Education

Tropical Shipping Supports Maritime Education With $10,000 Donation To World Ocean School

ST. CROIX -- Tropical Shipping on Thursday afternoon presented a check f $10,000 to World Ocean School, which will be starting a maritime academy at the St. Croix Central High School on Monday. The academy is a 2-credit program and includes 15 hours of weekly courses. World Ocean School is a nonprofit which provides programs aboard the historic Schooner Roseway that challenge underserved children academically, physically, and emotionally. According to a blurb on the nonprofit's website, "doing this the way we do it, combats chronic apathy and disengagement which undermine society through increased drop-out rates, substance abuse, crime, and unemployment." Ocean World School has been operating on St. Croix since 2006, working with public school students on the elementary, junior high and high school levels. Following the 2017 storms, the nonprofit took students during their out-of-school hours, brought them to the ship which docks in Gallows Bay, and taught them how to sail, perfor...