{"id":32265,"date":"2015-12-06T10:58:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T10:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=32265"},"modified":"2015-12-06T10:58:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T10:58:38","slug":"lockhart-elementary-students-rededicate-garden-in-memory-of-schoolmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=32265","title":{"rendered":"Lockhart Elementary Students Rededicate Garden In Memory Of Schoolmate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">ST. THOMAS &#8212; Lockhart Elementary students enrolled in the school\u2019s EarlyAct Club, a student-run organization sponsored by the Rotary Club of St. Thomas II, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on December 3 to rededicate a portion of the school\u2019s tea garden to the memory of 12-year-old schoolmate La\u2019Quina Hennis, who passed away in 2007, according to a press release the Department of Education issued on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Attending the ceremony was Bahamas-based Felix N. Stubbs, Rotary\u2019s District Governor who oversees clubs in 10 countries and 16 islands, including the U.S. Virgin Islands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Prior to the ribbon cutting, the group of 20 students facilitated a meeting in the school\u2019s library to welcome Mr. Stubbs and his team members, which included his wife, Carla Card-Stubbs. There, students recited the Club\u2019s guiding principles, which are identified as the Four-Way Test: <\/span><span class=\"\">Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? To that, Lockhart students added a question of their own: Is it FUN?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">During brief remarks, Mr. Stubbs applauded the students for their skill at conducting the meeting using parliamentary procedure. \u201cTo watch you conduct a meeting, I have to say how impressed I am. When I come to sessions like this and I see young people like yourselves running a meeting so well, it gives me faith that our future is going to be in good hands,\u201d he said. Mrs. Card-Stubbs also applauded the students for their presentation and encouraged them to submit entries to the region\u2019s song-writing competition about the Four-Way Test. Entries are due on December 18.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">According to school librarian Merle Vanterpool, the EarlyAct Club\u2014now in its third year at Lockhart\u2014encourages students to adopt the virtue of \u201cservice above self,\u201d which is to say, \u201cYou put others above you,\u201d Mrs. Vanterpool explained. \u201cHopefully, this will cut down on negative behavior in our society and build their self-esteem.\u201d The group meets twice each month and meetings are conducted by student officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Of the memorial garden, which produces a variety of teas and herbs, Mrs. Vanterpool noted that students have been assigned specific tasks to help with its upkeep. A plaque bearing a photo of La\u2019Quina is erected in the garden and a bench will also be placed there.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; Lockhart Elementary students enrolled in the school\u2019s EarlyAct Club, a student-run organization sponsored by the Rotary Club of St. Thomas II, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on December 3 to rededicate a portion of the school\u2019s tea garden to the memory of 12-year-old schoolmate La\u2019Quina Hennis, who passed away in 2007, according to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1078,191,147],"tags":[4043],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lockhart Elementary Students Rededicate Garden In Memory Of Schoolmate - V.I. 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