Nov. 12, 2002 – The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands announced on Tuesday the awarding of 34 grants totaling $20,000 to teachers and guidance counselors in the territory's public schools that are being provided by the Anderson Family Fund for Education.
"The Anderson Family Fund was established to improve public education for economically disadvantaged children in the USVI by supporting educational enrichment programs unavailable as part of the regular school curriculum," a CFVI release stated.
John E. Anderson, chair of Topa Equities (VI) Ltd., said his family and Topa "are very pleased to support the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands" in the knowledge that the grants "will be put to good use in many different community-oriented projects."
The awards are the first in what will be an annual grants program to provide funding on a competitive basis to teachers, assistant teachers and guidance counselors for classroom projects aimed at improving student achievement. In its first year, the program drew applications from 96 educators from 26 of the territory's 36 public schools and seeking more than $88,000, the release stated.
A committee of community volunteers reviewed the applications and allocated the funding. "Priority was given to proposals where students are directly involved in the project, creative strategies and activities are used to improve student learning, and outcomes are measurable and substantive," according to the release.
School projects funded
The 34 grants range from $1,000 to $155.80. The recipients and their proposals:
– Elaine W. Jacobs, Julius E. Sprauve Elementary School, $1,000: publication of "Sea Gulls Soaring: An Anthology of Student Writings." Planning, writing, printing and collating students’ writings.
– Carol Mestemaker, Charlotte Amalie High School, $1,000: Red Cross CPR and First Aid Certification Program for students. Enrichment of health and physical education classes.
– Osaze Chinwe, Peace Corps Elementary School, $1,000: Mask Making: Faces and Places, an 8-week course in papier mache and clay mask design and construction.
– Joan Willock, Arthur A. Richards Junior High School, $1,000: Lunchtime Mathematics Tutorial. Materials to provide students extra help in math for standardized tests and course work.
– Marla Powell, Sprauve School, $984.80: Young Authors Book-making Workshop. To involve students in writing and making books.
– St. Claire E. Potter, Addelita Cancryn Junior High School, $954.70: Making Geography and Economics Come Alive. Incorporating electronic learning tools and visual aides for geography and economics classes.
– Juanita Joseph, Evelyn Marcelli Elementary School, $931.70: Tech Works Technological Awareness. Computer applications in keyboarding, painting, drawing, graphics, word processing, information systems and networking awareness.
– Grullonn and Peters, Alfredo Andrews Elementary School, $836.80: Building a Weather Station. Researching and building a barometer, thermometer, rain gauge, etc. to collect and record data and make predictions.
– Dahlia C. Adams, Addelita Cancryn, $825.12: Second Language Learning Centers. To provide supplemental materials to aid and motivate students in classroom language learning.
– Ermin Stevens, Joseph Gomez Elementary School, $803: Raising Readers Literacy Program. Program for parents and children including reading at home and familiarizing parents with educational programs.
Elizabeth Rezende, Central High School, $650: Scavenger Hunt for Reading and Current Events. To develop a reading/current events club for students to respond to works read via letters to authors/characters, writing alternative scenes and endings, etc.
– Louise T. Lettsome, Ulla F. Muller Elementary School, $600: Virgin Islands Traditional Foods and Cookbook. Guest speakers, demonstrations on cooking traditional dishes, interviewing family members and friends and collecting local recipes for a cookbook.
– Janelle Thomas, E. Benjamin Oliver Elementary School, $600: Parents in Partnership. To promote positive feelings about school and school success for their children among parents via a series of workshops/seminars.
– Jacqueline J. Ashe, Evelyn M. Williams Elementary School, $500: Welcome to Success. Field trips and other incentives to inspire alternative 5th and 6th grade classes to change behavior and work habits.
– Wilbert Brooke, Lockhart Elementary School, $500: Expansion and Upgrade of the Lockhart Band Instrument Inventory. To buy student model Selmer flutes.
– Margaret Burnett, Positive Connection Alternative Education School, $500: Math Enrichment/Math Bee. To provide additional software products for Life Skills Math and sponsor a Math Bee to encourage learning via a "fun experience."
– Gladys Collins, Addelita Cancryn, $500: Skills Enhancement Program. To buy hands-on materials to help non-English-speaking students understand science and math concepts.
