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Gifft Hill School is excited to announce that it has become a partner school of Planet Green Force (PGF), a project initiated by nonprofit Island Green Living. PGF is a greening education program developed in collaboration with UNESCO, emulating UNESCO’s Greening Education Partnership which empowers young people to become advocates, innovators, and leaders in building a more sustainable world. Planet Green Force’s mission supports the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and incorporates principles associated with UNESCO’s Greening Education Partnership, Climate Science Literacy, and related environmental education frameworks.

Gifft Hill School ushered its Class of 2026 into the next chapter of their lives on Friday evening with a sunset commencement ceremony that captured the warmth, pride, and close-knit spirit of St. John.

St. John students gained insight last week into the diverse career pathways in community preparedness and emergency response available to them right here in the Virgin Islands.

Gifft Hill School welcomes Coreen Samuel, Melissa Mounce Mithal to Board of Trustees

Gifft Hill School has announced that Dax Chouiniere, Class of 2026, has been named a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

On Tuesday, nearly 200 students returned to Gifft Hill School’s classrooms.

Gifft Hill School to launch sailing team for the 2024-2025 school year

Gifft Hill School gears up for 45th anniversary celebration

Leading Gifft Hill's Halloween parade

GHS Graduates of 2023! Eight Gifft Hill School graduates were celebrated at the commencement ceremoney on Friday June 9, 2023 at the school's Trayser Field, during which Head of School Liz Kinsella recognized the Class of 2023 as "the embodiment of the resilience, talent, and potential that lies within the youth of the Caribbean."

Members of the Sigma Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority with Gifft Hill School fourth-graders in the class garden.

Friends of Virgin Islands National Park's week of Earth Day events culminated on Friday with an Earth Day Fair in Cruz Bay's Franklin Powell Sr. Park.

Gifft Hill School welcomes a new Head of School, Liz Kinsella for the 2022 schoolyear.

Crystal and Sean D'abbraccio assist Gifft Hill School third-grader Jahslynn Clendinen during work recently on the mosaic mural project.

By the time the first phase of the Cruz Bay playground rebuild is completed and opened to the public later this month, hundreds of the island's children and community members will be able to say they left their mark.

More than 200 students were welcomed Tuesday at Gifft Hill School, making the highest enrollment in the history of the campus.

Charles Jackson, third from left, and Delroy "Ital" Anthony, center, perform along with Gifft Hill School students during Friday's 31st Annual Folk Life Festival on St. John.

Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park Announces First Recipients of the Noble Samuel Scholarship. Gifft Hill School Ki'Janne' Alfred is awarded.

Gifft Hill School has appointed two new members to its board of trustees who bring with them decades of business experience and a passion for education.

Gifft Hill School middle and high schoolers are spending this week immersed in topics of their choosing during the school's Annual Fall Minimester.