Shirley J. Joseph, principal of the Julius E. Sprauve School, announces the Orientation Assemblies and Registration schedule for the opening of the 2001-2002 school year.
8:15 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, in the school cafeteria:
All students in grades one through 5, Elementary Special Education Students and parents.
All students in grades 6-9, Junior High Special Education students and parents.
9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28, Clarice Thomas Annex:
All Kindergarten students and parents.
Parents and guardians are advised that students' attendance at the orientation assemblies in mandatory to complete the reistration process.

Dr. Ruby Simmonds, Commissioner of Education, has announced the dates for the return of Department of Education personnel and students for the 2001-2002 school year.
Employees are to report to work at their assigned work locations on the following dates:
++Principals, Ass't. Principals, Coordinators and Bus Drivers, Monday, Aug. 20.
++New Teachers, Wednesday, Aug. 21.
++Guidance Counselors and Paraprofessionals, Wednesday, Aug. 22.
++Returning Teachers, Registrars, Attendance Counselors, Diagnosticians, Psychologists and School Nurses, Friday, Aug. 24.
All public school students are to report to schools on Tuesday, Aug. 28, unless otherwise indicated. Orientation schedules vary and will be announced as recieved.
This schedule encompasses both educatinal districts and all public school in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Dr. Ruby Simmonds, commissioner of Education, has announced the dates for the return of Department of Education personnel and students for the 2001-2002 school year.
Employees are to report to work at their assigned work locations on the following dates:
++Principals, Ass't Principals, Coordinators and Bus Drivers, Monday, Aug. 20.
++New Teachers, Wednesday, Aug. 22
++Returning Teachers, Registrars, Attendance Counselors, Diagnosticians, Psychologists and School Nurses, Friday, Aug. 24
All public school students are to report to schools on Tuesday, Aug. 28, unless otherwise indicated. Orientation schedules vary and will be announced repeatedly as recieved.
This schedule encompasses both educational districts and all public school in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Laura d. Moolenaar, principal of J. Antonio Jarvis Elementary School, announces the schedule for the opening of the 2001-2002 school year.
All students in grades one through six are to report at 7:50 a.m. in their school uniform on Tuesday, Aug. 28. Students are to bring with them money for workbooks and insurance. New and transferring students in these grades are to bring their immunization cards and their slips from the Office of the Insular Superintendent.
Kindergarten students with last names beginning with A-H only are to report to the school's library at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30 for an orientation and registration session. These students are to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Students will remain at school until 2:35 p.m.
Kindergarten students with last names beginning with I-Z are to report to the school's library at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 31, for their orientation and registration session. A parent or guardian must accompany each student during the meeting. Students will remain at school until 2:35 p.m.
Workbooks, gym uniforms and insurance for kindergarten students will be available for purchase during the orientation meeting. Parents attending the kindergarten orientation session are advised to bring the child's immunization card and the admission slip obtained from the Office of the Insular Superintendent. Students will remain at school until 2:35 p.m.
All kindergarten students will attend their first full day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 4.

A schedule for Charlotte Amalie High School has been made for the opening of the 2001-2002 school year. Check the times and dates for the classes.
New ninth graders who will attend must report to have ID picutes taken. Pictures must be taken in school uniform shirts. A $15 fee will be collected for ID and school accident insurance ($7 for ID, $8 for insurance).
Pictures will be taken between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Other students needing ID's will be given a schedule at a later date.
Tuesday, Aug. 28 – last names beginning with A-F
Wednesday, Aug. 29 – last names beginning with G-Q
Thursday, Aug. 30 – last names beginning with R – Z
All students attending for the 2001-2002 school year must report for orientation and schedule distribution according to the following schedule:
Thursday, Aug. 23 – 1 p.m. – all seniors
Tuesday, Aug. 28 – 8 a.m. – 9th graders with last names beginning with A-J
Tuesday, Aug. 28 – 1 p.m .- 9th graders with names beginning with K-Z
Wednesday, Aug. 29 – 8 a.m. – all 10th graders
Thursday, Aug. 30 – 1 p.m. – all 11th graders
Friday, Aug. 31 – Full school day for all students who have schedules in hand.
Students without schedules in hand must not be on the school campus.
For orientation, students must be accompanied by their parent or guardian and must be in school uniform. Attendance is mandatory.
Students will be expected to begin classes on the day after orientation and can do so only if they have schedules in hand.