– Annette M. Gereau, Lew Muckle Elementary School, $500: We Write Right Here! To improve writing skills and expose students to various writing genres.
– Hyacinth L. Joseph, Arthur A. Richards, $500: The Island Sun, A School Newspaper. To buy equipment and supplies to develop and improve writing skills and familiarize students with journalism.
– Mary Louise Lauffer, Joseph Sibilly Elementary School, $500: Keeping Traditions Alive: Crafts of the Northside. For pupils to observe and document the making of traditional crafts by community members and create their own projects to display at fairs and school venues.
– Mechele Lett, Leonard Dober Elementary School, $500: The Dober School Store. To acquire materials to teach pupils business and math skills via running a store.
– Rodney Moorehead, Alfredo Andrews, $500: Pride and Responsibility Character Education. For pupils to research, plan and carry out the decorating of restrooms for grades 3-6.
– Lyn Reid, Lockhart School, $500: Descriptive Video Enrichment Program. To describe visual images via narrated description of actions, costumes, gestures and scene changes.
Awilda Rivas, St. Croix Educational Complex High School, $500: Safety is First in the Science Lab. To buy a Tyvek Lab, aprons, safety spectacles and safety guidelines charts.
– Gayle Washburn, Central High. $500: Reluctant Reader Enticement Program. To motivate reluctant readers via writing assignments to reinforce interest in stories, developing writing portfolios and delivering speeches.
– Randall Evans Yoder, Educational Complex, $500: The On Island Collection and International Specimens. To expose science students to a variety of species.
– Helena Stevens, Ricardo Richards Elementary School, $483.97: Creating a Living Portfolio: Documenting Growth Electronically. For students to take digital pictures of their material and download the data to create a portfolio file.
– Malvern Gumbs, J. Antonio Jarvis Elementary School, $375: Instrument Drive. To buy clarinets for the school Music Department, which now has 12 musical instruments more than 50 pupils.
– Virginia Anderson, Educational Complex, $357.59: The Tears Project. Grief counseling for high school students who have recently and suddenly lost a close family member.
– Paulette Drew, Alfredo Andrews, $273.20: Tactile Learning Environment. Hands-on learning to supplement basic skills.
– Andrea C. Griffith-Bryan, Joseph Sibilly, $250: Ben Carson Reading Club. For books, certificates and recognition ceremony to motivate students to read.
– Hazel Henry, Lew Muckle, $250: Dictionaries and Thesauruses for the Classroom. For use in learning reinforcement via word games, exchange of papers and display of work.
– Carmen Simmonds, Alfredo Andrews, $175: Overcoming Adversity: Real-Life Reader Biographies. Books on Latin and Black Americans for classroom reading, library story-time and research.
– Debora Richardson, Alfredo Andrews, $155.80: The Nine Planets in Our Solar System. Hands-on activity to construct a simulati on of Earth's solar system.
The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands was established in 1990. Last year, CFVI awarded more than a quarter million dollars in grants, scholarships and services to not-for-profit V.I. organizations. CFVI sponsors the Fatherhood Collaborative "to focus on the importance of responsible fatherhood for our children and our community," and produces the annual Kids Count report on the status of children and families in the territory.
Currently, nearly 40 named funds are administered by CFVI. For more information about the foundation or the funds, call 774-6031.

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Nov. 12, 2002 – The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands announced on Tuesday the awarding of 34 grants totaling $20,000 to teachers and guidance counselors in the territory's public schools that are being provided by the Anderson Family Fund for Education.
"The Anderson Family Fund was established to improve public education for economically disadvantaged children in the USVI by supporting educational enrichment programs unavailable as part of the regular school curriculum," a CFVI release stated.
John E. Anderson, chair of Topa Equities (VI) Ltd., said his family and Topa "are very pleased to support the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands" in the knowledge that the grants "will be put to good use in many different community-oriented projects."
The awards are the first in what will be an annual grants program to provide funding on a competitive basis to teachers, assistant teachers and guidance counselors for classroom projects aimed at improving student achievement. In its first year, the program drew applications from 96 educators from 26 of the territory's 36 public schools and seeking more than $88,000, the release stated.
