboring villages. However, this year the donation will be done to the St. John's Memorial Building Fund. The amount donated was $1,500.00 and 5 red Scotiabank backpacks for students. They were handed over to the St. John's Memorial PTA by the new Scotiabank Manager, Emil Figueroa

A Jump Start on the St. John's Building Project

St. John's Memorial School received a fabulous donation of $10,000 to the school's Building Fund from Regan International. This is the nice first step towards the $116,000 the school needs to raise in order to do the required expansion to the existing school building. We hope to add 2 classrooms, a computer lab and an administrative office during the summer this year

May 2008.