St. Croix Library Association, Inc.

The St. Croix Library Association and the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts will create a twenty-four week after-school and six-week summer program for children ages 9-19 in Frederiksted, St. Croix. Students will learn occupational skills with transferable literacy and information literacy skills, learned within the context of their own cultural heritage. Senior citizens who are talented craftsmen and community culture bearers will assist the students in their skills acquisition, and these activities will help bridge the intergenerational gap between seniors and students. Five island schools will participate by identifying participating students.