A committee of community volunteers reviewed the applications and allocated the funding. "Priority was given to proposals where students are directly involved in the project, creative strategies and activities are used to improve student learning, and outcomes are measurable and substantive," according to the release.
School projects funded
The 34 grants range from $1,000 to $155.80. The recipients and their proposals:
– Elaine W. Jacobs, Julius E. Sprauve Elementary School, $1,000: publication of "Sea Gulls Soaring: An Anthology of Student Writings." Planning, writing, printing and collating students’ writings.
– Carol Mestemaker, Charlotte Amalie High School, $1,000: Red Cross CPR and First Aid Certification Program for students. Enrichment of health and physical education classes.
– Osaze Chinwe, Peace Corps Elementary School, $1,000: Mask Making: Faces and Places, an 8-week course in papier mache and clay mask design and construction.
– Joan Willock, Arthur A. Richards Junior High School, $1,000: Lunchtime Mathematics Tutorial. Materials to provide students extra help in math for standardized tests and course work.
– Marla Powell, Sprauve School, $984.80: Young Authors Book-making Workshop. To involve students in writing and making books.
– St. Claire E. Potter, Addelita Cancryn Junior High School, $954.70: Making Geography and Economics Come Alive. Incorporating electronic learning tools and visual aides for geography and economics classes.
– Juanita Joseph, Evelyn Marcelli Elementary School, $931.70: Tech Works Technological Awareness. Computer applications in keyboarding, painting, drawing, graphics, word processing, information systems and networking awareness.
– Grullonn and Peters, Alfredo Andrews Elementary School, $836.80: Building a Weather Station. Researching and building a barometer, thermometer, rain gauge, etc. to collect and record data and make predictions.
– Dahlia C. Adams, Addelita Cancryn, $825.12: Second Language Learning Centers. To provide supplemental materials to aid and motivate students in classroom language learning.
– Ermin Stevens, Joseph Gomez Elementary School, $803: Raising Readers Literacy Program. Program for parents and children including reading at home and familiarizing parents with educational programs.
Elizabeth Rezende, Central High School, $650: Scavenger Hunt for Reading and Current Events. To develop a reading/current events club for students to respond to works read via letters to authors/characters, writing alternative scenes and endings, etc.
– Louise T. Lettsome, Ulla F. Muller Elementary School, $600: Virgin Islands Traditional Foods and Cookbook. Guest speakers, demonstrations on cooking traditional dishes, interviewing family members and friends and collecting local recipes for a cookbook.
– Janelle Thomas, E. Benjamin Oliver Elementary School, $600: Parents in Partnership. To promote positive feelings about school and school success for their children among parents via a series of workshops/seminars.
– Jacqueline J. Ashe, Evelyn M. Williams Elementary School, $500: Welcome to Success. Field trips and other incentives to inspire alternative 5th and 6th grade classes to change behavior and work habits.
– Wilbert Brooke, Lockhart Elementary School, $500: Expansion and Upgrade of the Lockhart Band Instrument Inventory. To buy student model Selmer flutes.
– Margaret Burnett, Positive Connection Alternative Education School, $500: Math Enrichment/Math Bee. To provide additional software products for Life Skills Math and sponsor a Math Bee to encourage learning via a "fun experience."
– Gladys Collins, Addelita Cancryn, $500: Skills Enhancement Program. To buy hands-on materials to help non-English-speaking students understand science and math concepts.
– Annette M. Gereau, Lew Muckle Elementary School, $500: We Write Right Here! To improve writing skills and expose students to various writing genres.
– Hyacinth L. Joseph, Arthur A. Richards, $500: The Island Sun, A School Newspaper. To buy equipment and supplies to develop and improve writing skills and familiarize students with journalism.
– Mary Louise Lauffer, Joseph Sibilly Elementary School, $500: Keeping Traditions Alive: Crafts of the Northside. For pupils to observe and document the making of traditional crafts by community members and create their own projects to display at fairs and school venues.
– Mechele Lett, Leonard Dober Elementary School, $500: The Dober School Store. To acquire materials to teach pupils business and math skills via running a store.
– Rodney Moorehead, Alfredo Andrews, $500: Pride and Responsibility Character Education. For pupils to research, plan and carry out the decorating of restrooms for grades 3-6.
