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St. Croix Educational Complex Art Teacher Dwydale Dariah, left, and 12th grader Evin Benjamin show off the towering moko jumbie artwork they helped to create to instill the virtue of integrity on the school’s campus. |
A Moko Jumbie Barracuda Virtue was recently unveiled at the St. Croix Educational Complex High School as part of an initiative of the school’s Fine Arts Department focus group to bring focus to important virtues the school has adopted, according to Assistant Principal Ms. Debbie Colbourne-Thomas.
Teachers in the Fine Arts Department put out a challenge to the other teachers to come up with a first moko jumbie virtue design. The contest was judged by the school's art teachers. The winning entry, “Integrity,” was conceived by English teacher, Anika Johnson. Art teachers Dwydale Dariah and Danica David produced the artwork from Ms. Johnson’s design, while 12th grader Evin Benjamin served as their model.
“The integrity virtue will be posted prominently on the campus,” Colbourne-Thomas pointed out during the unveiling of the artwork on May 20. “We will be posting more Moko Jumbie Barra Virtues around the campus that we want our students and staff to emulate here at the Complex.”
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SCEC teachers, from left, Anika Johnson, Danica David and Dwydale Dariah surround the Barra Moko Jumbie virtue they helped to create at an unveiling ceremony on Friday, May 20. |
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St. Croix Educational Complex Art Teachers Dwydale Dariah, left, and Danica David, right, pose with student Evin Benjamin upon unveiling the Moko Jumbie Virtue, "Integrity" at the school recently. |