{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"16461823","dateCreated":"1257446006","smartDate":"Nov 5, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"sp08999","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sp08999","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/suinterns09.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/16461823"},"dateDigested":1532128362,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"St. Croix Country Day School","description":"Hello from St. Croix!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nNow that I have been here for almost four weeks I can say I am starting to get a better handle of the island way of living.  The school that I have been interning at is a wonderful place to be. A large portion of the school day the Kindergarten students spend outside.  Each of the classrooms are open and do not have AC which can be very hot at times, however I never have the feeling of being couped up inside all day as the windows are open allowing fresh air to flow through!  In Kindergarten the teachers have designed the curriculum focusing on mainly students learning through discovery and play.  Also it is a Virgin Island's law that students Pre-K and K have an hour rest time each school day.  Something else that I find very unique here at the school is that each grade has a swim day and they go to the pool on campus for swim lessons.  Students at very young ages are great swimmers here! The school population even though it is private has a very diverse population of students as well as faculty.  The faculty has been welcoming since day one and I am so grateful for this.  Another major difference here is how much the parents are involved in their child's education.  Especially here in the Kindergarten through elementary age. Here in the Kindergarten we have had many parents that arrive each day with their children who stay to watch what they are learning in their class.  Many parents question the teachers practices and feel that they know what their child should be learning at this point. I feel that this school allows children to be children, and some of the parents want to push their children way before they really ready.  I feel that I have gone from one extreme to the other because the schools at home you never would even here from many childrens parents.  This has been a great learning experience so far!","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}