Education To Debut Floats And Other Crowd Pleasers During Children's Parade On Friday

Department of Education Commissioner Sharon Ann McCollum and and D.O.E. is inviting the community to support the 65th Annual Carnival Children’s Parade on April 28 beginning at 10 a.m. in downtown Charlotte Amalie. This year, the Department has as its theme, “Learning, Feting and Fun for the Centennial Celebration.” Under the direction of Dionne Donadelle, territorial director of music, the Department will showcase entries featuring the three A’s: academics, athletics and the arts. The Department’s engineering and maintenance divisions have constructed floats with themes surrounding cultural education, agriculture and sports. Life-sized characters from books featured in the Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge will be highlighted prominently, and the Department’s anti-litter mascot, Squeaky, will make its official debut. Close to 300 students and chaperones from sister-island St. Croix will also participate in the parade. The territory’s four high school bands will perform and athletes ...