Aug. 17, 2001 – Henry Braddock, a psychologist who will begin work as the Health Department's deputy commissioner on Sept. 1, had this advice for parents attending a retreat Friday on St. John: Give your children positive reinforcement.
Braddock and two dozen criminal justice and social service workers have gathered at the V.I. Environmental Resources Station overlooking St. John's Lameshur Bay this weekend for a retreat aimed at helping a dozen families keep their youngsters on the straight and narrow.
The families, from St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John, all have at least one child who already has gotten in trouble with the law or is at risk for doing so. The annual retreat, now in its fourth year, is sponsored by the Drug Demand Reduction Subcommittee of the U.S. Attorney's Office in the territory.
"Instead of treating just the child, we treat the family," Azekah Jennings, executive assistant U.S. attorney, said.
The "Parents and Children Together" retreat, also known as PACT, began Friday morning and runs through Sunday afternoon. Participants have morning, afternoon and evening sessions and spend Friday and Saturday nights at the VIERS campground.
The families braved rainy skies, mosquitoes and a trip down a treacherous dirt road to the research station for the start of the retreat Friday morning. While most of the weekend will be spent in workshops, there also will be time for swimming and other recreational activities, live music and, on Saturday night, a campfire marshmallow roast.
There are separate programs for adults, adolescents and younger children.
As part of the experience, parents and their children are required to eat together. Jennings said that too often nowadays families don't take or make the time to "break bread" together, and thus parents and children miss an opportunity to interact with one another.
Braddock began his workshop for adults Friday afternoon by having the group members play a game wherein one person would throw a ball to another. Those receiving the ball then had to state what they liked about themselves and what they liked about the other person.
"I'm learning to love my children more and to be a better parent," one woman stated as what she liked about herself.
When the game was over, Braddock told the group that it was an exercise in giving positive strokes, a practice they should continue with their children. The best time to do this, he said, is when the children aren't causing problems. "Your children figured out that the way to get attention is to mess up," the psychologist said.
However, Braddock noted, parents must set an example. "It's called moral authority," he said, adding that if a man continues to beat his wife while telling his son not to beat the boy's sister, the man is sending the wrong message.
Territorial Court Judge Ishmael Meyers opened the adult section of the retreat Friday morning with a seminar on how parents are permitted to discipline their children physically within the confines of the law. "There's a difference between discipline and abuse," he pointed out. He said if parents feel they must hit their children in order to get a message across, they must by law do it with an open palm, not a closed fist. And they must not choke or shake children or in any way "interfere with their breathing," he said, or threaten them with a deadly weapon.
Meyers urged parents not to discipline their children while angry. Waiting until they have calmed down will increase the likelihood of the disciplne being "more constructive and positive," he said.

Aug. 17, 2001 – At this time of year, it makes a lot of sense to share some weather and hurricane-tracking resources available on the Internet. Here are some of my favorites:
Sign up for NOAA – Tropical Storm. This provides updates via e-mail. But be warned: When a storm is out there, this service can fill your inbox fast.
Here's where to access the official National Hurricane Center Tropical Storm Center advisories. The NOAA Tropical Storm Graphics are what get e-mailed to you.
Go Navy! Navy Tropical Cyclone Information. Hope for no touchdowns, of course.
Intellicast provides weather and storm survival tips.
The CNN Storm Center is another good mainstream resource.
The gobeach.com Caribbean Hurricane Network provides both the weather and local reports from the islands.
For some time, the forecasts of William Gray and his team have been among the best indicators of hurricanes to come.
For everyday local weather, one of the best web sources is at CaribWX, which is based in the British Virgin Islands. I particularly like their discussions.
Last, but certainly not least, the University of the Virgin Islands Water Resources Research Institute Weather Center provides an online weather station. You'll find it at WRRIweathercenter.
There are a number of other online weather sources out there. Please let me know your favorites!

Editor's note: Charles Balch has taught computer information systems courses at the University of the Virgin Islands for more than 10 years. Send questions and comments to him at webcetera-source@viaccess.net.

Aug. 17, 2001 – Henry Braddock, a psychologist who will begin work as the Health Department's deputy commissioner on Sept. 1, had this advice for parents attending a retreat Friday on St. John: Give your children positive reinforcement.
Braddock and two dozen criminal justice and social service workers have gathered at the V.I. Environmental Resources Station overlooking St. John's Lameshur Bay this weekend for a retreat aimed at helping a dozen families keep their youngsters on the straight and narrow.
The families, from St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John, all have at least one child who already has gotten in trouble with the law or is at risk for doing so. The annual retreat, now in its fourth year, is sponsored by the Drug Demand Reduction Subcommittee of the U.S. Attorney's Office in the territory.
"Instead of treating just the child, we treat the family," Azekah Jennings, executive assistant U.S. attorney, said.
The "Parents and Children Together" retreat, also known as PACT, began Friday morning and runs through Sunday afternoon. Participants have morning, afternoon and evening sessions and spend Friday and Saturday nights at the VIERS campground.
The families braved rainy skies, mosquitoes and a trip down a treacherous dirt road to the research station for the start of the retreat Friday morning. While most of the weekend will be spent in workshops, there also will be time for swimming and other recreational activities, live music and, on Saturday night, a campfire marshmallow roast.
There are separate programs for adults, adolescents and younger children.
As part of the experience, parents and their children are required to eat together. Jennings said that too often nowadays families don't take or make the time to "break bread" together, and thus parents and children miss an opportunity to interact with one another.
Braddock began his workshop for adults Friday afternoon by having the group members play a game wherein one person would throw a ball to another. Those receiving the ball then had to state what they liked about themselves and what they liked about the other person.
"I'm learning to love my children more and to be a better parent," one woman stated as what she liked about herself.
When the game was over, Braddock told the group that it was an exercise in giving positive strokes, a practice they should continue with their children. The best time to do this, he said, is when the children aren't causing problems. "Your children figured out that the way to get attention is to mess up," the psychologist said.
However, Braddock noted, parents must set an example. "It's called moral authority," he said, adding that if a man continues to beat his wife while telling his son not to beat the boy's sister, the man is sending the wrong message.
Territorial Court Judge Ishmael Meyers opened the adult section of the retreat Friday morning with a seminar on how parents are permitted to discipline their children physically within the confines of the law. "There's a difference between discipline and abuse," he pointed out. He said if parents feel they must hit their children in order to get a message across, they must by law do it with an open palm, not a closed fist. And they must not choke or shake children or in any way "interfere with their breathing," he said, or threaten them with a deadly weapon.
Meyers urged parents not to discipline their children while angry. Waiting until they have calmed down will increase the likelihood of the disciplne being "more constructive and positive," he said.

