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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 08 November 2007 SUBJECT: Denmark Adult Students Explore The Good Hope School
This morning The Good Hope School welcomed 24 Danish guests, a group tour collaborated in part by The Friends of Denmark (FOD). The guests were mostly adult students from The Danish College for Seniors, a folk high school in Denmark. Folk high schools are a unique educational system set up in the mid 1800's in Denmark, where adults seek liberal humanities-focused education to broaden their community's intellectual, cultural and spiritual growth. The group prepares for the visit over the summer with a cultural immersion class. Per Nielsen, a Professor at University of Copenhagen, and a renowned historian with The Museum of Copenhagen, specializing in Latin and Caribbean culture, is their tour guide. The Friends of Denmark (FOD) on St. Croix assists with the annual group visits. Good Hope Senior, Chahney Hinds; Junior, David Dawiskiba; and Middle School students, Bryson Mays, Jeremy Kariah, and Selesha Subnaik, led the group through their school. The students shared their experiences with the Danish visitors and answered many questions about school and life on St. Croix. The guests were delighted to walk into two classrooms where the faculty members greeted them in familiar tongue. Cat Austin Franks, Good Hope's Kindergarten teacher who speaks fluent Danish, and Mark Jackson, Middle School Social Studies teacher, who speaks Norwegian, excited both guests and their own students as multiculturalism came to life for the entire group. Denmark and St. Croix have a rich history dating back to the beginning of Danish control in 1671, still visible in the community's everyday life. Students from The Good Hope School and The Danish College for Seniors have that historical reference, and now a new connection, as they enjoyed each others company this morning. Head of School, Michael Mongeau, also asked the group to get in touch with him if they knew of high school students who would like to participate in a Denmark-St. Croix learning exchange with The Good Hope School. The tour ended with a gift from the group to Good Hope's library of Hans Christian Andersen a new life by Jens Andersen; and Hans Christian Andersen Eight Tales, a leather-bound collection of his famous tales. ###
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