A 20-year-veteran St. Croix educator and her son were sent to Disney World after she won a contest via the Virgin Islands’ premiere online radio station ViVid Streaming, the V.I. Education Department announced.
This is the third consecutive year that the Education Department and ViVid streaming have joined forces to send a deserving teacher or student to Disney World, according to the press release.
The trip is the crown jewel of the popular call-in segment SWAGG CALL. The segment is intended to build school pride and recognize deserving teachers and professors. While teachers and administrators are welcome to call and “shout-out” their school, colleagues or themselves, the initiative is dominated by students whose calls vary from straightforward shout-outs of their favorite school and teacher/professor to intricate poems and songs, the press release stated.
Every call enters the student and teacher who have received a shout-out to win an all-expenses paid trip (airfare, hotel accommodations and passes) to the amusement park. The winner is then selected by a raffle at the end of the semester. If a student is selected, they get to select the parent/guardian they want to travel with. If a teacher/professor is selected, they get to select who they want to accompany them, the release stated.
This year’s winner was Wendy Wynter, a teacher at Lew Muckle Elementary School on St. Croix. The 20-year-veteran teacher chose to take her son with her on the trip to the Magic Kingdom, according to the release.
The SWAGG CALL airs at 7:20 a.m. during The Good Mahnin Show hosted by radio veteran and ViVid Streaming founder Rashidi Clenance, aka Rash on de Riddim and his producer Bianca Phillips, aka Yonca. ViVid Streaming is available on your App & Play Stores and online at ViVidStreaming.live.