Aug. 17, 2001 — As of Friday afternoon, some 550 members of the United Steelworkers of America Local 8248 were locked out of their jobs for the second day by Hovensa subcontractor Jacobs IMC.
The lockout began Thursday morning after members of Local 8248 rejected a contract at midnight Wednesday. Negotiations between the company and union officials had been going on for two weeks before the vote.
However, both parties were back at the table Friday to try to resolve the disagreements, which, according to Frederick Joseph, USWA subdistrict director, hinged on severance pay, insurance and sick leave.
"We’ve been talking. We’re still negotiating at present," Joseph said Friday. "I am quite optimistic."
Jacobs IMC attorney Les Kelley couldn’t be reached for comment.
V.I. Labor Commissioner Cecil Benjamin said there was some question as to whether the company can legally lock out the employees, because what the parties are negotiating is apparently a merger contract and not a new agreement. Still, he said no unfair labor practice charges have been filed at this point.
"Both sides are eager to reach an agreement," he said, adding that he hoped the impasse would be resolved over the weekend. "The only problem I see is the employees are locked out."
Jacobs IMC is a maintenance contractor at the sprawling Hovensa refinery. According to published reports, Alex Moorhead, Hovensa vice president of human resources, has said Jacobs’ 300 supervisors will be able to handle the workload for a short time. If the lockout continues, however, then the contractor would have to import workers to avoid a maintenance backlog.
Benjamin said that if the impasse continues, the Labor Department could step in and mediate.
"At this time we don’t see a need for it because both sides are back at the table," he said.
At the end of June, Jacobs IMC lost one of its maintenance contracts with Hovensa, forcing the company to lay off 185 workers. The workers, however, were hired by a new company, Triangle Construction and Maintenance.

Aug. 17, 2001 – Rough weather in the lower Eastern Caribbean caused by what had been Tropical Storm Chantal has forced the cruise ship Monarch of the Seas to detour from its regular southern Caribbean itinerary and call at St. Croix on Saturday.
According to Tourism Commissioner Pamela Richards, after the ship left St. Lucia on Friday, the captain decided not to proceed to its next scheduled call, Barbados. Instead, the Royal Caribbean International vessel, carrying about 2,000 passengers and crew, will dock at Frederiksted at 8 a.m. Saturday. The ship, which sails weekly out of San Juan, is scheduled to depart at 4 p.m.
The remnants of Chantal reformed in the Eastern Caribbean Sea on Friday morning, causing the National Hurricane Center to resume issuing advisories on the minimal tropical depression at 11 a.m. But its impact on the Virgin Islands is expected to be minimal.
Hurricane forecaster Lixion Avila said an Air Force reconnaissance aircraft found a small closed circulation system associated with the remians of the tropical storm, which had been downgraded Thursday night to a strong tropical wave.
At 11 a.m. Friday, the poorly defined center of the depression was located near 13.2 degrees north latitude and 65.2 degrees west longitude, about 365 miles south of San Juan. "The depression is continuing to move to the west at near 26 miles per hour with sustained winds at 35 miles per hour," Avila said in an advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
Knight Quality Stations meteorologist Alan Archer said at midday Friday that the latest computer projection models had the system re-intensifying to tropical storm status in the next 24 hours and passing to the south of Hispaniola or Jamaica.
"Chantal is then forecast to move gradually to the northwest, slow down and intensify while over the warm waters of the northwest Caribbean," Archer said. "The storm system will have minimal, if any, effect on weather conditions across the U.S. Virgin Islands."
He estimated a return to normal weather by Saturday with partly sunny skies, high temperatures near 88 and overnight lows in the mid 70s.]