ST. CROIX – St. Croix students who completed the 11th Annual Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge in September were treated to a fun day at the Agriculture Fair Grounds on December 7, where Juanita Gardine K-8 School was announced as the school with the most books read—a combined total of 2,085 books among the school’s students who participated in this year’s Challenge, the Dept. of Education has announced. With Gardine’s students included, a total of 406 students in grades K-6 attending St. Croix’s public, private and parochial schools (accounting for 2,939 books read) completed the 2019 Reading Challenge, which encouraged students to read five or more books during the summer months. All students received a certificate of completion and a gift bag with school items, D.O.E. said. This is the third consecutive year Gardine K-8, formerly Juanita…