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MEANTIME, ALCIDES SEGUI IS
PULLING THE COOL SCHOOL DUTY
TODAY.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
HE'S IN ST. PETERSBURG FOR US
THIS MORNING.
YOU'VE BEEN HAVING FUN ALREADY,
HUH?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE LIVE AT CANTERBURY SCHOOL
OF FLORIDA IN ST. PETERSBURG.
IT'S AN INDEPENDENT, PRIVATE
SCHOOL.
IT REALLY IS A COOL SCHOOL FOR
SO MANY REASONS.
THEY HAVE AMAZING STUDENTS
RIGHT HERE.
IT HAS TWO SEPARATE CAMPUSES.
JOINING ME IS NANCY.
COME DOWN HERE.
YOU'RE THE PRINCIPAL OF THE
LOWER SCHOOL.
IT'S SO INTERESTING.
TALK TO US ABOUT THE SCHOOL IN
GENERAL.
WHAT MAKES IT SUCH A COOL
SCHOOL?
>> IT'S A COOL SCHOOL BECAUSE
OF OUR STUDENTS.
RIGHT, GUYS?
WE HAVE THE BEST STUDENTS.
IT'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY AND
WE HAVE A FANTASTIC CHARACTER
EDUCATION PROGRAM.
>> WHAT DO THEY LEARN THERE?
IT'S LIKE ONCE A WEEK AND THEY
EARN REALLY INTERESTING THINGS.
>> CHILDREN LEARN HOW TO BE A
GOOD PERSON.
THEY LEARN TO BE RESPECTFUL, TO
BE KIND, TO SHARE, TO BE
SELFLESS BECAUSE THEY LEARN
SELFLESSNESS AND IT'S A
WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
AND THE PARENTS PARTNER WITH US
WITH THAT AND WE ALSO HAVE A
CHAPEL SERVICE ON THURSDAY AND
THAT SERVICE GOES ALONG WITH
OUR CHARACTER EDUCATION PROGRAM.
>> MARINE BIOLOGY LAB, 2800
SQUARE FOOT LAB LOCATED IN THE
OTHER CAMPUS.
IT'S SO IMPRESSIVE.
WE WENT THERE YESTERDAY.
THE KIDS LEARN SO MUCH.
CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THAT?
APPARENTLY IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN
THE STATE.
>> WE ARE THE ONLY ONE IN THE
STATE AND WE ALSO PARTNER WITH
DIVERS, THE ONLY ONE IN THE
WORLD RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE LABS DOWN HERE THAT
SUPPORT THE MARINE STUDIES
PROGRAM.
THE CHILDREN GO ONCE A MONTH TO
OUR LAB AND TWICE A YEAR TO THE
UPPER CAMPUS, TOO.
>> AND YOU'RE STARTING A NEW
PRE-K TO THREE PROGRAM.
>> WE ARE.
IT'S EXCITING.
WE'LL PROMOTE FIVE DAYS OR
THREE DAYS OR TWO DAYS SO WE'RE
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> TALK TO US ABOUT THE PRIVATE
ENTITY.
I WAS ASKING YOU ABOUT IT
YESTERDAY AND WAS TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT, YOU'RE PRIVATE -- A
PRIVATE SCHOOL BUT ALSO
INDEPENDENT FROM THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN GENERAL SO THE
FUNDS COME FROM THE PARENTS AND
THE STAFF.
EVERYBODY HERE IS AN OVERALL
TEAM EFFORT.
>> IT IS AN OVERALL TEAM EFFORT.
WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL.
THE PARENTS ARE WONDERFULLY
SUPPORTIVE.
WE HAVE A BIG GALA TONIGHT AND
ALL THE FUNDS GO TO THE
CHILDREN.
WE GET WONDERFUL THINGS FOR THE
ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND THE
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM SO IT'S AN
EXCITING PLACE TO BE.
>> WAIT FOR US REAL QUICK.
SAY HI TO EVERYBODY, SAY HI TO
THE BAY AREA.
THAT'S THE UPPER SCHOOL.
YOU'LL SEE THEM PERFORM AND SEE
THE CORE PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT
THE MORNING.
THIS IS A COOL SCHOOL AND WE
HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT DAY
TODAY.
THESE ARE ALL FIRST GRADERS
WEARING DR. SEUSSSS HATS
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS.
I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION
FOR YOU GUYS THIS MORNING.
APPARENTLY DR. SEUSS WASN'T
CRAZY THERE REALLY IS GREEN EGG.
JOINING ME NOW MISS PERRY
KINDERGARTEN TEACHER.
ALL RIGHT TALK US TO ABOUT THIS,
BECAUSE YOUR PARENTS ACTUALLY
HAVE CHICKEN THAT GROWS THAT
HATCHES GREEN EGGS.
WE DO LAST YEAR IN PRE-K WE
ACTUALLY HATCHED CHICKEN EGG.
ONE OF MY STUDENTS ADOPTED THE
CHICKEN, AND IT LIVES AT HER
HOUSE.
THAT ORIGINATED IN BRAZIL.
