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Coral World Ocean Park Gives Behind-The-Scenes Tour to Marine Vocational Program Students

ST. THOMAS — Over half a dozen junior high and high school age students were invited behind-the-scenes at the Coral World Ocean Park on December 27 as part of their instruction in the Marine Vocational Program (MVP), the company has announced. The tour provided the students with an up close and personal opportunity to see key areas of the park and speak with the park’s professionals not only about what they did, but how the students could one day become employed in these positions.  The impetus for this personalized 5-hour field trip took root in December when Trudie Prior, president and general manager of Coral World Ocean Park who has supported the MVP program since its inception over a decade ago, read about the swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving and boat handling skills the students were mastering via a Helm Report sent by MVP founder and director, Jimmy Loveland. “I thought a visit to Coral World could encourage the MVP students, who are gaining the skills we need at Coral World...