A small group of community-minded residents showed up Monday at Lew Muckle Elementary School to lend support to students as they celebrated National Day on Writing, reading Anansi stories, and other types, before coaching students on grammar and the fundamentals of writing.
The organizer of the writing day, teacher Sharon Charles, charged the presenters to “emphasize the importance of writing in enhancing students’ learning, engage students in a writing activity, share an original piece of writing, and present ideas to help students enhance their writing skills.”
The grateful students gave the presenters a warm welcome, according to a statement from the Education Department. They chanted “Reading, Writing and Sharing too. You took time out from work for me. That’s how we like our guests to be. We want you to know we are proud of you. Reading, Writing and Sharing.”
Presenters included Abdul Ali, who read the touching story “No Boys Allowed” to a class of eager fourth-graders. The journalist later assisted the students in writing their “own little story.”
A St. Croix Educational Complex Language Arts class of 11th-graders followed their teacher Natasha Liburd to Lew Muckle to present autobiography videos they created, titled Be True, Be You.
Others who read and gave presentations to the students included Winnie “Oyoko” Loving, Ryan Nugent, Sens. Nereida “Nellie” Rivera-O’Reilly and Terrence “Positive” Nelson, Joan Paulus, Regina Joseph, Zoraida Jacobs, Yvette McMahon-Arnold, Theodore Phillip, Pevril Frederick and Muckle teacher Naiella Knight-James.