– Lyn Reid, Lockhart School, $500: Descriptive Video Enrichment Program. To describe visual images via narrated description of actions, costumes, gestures and scene changes.
Awilda Rivas, St. Croix Educational Complex High School, $500: Safety is First in the Science Lab. To buy a Tyvek Lab, aprons, safety spectacles and safety guidelines charts.
– Gayle Washburn, Central High. $500: Reluctant Reader Enticement Program. To motivate reluctant readers via writing assignments to reinforce interest in stories, developing writing portfolios and delivering speeches.
– Randall Evans Yoder, Educational Complex, $500: The On Island Collection and International Specimens. To expose science students to a variety of species.
– Helena Stevens, Ricardo Richards Elementary School, $483.97: Creating a Living Portfolio: Documenting Growth Electronically. For students to take digital pictures of their material and download the data to create a portfolio file.
– Malvern Gumbs, J. Antonio Jarvis Elementary School, $375: Instrument Drive. To buy clarinets for the school Music Department, which now has 12 musical instruments more than 50 pupils.
– Virginia Anderson, Educational Complex, $357.59: The Tears Project. Grief counseling for high school students who have recently and suddenly lost a close family member.
– Paulette Drew, Alfredo Andrews, $273.20: Tactile Learning Environment. Hands-on learning to supplement basic skills.
– Andrea C. Griffith-Bryan, Joseph Sibilly, $250: Ben Carson Reading Club. For books, certificates and recognition ceremony to motivate students to read.
– Hazel Henry, Lew Muckle, $250: Dictionaries and Thesauruses for the Classroom. For use in learning reinforcement via word games, exchange of papers and display of work.
– Carmen Simmonds, Alfredo Andrews, $175: Overcoming Adversity: Real-Life Reader Biographies. Books on Latin and Black Americans for classroom reading, library story-time and research.
– Debora Richardson, Alfredo Andrews, $155.80: The Nine Planets in Our Solar System. Hands-on activity to construct a simulati on of Earth's solar system.
The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands was established in 1990. Last year, CFVI awarded more than a quarter million dollars in grants, scholarships and services to not-for-profit V.I. organizations. CFVI sponsors the Fatherhood Collaborative "to focus on the importance of responsible fatherhood for our children and our community," and produces the annual Kids Count report on the status of children and families in the territory.
Currently, nearly 40 named funds are administered by CFVI. For more information about the foundation or the funds, call 774-6031.

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Nov. 12,2002 – Wednesday, Nov. 13, is the final day for returning UVI students to register for spring 2003 semester classes.
On the St. Thomas campus registration for returning graduate and returning part-time students will take place in the Registrar's Office on the second floor of the Classroom Administration building, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. On the St. Croix Campus registration for returning students will take place in Academic Services Office in the Melvin Evans Center from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Registration Procedures:
Meet with advisors to sign registration forms.
On St. Thomas – submit the class registration form to the Registrar's office.
On St. Croix – submit the class registration form to the Academic Services office.
Complete a self-addressed envelope.
Students will receive printed class schedules and invoices of tuition and fees by mail.
All tuition and fees must be paid by 4 p.m. on December 19, 2002.
For information on St. Thomas call 693-1150.
For information on St. Croix call 692-4158.
Spring 2003 class schedules are available on-line. The direct links are as follows:
St. Croix html: cac.uvi.edu/sched/sp2003/cindex.html
St. Croix PDF: www.uvi.edu/pub-relations/academics/STX_spring_03_sched.pdf
St. Thomas html: cac.uvi.edu/sched/sp2003/tindex.html
St. Thomas PDF: www.uvi.edu/pub-relations/academics/STT_spring_03_sched.pdf
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Nov. 12,2002 – Wednesday, Nov. 13, is the final day for returning UVI students to register for spring 2003 semester classes.
On the St. Thomas campus registration for returning graduate and returning part-time students will take place in the Registrar's Office on the second floor of the Classroom Administration building, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. On the St. Croix Campus registration for returning students will take place in Academic Services Office in the Melvin Evans Center from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Registration Procedures:
Meet with advisors to sign registration forms.
On St. Thomas – submit the class registration form to the Registrar's office.