>> AND THAT IS THE NATURAL COLOR
OF ITS SHELL.
SO WASN'T CRAZY.
WASN'T CRAZY.
HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MISS PERRY.
WE WILL TALK TO TWO PARENTS OVER
HERE.
WHAT REALLY MAKES THIS SCHOOL A
COOL SCHOOL IS AN INDEPENDENT
PRIVATE SCHOOL ALL FUN COMES
FROM PARENTS.
THESE ARE TWO PARENTS RIGHT
HERE.
YOU HAVE KELLY AND I FORGET YOUR
NAME JOHN.
JOHN, THERE IT IS.
ALL RIGHT.
KELLY.
OVERALL, THIS IS AN AMAZING
PROCESS.
BECAUSE PARENTS GET INVOLVED SO
MUCH.
TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
>> MY FAVORITE QUALITIES
HIGHWAYS THEY FOS THEY ARE
RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENTSI'VE
BEENABLE TO BE INVOLVED IN
MASTERPIECE MOMS AND MUSICAL
MOMS WHERE A GROUP OF US GO INTO
EACH HOME ROOM AND EDUCATE
CHILDREN ON A FAMOUS ARTIST OR
COMPOSER OR MUSICIAN.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH BOOK
FAIR.
IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN THE ARTS
YOU CAN GO ART ROOM.
IF YOU INTEREST IN LIBRARY YOU
CAN VOLUNTEER IN LIBRARY.
SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE INVOLVED
WITH MY KIDS EDUCATION.
YOU GOT GALA HAPPENING TONIGHT.
ONE MANY EVENTS ALL MONEY GOES
RIGHT BACK TO SCHOOLS.
ONE BIGGEST IT IS THE BIGGEST
FUND RAISER SCHOOL HAS.
EVERYONE KNOWS EVERY DOLLAR GOES
BACK TO OUR KIDS.
OUR KIDS LOVE THIS SCHOOL.
NOTHING MORE THEY WOULD LIKE
THAN TO COME TO SCHOOL EVERY
DAY.
YOU'RE TELLING ME YOUR SON SAYS
HEY YOU PROMISED ME YOU WILL NOT
TAKE ME OUT OF SCHOOL.
>> AND I NEVER WANT TO LEAVE.
THAT SAYS A LOT TO TESTAMENT.
>> THE EDUCATION AND OTHERS
TEACHES DO AND IS COOL SCHOOL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> LISTEN LISTEN TO ALL OF THIS
THIS IS THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY
>> THIS EARLY IN MORNING THIS
MAKES IT COOL SCHOOL.
HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREATWAITI.
>> WE'RE LIVE IN ST. PETERSBURG.
ONE THE THINGS THAT MAKE THIS
SCHOOL A COOL SCHOOL IS CHOIR.
LISTEN TO HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY
ARE.
THESE KIDS ARE ALL IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
THEY DO A GREAT JOB.
PART OF THEIR CURRICULUM AND
PRACTICING NOW AND SINGING PART
OF THE CHOIR NOW FOR WEEKS AND
MONTHS.
AND BEST THING IS, THEY'VE BEEN
TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE YOUNGER
AT LEAST FOUR YEARS OLD.
LISTEN TO THEM.
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>> THE CHOIR IS GREAT.
AND WEE ACTUALLY LIVE INSIDE THE
PARISH HALL.
I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN SEE CROSS
OVER HERE, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU
AN IDEA, ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL
CHURCH IS I AFFILIATED WITH
CANTERBURY SCHOOL OF FLORIDA.
THEY SHARE ALL SAME PARISH HALL.
THEY SHARE, REALLY GREAT
RELATIONSHIP.
YOU UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP AS WELL.
TAKE LOOK OVER HERE.
TAKE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE KIDS,
3, FOUR YEARS OLD.
THEY ARE SOON GOING TO START
PRE-K 3 PROGRAM AS WELL.
THERE ARE SOME PARENTS IN THE
BACK.
PARENTS ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED AS
WELL.
REALLY IS AN AMAZING COOL
SCHOOL.
ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL A COUPLE STUDENTS TO
FIND OUT WHY THEY THINK IT IS A
COOL SCHOOL.
FIRST OFF TELL ME YOUR NAME.
>> OKAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
KIND OF LOOK AT ME OVER HERE.
TALK TO ME ABOUT WHY DO YOU
THINK THIS IS COOL SCHOOL?
AT THE SCHOOL YOU CAN DO REALLY
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO I'M
CHEERLEADER.
A GOLFER AND I'M IN ALL THE
SCHOOL PRODUCTIONS.
SO YOU CAN REALLY DO WHATEVER
YOU WANT, WHAT HAVE YOUR PASSION
IS.
>> AND THAT'S SO UNIQUE.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET THAT
EVERYWHERE.
YEAH.
TALK TO ME WHY YOU THINK IT IS
COOL SCHOOL.
A REALLY FAMILY KNIT COMMUNITY
YOU CAN TRUST ANYBODY THAT IS
HERE AND YOU CAN CALL UP YOUR
MOM I'M STAYING AND MOM KNOWS
HER AND KNOWS HER FAMILY LIKE
WORRY SISTERS WE GO TO SAME
SCHOOL.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOW HE HAVE
OTHER, THREE, FOUR YEARS.
