...June 20, 2007
Hi Seymour et al
We are almost there. You will need to come to the other summit so that you can organize strategies for the boys.
We will have to work ahead of time, so I am proposing that the White Water summit will be, in some way, my community service.
Youth is the topic, and we will need to send more than two students.
The international display we had went well. I had lots of road maps with lots of ads from various businesses and they went well.
The comments, though, were “Where is Anguilla?” They wanted a map with Anguilla positioned. That used to be part of the inset at first, but I have no idea why the tourism department and the flyers stopped positioning Anguilla relative to Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, etc.
I guess we will need to give this feedback to Tourism.
I got a formal note from Admissions today by Rick. The interview for Shellia is tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. The other girl is not really interested. She said that she will shop around first.
With Shellia, she fell in love with Wisconsin while we were driving along. When she saw the campus, she said, “This is it. I would like to go to school here.”
With repeated exclamations of the feeling, I approached Rick and asked him what he thought of the possibility of Shellia getting in. He said from what he has seen of the two girls, he is impressed.
He also said that The University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, is desirous of increasing its international intake of students so all should be well.
Will write tomorrow and let you know how the interview went.
I feel happy here. It is a non-threatening atmosphere.
The kids are happy, and all seem to be able to resolve conflicts even before they start. Of course, the place is full of counsellors and access is easy. It is a real professional set-up with no time wasting.
So far they have had two sets of days whereby they had a full morming of different type of games. That is good planning as they are kids and energy needs to be used up wisely. I am impressed.
The Rotary has an interesting student exchange programme going.
I will look into that some more this evening if I see Rick.
Have a great evening.
A.J.Edwards
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Update #2 from Anne in Whitewater
...June 20, 2007
Hi Don et al
Just came from the Talent Show. It was just great! It felt like an old time concert.
These kids - especially the boys -- played the piano, the guitar, the flute, the bagpipes, you name it.
The girls sang and danced -- from Trinidad, Nigeria, Canada, throughout the USA – Great!
For sure, I have my work cut out for next year. We will come prepared if I have anything to do with it.
For supper, we had a hill-side picnic. The area seems to be designed for hillside concerts, etc. There is a bar and BQ equipment there, so the kids were able to play games and eat as much as they wanted.
During the evening, when the big guys were circulating, Rich came to sit at my table. After talking generally for some time, we got on to scholarships. I told him I am desirous of Shellia getting help to come to The University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.
He said he had already set up an appointment for me to see the admissions person with Shellia tomorrow, so we should know soon after that meeting if she will be given a scholarship. He told me he was very impressed with her personality. He said that he will ensure that she is given a p[position in next year's World Affairs Seminar.
Isn't all this great?
He assured me that he would like to see me come back with the next batch of kids, and he hopes that other funding agencies in Anguilla will see it important to send some more students.
So we will have to work on these things.
The focus is on the Youth, and we have to show that we mean what we say.
Good night and talk to all of you tomorrow. Please send this to Jack Billingsley as well.
Thanks
A.J.Edwards
Hi Don et al
Just came from the Talent Show. It was just great! It felt like an old time concert.
These kids - especially the boys -- played the piano, the guitar, the flute, the bagpipes, you name it.
The girls sang and danced -- from Trinidad, Nigeria, Canada, throughout the USA – Great!
For sure, I have my work cut out for next year. We will come prepared if I have anything to do with it.
For supper, we had a hill-side picnic. The area seems to be designed for hillside concerts, etc. There is a bar and BQ equipment there, so the kids were able to play games and eat as much as they wanted.
During the evening, when the big guys were circulating, Rich came to sit at my table. After talking generally for some time, we got on to scholarships. I told him I am desirous of Shellia getting help to come to The University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.
He said he had already set up an appointment for me to see the admissions person with Shellia tomorrow, so we should know soon after that meeting if she will be given a scholarship. He told me he was very impressed with her personality. He said that he will ensure that she is given a p[position in next year's World Affairs Seminar.
Isn't all this great?
He assured me that he would like to see me come back with the next batch of kids, and he hopes that other funding agencies in Anguilla will see it important to send some more students.
So we will have to work on these things.
The focus is on the Youth, and we have to show that we mean what we say.
Good night and talk to all of you tomorrow. Please send this to Jack Billingsley as well.
Thanks
A.J.Edwards
Update from Anne in Whitewater
...June 18, 2007
We have arrived in Whitewater and the girls are all settled.
I have been attending the seminars with them and it is all very enjoyable. I have seen Rick but not to talk with him.
[Editor’s Note: Who is Rick?]
I will make an appointment to do so and give him some literature on Anguilla.
We were given some goodies by Seymour - pens, pencils, books flag, etc., and they are all coming in very useful.
It was great to see our flag among the 30+ flags that were mounted on the stage. Of course, Anguilla was called first and the two girls got up to identify themselves.
Tomorrow there will be a talent show and one of the girls will be doing something creative that she had done for the queen show. So all in all, it seems to be a good thing.
It is good I came as a Rotarian, as there are things that I have noticed that will come in useful when briefing the others who will be coming in future.
Anyway, can't stay long on the computer as many people are waiting to use it. Greetings to all, and thanks for giving me the opportunity to chaperone the girls this time.
Regards
Anne
We have arrived in Whitewater and the girls are all settled.
I have been attending the seminars with them and it is all very enjoyable. I have seen Rick but not to talk with him.
[Editor’s Note: Who is Rick?]
I will make an appointment to do so and give him some literature on Anguilla.
We were given some goodies by Seymour - pens, pencils, books flag, etc., and they are all coming in very useful.
It was great to see our flag among the 30+ flags that were mounted on the stage. Of course, Anguilla was called first and the two girls got up to identify themselves.
Tomorrow there will be a talent show and one of the girls will be doing something creative that she had done for the queen show. So all in all, it seems to be a good thing.
It is good I came as a Rotarian, as there are things that I have noticed that will come in useful when briefing the others who will be coming in future.
Anyway, can't stay long on the computer as many people are waiting to use it. Greetings to all, and thanks for giving me the opportunity to chaperone the girls this time.
Regards
Anne
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