On St. Croix – submit the class registration form to the Academic Services office.
Complete a self-addressed envelope.
Students will receive printed class schedules and invoices of tuition and fees by mail.
All tuition and fees must be paid by 4 p.m. on December 19, 2002.
For information on St. Thomas call 693-1150.
For information on St. Croix call 692-4158.
Spring 2003 class schedules are available on-line. The direct links are as follows:
St. Croix html: cac.uvi.edu/sched/sp2003/cindex.html
St. Croix PDF: www.uvi.edu/pub-relations/academics/STX_spring_03_sched.pdf
St. Thomas html: cac.uvi.edu/sched/sp2003/tindex.html
St. Thomas PDF: www.uvi.edu/pub-relations/academics/STT_spring_03_sched.pdf
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Nov. 12,2002 – Wednesday, Nov. 13, is the final day for returning UVI students to register for spring 2003 semester classes.
On the St. Thomas campus registration for returning graduate and returning part-time students will take place in the Registrar's Office on the second floor of the Classroom Administration building, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. On the St. Croix Campus registration for returning students will take place in Academic Services Office in the Melvin Evans Center from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Registration Procedures:
Meet with advisors to sign registration forms.
On St. Thomas – submit the class registration form to the Registrar's office.
On St. Croix – submit the class registration form to the Academic Services office.
Complete a self-addressed envelope.
Students will receive printed class schedules and invoices of tuition and fees by mail.
All tuition and fees must be paid by 4 p.m. on December 19, 2002.
For information on St. Thomas call 693-1150.
For information on St. Croix call 692-4158.
Spring 2003 class schedules are available on-line. The direct links are as follows:
St. Croix html: cac.uvi.edu/sched/sp2003/cindex.html
St. Croix PDF: www.uvi.edu/pub-relations/academics/STX_spring_03_sched.pdf
St. Thomas html: cac.uvi.edu/sched/sp2003/tindex.html
St. Thomas PDF: www.uvi.edu/pub-relations/academics/STT_spring_03_sched.pdf
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Nov. 12, 2002 – Parents and guardians of students attending the Ivanna Eudora Kean High School are advised that students will be dismissed at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, to facilitate the monthly staff meeting. On Friday, Nov. 15, there will be no classes as the faculty and staff will attend a Professional Development Workshop.
Report cards will be distributed to parents from 1 to 3 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15.

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Nov. 12, 2002 — The University of the Virgin Islands Bulletin Board issued today includes:
Faculty, Students to Promote NASA Awareness Days on 'Face to Face'
A contingent of UVI faculty and students will be the guests of broadcast host Addie Ottley at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, on the WTJX Public Television program "Face to Face." They will describe upcoming NASA Awareness Days activities that will take place on UVI's St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. (See next item.)
NASA Awareness Days Set November 17 to 20 at UVI
UVI will celebrate its partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with NASA Awareness Days from Nov. 17 to 20 on the St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. There will be three days of exhibits, panel discussions, workshops and presentations by NASA astronauts and scientists. Featured will be exhibits from NASA's Ames Research Center, the Kennedy Space Flight Center, the Glenn Research Center, the Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Langley Research Center. UVI student research posters and science fair projects will also be on display. A number of workshops are being offered and UVI faculty and staff are encouraged to participate. For more information, or to register to participate on St. Thomas, call Dr. Hernandez-Badia at 693-1383. For information about the events on the St. Croix campus call Kichma Nieves at 692-4150. Details are also included in the official UVI press release available on the UVI home page (see web address below).
UVI Little Theatre to Present 'The Dancing Mice'
Tickets are on sale now for the UVI Little Theatre's fall presentation of "The Dancing Mice," a play by Pulitzer Prize winning author John Patrick. The play will run for two weekends, Nov. 15-17 and 22-24. Show time is 8 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Tickets are available at the Humanities Building and UVI Bookstore on the St. Thomas campus, and at Nisky Pharmacy and Dockside Bookstore. The UVI Little Theatre is located on the second floor of the CA building on the St. Thomas campus. For details call Dr. Rosary Harper at 693-1354.
