Unlike other public schools in Anguilla, the Alwyn Allison Primary School at West End does not have on its premises a portrait of the educator whose name it bears.

In view of this, the principal and staff there, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and the children of the late Mr. Alwyn Allison Richardson, a former headmaster there, are making arrangements to have a portrait of him mounted at the school.

School children with Jerry and Kenswick Richardson

A ceremony to that effect will be held at the school in February next year. “A programme will be planned for that time,” said Acting Principal, Mrs. Ornette Edwards-Gumbs. “I guess we need to put a face to the person we are going to be referring to, like in all the other primary schools where you can identify with a face. It is only at this school where there is just a name and no portrait of the person.”

She said the programme would include a history of the school from when it opened and who was the headmaster then; a profile of Mr. Richardson after whom it was later named. This will be given by his daughter, Annette, a teacher, who resides in St. Kitts. Jerry (Dice) Richardson, one of his sons, a noted calypso singer, will compose an appropriate song and Kenswick, the other son, will also contribute to the event. Personnel from the Ministry and Department of Education will participate in the programme as well.

In preparation for the occasion, class 5 students at the Alwyn Allison School, led by Teacher Alphonsene Williams and assisted by the late headmaster’s two sons and workmen, planted red hibiscus plants at the school on Tuesday this week. It is expected that the plants will be in full bloom in February, lending much colour to the occasion.

The programme has been initiated by the Principal of the school, Mrs. Paula Edwards, who is currently studying in England.

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