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Young Author's Camp Begins Next Week

Aug. 4, 2005 –– If you think you might like to be a writer and are in grades two through seven, sign up now for annual Young Author's Camp.
"It's a fun activity," Juel Anderson, Education Department spokesperson, said.
The five-day camp runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Aug. 12 at the Athalie MacFarlane Petersen Public Library on St. Croix.
Registration is currently underway at the library. The fee is $25.
The number of students is limited to 20.
Classes include reading, writing, reader's theater, choral reading, arts and crafts, and field trips.
A project of the St. Croix Reading Campaign, the sponsors are the Education Department's V.I. Writing Project and the library.
Anderson said the Reading Campaign is a way to promote reading.
For more information, call Zoraida Jacobs at 773-1095.
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