UVI Offers Calypsocise Classes Beginning November 12
UVI's Education Division will offer a series of exercises classes dubbed "Calypsocise" beginning Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus. Classes will run from 5:50 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. on four days per week – Mondays through Thursdays – through the end of the fall semester. Classes will be taught by Fitness Professor Elridge Blake.
Funds generated from class fees will benefit the American Red Cross and the Humane Society of St. Thomas. Classes cost $1 per session for members of the Red Cross or Humane Society. For non-members, class fees are $5 per session (or $15 for the four-session week). For details call
693-1198. Individuals are advised to check with their doctors before beginning physical activities.
UVI Continues Volleyball Clinics for Elementary School Children
UVI's Education Division has planned two additional volleyball clinics in the series being offered for V.I. elementary school children. Sessions are planned for 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, and Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus. Overhead passing will be the focus of the first clinic; spiking will be taken up during the second clinic. Teaching will run from 3:10 to 4:10 p.m. each day. The free clinics will be taught by UVI Professor Elridge Blake, a volleyball coach with 33 years of experience, including 25 years as coach for the UVI Buccaneers teams. For details call 693-1198.
Reminder: English Proficiency Exam Set Nov. 14
English Proficiency Examinations are scheduled on UVI's St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses for 8:30 a.m. Nov.14, 2002. This is a reminder for individuals who signed up before the deadline. No walk-ins will be allowed.
On the St. Thomas campus the exam will be conducted in the Sports and Fitness Center room 220. For details call Lornetta Prince at 693-1152. On the St. Croix campus the exam will be administered at the Evans Center rooms 303 and 308. For details contact Francisca Barry at 692-4103.
Information and Knowledge Sharing Conference Set Nov. 18-20
UVI and the International Association of Science and Technology (IASTED) will host a conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing (IKS 2002) on St. Thomas from Nov. 18 through 20, at the Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Resort. UVI Associate Professor of Computer Science Dr. Marc Boumedine is serving as the conference chair.
Dr. Boumedine will present the conference's opening remarks on Monday, Nov. 18. Later that day Dr. Borko Furht of Florida Atlantic University will present the keynote address: "Internet Glory, Collapse and Beyond…" Details are available from a "Latest Links" section of the UVI home page or www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/iks.htm.
A preview of the keynote lecture can be accessed at: www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/361-keynote.htm.
St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair Set Nov. 23-24
The 21st annual St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair is scheduled for Nov. 23 and 24 on the grounds of UVI's Reichhold Center for the Arts. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, with official opening ceremonies planned for 2 p.m. on Saturday. The theme for the 2002 fair is "Support Agriculture: Eat What You Grow."
The fair will include the sale of a variety of fruits and vegetables, plants, fruit trees and seedlings in addition to crafts and food. Educational displays and workshops will be offered. A petting zoo and pony rides will be offered for youngsters. Entertainment will be offered throughout, with gospel groups featured on Sunday morning. For details call 774-5182 or 693-1080.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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Nov. 12, 2002 — The University of the Virgin Islands Bulletin Board issued today includes:
Faculty, Students to Promote NASA Awareness Days on 'Face to Face'
A contingent of UVI faculty and students will be the guests of broadcast host Addie Ottley at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, on the WTJX Public Television program "Face to Face." They will describe upcoming NASA Awareness Days activities that will take place on UVI's St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. (See next item.)
NASA Awareness Days Set November 17 to 20 at UVI
UVI will celebrate its partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with NASA Awareness Days from Nov. 17 to 20 on the St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. There will be three days of exhibits, panel discussions, workshops and presentations by NASA astronauts and scientists. Featured will be exhibits from NASA's Ames Research Center, the Kennedy Space Flight Center, the Glenn Research Center, the Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Langley Research Center. UVI student research posters and science fair projects will also be on display. A number of workshops are being offered and UVI faculty and staff are encouraged to participate. For more information, or to register to participate on St. Thomas, call Dr. Hernandez-Badia at 693-1383. For information about the events on the St. Croix campus call Kichma Nieves at 692-4150. Details are also included in the official UVI press release available on the UVI home page (see web address below).