>> I THINK IT GOOD SCHOOL
BECAUSE OF RUG RUSS ACADEMICS I
CAN HAVE A HARD CLASS AND MAKE
MY ACADEMICS FUN FOR ME
EVERYBODY IS HERE TO HELP YOU.
I PLAY BASKETBALL CHEER LEAD AND
TENNIS AND STILL MAKE HONOR ROLL
AT THE SAME TIME.
WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING IS NO
CUP POLICY YOU TRYOUT FOR SPORTS
TEAM.
YOU MAKE TEAM WHAT ELSE IS COOL?
VERY COOL SCHOOL BECAUSE THE
FACT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO GO TO
SUBJECT THAT VERY HARD YOU CAN
EASILY GO TO TEACHER AFTER
SCHOOL OR ANY TIME DURING THE
DAY.
AND IT IS EASY FOR US TO HELP.
QUICKLY TELL US WHY YOU THINK
COOL SCHOOL.
EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY.
WE'RE CLOSE, BECAUSE EVERYDAY
CAN PLAY SPORTS, JUST A FUN
TIME.
I APPRECIATE IT.
COMING UP 9 O'CLOCK, THE ANOTHER
THING THAT MAKES IT A
WE'VE BE HERE THROUGHOUT MORNING
WHY THIS SCHOOL IS COOL SCHOOL.
ANOTHER ELEMENT MARINE BIOLOGIST
STUDIES LAP.
2800 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY
LOCATED AT THE SECOND CAMPUS
WHERE UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS GO.
JOINING ME NOW GINA, SHE'S
MARINE BIOLOGIST DIRECTOR OF
STUDIES.
OKAY.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SO
MUCH, INCLUDING MARINE BIOLOGY.
AND WHAT WERE YOU TABLE TO TEACH
ABOUT SOME OF THESE KIDS.
TALK TO US ABOUT PROGRAM IN
GENERAL.
THE PROGRAM COVERS PRE-K THROUGH
12.
TOUCH TANK.
THEY ALSO COME TO OUR UPPER CAMP
US AND A GO TO MANIES STUDY LAB
AND GET LESSONS LIFE IN TAMPA
BAY, CONSERVATION, SUSTAIN
ABILITY FOR THE FUTURE.
>> OKAY.
NOW YOU GUYS HAD A REALLY BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT A COUPLE OF MONTHS
AGO.
BIG FOR CANTERBURY AS WELL.
TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
>> FOUND CUE SO DIVERS AND
SETTING UP HEADQUARTERS IN ST.
PETERSBURG.
HE ANNOUNCED CANTERBURY FIRST
PARTNER SCHOOL IN A WORLD.
WE'RE PARTNER OUR KIDS WILL HAVE
LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE OF
THAT.
OUR FIRST GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS IS GETTING SCUBA
VENTURE CREW 210.
HE PICKED YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE SO
DEDICATED TO MARINE BIOLOGY AND
THE LAB.
AT THE UPPER CAMPUS.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
JUST SAYING EARLIER 2800 SQUARE
FEET.
STATE OF THE ART FACILITY.
RIVALS ECKERD COLLEGE'S LABS.
SO BLESSED TO WORK THERE.
KIDS GET TO COME THERE DO LABS
STUDY COLLECT ORGANISM AND STUDY
HOW THEY INTERACT.
AND, ALSO PARTNERSHIPS.
FLORIDA FISH WILDLIFE THINGS
LIKE THAT.
PIERRE CUE OSTEO IS REALLY
IMPRESSED HOW HE REACH OUT IN
COMMUNITY GET KIDS EXCITED.
ONE ACTIVITIES YOU WERE TELLING
ME YOU COLLECTED RED FISH.
>> RED DRUM.
RED DRUM.
TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
I MEAN THEY SEEM FROM BABY ALL
WAY UNTIL THEY GET BIGGER.
WE WORK WITH FLORIDA FISH AND
WILDLIFE.
AND KIDS LEARN HOW TO CALCULATE
WHAT FEED RATIOS TO KEEP WATER
HEALTHY AND THEN EVENTUALLY
RELEASED INTO TAMPA BAY TO
RESTOCK THE FISHING POPULATIONS.
>> SO THEY GET TO SEE THE
JUVENILE FISH GROW ALL WAY TO
ADULTHOOD AND BE RELEASED INTO
TAMPA BAY.
>> JENNA YOU DID GREAT.
CAN I ASK YOU QUESTION?
WHAT YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT
SXRIENS ALL OF THIS COOL STUFF
>> DOING ALL THE PROJECTS
PROBABLY.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PROJECT.
WE LEARNED ABOUT AT FOOD CHAIN
OF THE ALL THE ANIMALS AND WHERE
ELSE CAN YOU LEARN THAT ORN
RIGHT HERE CANTERBURY SCHOOL OF
FLORIDA.
AMAZING SCHOOL.
SO MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.