Recognizing the winners as “ambassadors for the place you call home,” Lockhart K-8 Principal Merlene Jones thanked the Virgin Islands Department of Tourism for giving the students the opportunity to display their writing abilities.
FCCA Chief Executive Officer Michele M. Paige said the students’ essays were judged best in the Caribbean Region, as well as Central America, 30 states and Mexico. Paige presented Lockhart K-8 School with a check for $10,000 – and said FCCA will fund a party celebrating the achievement for the school.
In addition to awarding First Place winners Rachell and Tyler with laptops, the Office of the Governor presented the First Place winners with checks for $750 and $250 to each of the other winners.
Remarks by VI Tourism Commissioner Joseph Boschulte, Deputy Tourism Commissioner RoseAnne Farrington, Education Commissioner Dionne Wells-Hedrington and Insular Superintendent Stefan Jurgen expressed the pride felt about the words each student chose to describe what makes the Virgin Islands special.
“You can come from someplace small and you can do big things,” Jurgen said.
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