Mission Accomplished: Charlotte Amalie High Graduates 245

ST. THOMAS -- This weekend saw a total of 432 public high school students graduating on this island, bringing the territory-wide total for public schools this year to 852. The Charlotte Amalie High School contribution to that number was the greatest, with 245 students graduating -- 104 of which did so with honors. And of the 245, over 100 were young men, said C.A.H.S. Principal Alcede S. Edwards, speaking at the event held in the U.V.I. Sports and Fitness Center, a breakaway from the notion that young men in the Virgin Islands continue to head down the wrong path. The principal asked the young men to stand, an action that made for a powerful statement as almost half of the Class stood. "As a man, as a father and an alumni of Charlotte Amalie High School Class of 1979, I say to you in a few years, some of you may be celebrating your very own Father's Day. Society needs you to do well. Your family will need you to be strong, this community will need you to be great," Mr. Edwards sai...