UVI Little Theatre to Present 'The Dancing Mice'
Tickets are on sale now for the UVI Little Theatre's fall presentation of "The Dancing Mice," a play by Pulitzer Prize winning author John Patrick. The play will run for two weekends, Nov. 15-17 and 22-24. Show time is 8 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Tickets are available at the Humanities Building and UVI Bookstore on the St. Thomas campus, and at Nisky Pharmacy and Dockside Bookstore. The UVI Little Theatre is located on the second floor of the CA building on the St. Thomas campus. For details call Dr. Rosary Harper at 693-1354.
UVI Offers Calypsocise Classes Beginning November 12
UVI's Education Division will offer a series of exercises classes dubbed "Calypsocise" beginning Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus. Classes will run from 5:50 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. on four days per week – Mondays through Thursdays – through the end of the fall semester. Classes will be taught by Fitness Professor Elridge Blake.
Funds generated from class fees will benefit the American Red Cross and the Humane Society of St. Thomas. Classes cost $1 per session for members of the Red Cross or Humane Society. For non-members, class fees are $5 per session (or $15 for the four-session week). For details call
693-1198. Individuals are advised to check with their doctors before beginning physical activities.
UVI Continues Volleyball Clinics for Elementary School Children
UVI's Education Division has planned two additional volleyball clinics in the series being offered for V.I. elementary school children. Sessions are planned for 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, and Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus. Overhead passing will be the focus of the first clinic; spiking will be taken up during the second clinic. Teaching will run from 3:10 to 4:10 p.m. each day. The free clinics will be taught by UVI Professor Elridge Blake, a volleyball coach with 33 years of experience, including 25 years as coach for the UVI Buccaneers teams. For details call 693-1198.
Reminder: English Proficiency Exam Set Nov. 14
English Proficiency Examinations are scheduled on UVI's St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses for 8:30 a.m. Nov.14, 2002. This is a reminder for individuals who signed up before the deadline. No walk-ins will be allowed.
On the St. Thomas campus the exam will be conducted in the Sports and Fitness Center room 220. For details call Lornetta Prince at 693-1152. On the St. Croix campus the exam will be administered at the Evans Center rooms 303 and 308. For details contact Francisca Barry at 692-4103.
Information and Knowledge Sharing Conference Set Nov. 18-20
UVI and the International Association of Science and Technology (IASTED) will host a conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing (IKS 2002) on St. Thomas from Nov. 18 through 20, at the Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Resort. UVI Associate Professor of Computer Science Dr. Marc Boumedine is serving as the conference chair.
Dr. Boumedine will present the conference's opening remarks on Monday, Nov. 18. Later that day Dr. Borko Furht of Florida Atlantic University will present the keynote address: "Internet Glory, Collapse and Beyond…" Details are available from a "Latest Links" section of the UVI home page or www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/iks.htm.
A preview of the keynote lecture can be accessed at: www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/361-keynote.htm.
St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair Set Nov. 23-24
The 21st annual St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair is scheduled for Nov. 23 and 24 on the grounds of UVI's Reichhold Center for the Arts. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, with official opening ceremonies planned for 2 p.m. on Saturday. The theme for the 2002 fair is "Support Agriculture: Eat What You Grow."
The fair will include the sale of a variety of fruits and vegetables, plants, fruit trees and seedlings in addition to crafts and food. Educational displays and workshops will be offered. A petting zoo and pony rides will be offered for youngsters. Entertainment will be offered throughout, with gospel groups featured on Sunday morning. For details call 774-5182 or 693-1080.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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Nov. 12, 2002 – Parents and guardians of students attending Joseph E. Gomez Elementary School are advised that report cards for the first marking period will be distributed from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and again from 12:45 to 2:35 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15.
Report cards will be given only to parents and guardians.
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Nov. 12, 2002 — The University of the Virgin Islands Bulletin Board issued today includes:
Faculty, Students to Promote NASA Awareness Days on 'Face to Face'
A contingent of UVI faculty and students will be the guests of broadcast host Addie Ottley at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, on the WTJX Public Television program "Face to Face." They will describe upcoming NASA Awareness Days activities that will take place on UVI's St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. (See next item.)
NASA Awareness Days Set November 17 to 20 at UVI
UVI will celebrate its partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with NASA Awareness Days from Nov. 17 to 20 on the St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. There will be three days of exhibits, panel discussions, workshops and presentations by NASA astronauts and scientists. Featured will be exhibits from NASA's Ames Research Center, the Kennedy Space Flight Center, the Glenn Research Center, the Goddard Space Flight Center, and the Langley Research Center. UVI student research posters and science fair projects will also be on display. A number of workshops are being offered and UVI faculty and staff are encouraged to participate. For more information, or to register to participate on St. Thomas, call Dr. Hernandez-Badia at 693-1383. For information about the events on the St. Croix campus call Kichma Nieves at 692-4150. Details are also included in the official UVI press release available on the UVI home page (see web address below).
UVI Little Theatre to Present 'The Dancing Mice'
Tickets are on sale now for the UVI Little Theatre's fall presentation of "The Dancing Mice," a play by Pulitzer Prize winning author John Patrick. The play will run for two weekends, Nov. 15-17 and 22-24. Show time is 8 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Tickets are available at the Humanities Building and UVI Bookstore on the St. Thomas campus, and at Nisky Pharmacy and Dockside Bookstore. The UVI Little Theatre is located on the second floor of the CA building on the St. Thomas campus. For details call Dr. Rosary Harper at 693-1354.
UVI Offers Calypsocise Classes Beginning November 12
UVI's Education Division will offer a series of exercises classes dubbed "Calypsocise" beginning Tuesday, Nov. 12, at the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus. Classes will run from 5:50 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. on four days per week – Mondays through Thursdays – through the end of the fall semester. Classes will be taught by Fitness Professor Elridge Blake.
Funds generated from class fees will benefit the American Red Cross and the Humane Society of St. Thomas. Classes cost $1 per session for members of the Red Cross or Humane Society. For non-members, class fees are $5 per session (or $15 for the four-session week). For details call
693-1198. Individuals are advised to check with their doctors before beginning physical activities.
UVI Continues Volleyball Clinics for Elementary School Children
UVI's Education Division has planned two additional volleyball clinics in the series being offered for V.I. elementary school children. Sessions are planned for 3 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, and Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas campus. Overhead passing will be the focus of the first clinic; spiking will be taken up during the second clinic. Teaching will run from 3:10 to 4:10 p.m. each day. The free clinics will be taught by UVI Professor Elridge Blake, a volleyball coach with 33 years of experience, including 25 years as coach for the UVI Buccaneers teams. For details call 693-1198.
Reminder: English Proficiency Exam Set Nov. 14
English Proficiency Examinations are scheduled on UVI's St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses for 8:30 a.m. Nov.14, 2002. This is a reminder for individuals who signed up before the deadline. No walk-ins will be allowed.
On the St. Thomas campus the exam will be conducted in the Sports and Fitness Center room 220. For details call Lornetta Prince at 693-1152. On the St. Croix campus the exam will be administered at the Evans Center rooms 303 and 308. For details contact Francisca Barry at 692-4103.
Information and Knowledge Sharing Conference Set Nov. 18-20
UVI and the International Association of Science and Technology (IASTED) will host a conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing (IKS 2002) on St. Thomas from Nov. 18 through 20, at the Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Resort. UVI Associate Professor of Computer Science Dr. Marc Boumedine is serving as the conference chair.
Dr. Boumedine will present the conference's opening remarks on Monday, Nov. 18. Later that day Dr. Borko Furht of Florida Atlantic University will present the keynote address: "Internet Glory, Collapse and Beyond…" Details are available from a "Latest Links" section of the UVI home page or www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/iks.htm.
A preview of the keynote lecture can be accessed at: www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/vi/361-keynote.htm.
St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair Set Nov. 23-24
The 21st annual St. Thomas-St. John Agriculture and Food Fair is scheduled for Nov. 23 and 24 on the grounds of UVI's Reichhold Center for the Arts. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, with official opening ceremonies planned for 2 p.m. on Saturday. The theme for the 2002 fair is "Support Agriculture: Eat What You Grow."
The fair will include the sale of a variety of fruits and vegetables, plants, fruit trees and seedlings in addition to crafts and food. Educational displays and workshops will be offered. A petting zoo and pony rides will be offered for youngsters. Entertainment will be offered throughout, with gospel groups featured on Sunday morning. For details call 774-5182 or 693-1080.
For more on the University of the Virgin Islands, visit the website at www.uvi.edu.
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