34 + REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

evaluating, conducting and ever improving the important business of
educating the children and youth of the Virgin Islands.
 Schools and Enrollment.-There were 28 school units in the islands,
 three of which were junior-senior high schools. St. Thomas had one
 junior-senior high and ten elementary units. St. Croix had two junior-
 senior high schools and six elementary units. In St. John there were
 three elementary units. There were also four public kindergartens
 on St. Thomas which functioned as individual units, and two on St.
 Croix.
 The total school enrollment, kindergarten through 12, in the public
 schools of the Virgin Islands at the close of the school year 1961-62
 was 7,624. This represented an increase of 492, or 6.9 percent over
 the previous year and 214 over the enrollment figure at the beginning
 of the year, September 30,1961.
 June enrollment-1958 to 1962

 1957-58 1958-59 1959-60 1960-61 1961-62
Kindergartens.---------------------------- 312 420 422 426 495
Grades 1 through 6 -- 4, 122 4,098 4,229 4,507 4, 740
Grades 7 through 12 ....... ..-- -..... -- ------.. 1, 957 1,976 2,198 2,199 2,389
 Total .......----------..------- 6,391 6,494 6,849 7,132 7,624

 Estimate for 1962-63 is 7,900; for 1967-68, 10,000-a 35 percent
increase over 1962 enrollment.
 Record Graduating Class.-The three public high schools grad-
uated a record number of students in 1962: 158 from Charlotte
Amalie High School, St. Thomas; 48 from Christiansted High School
and 13 from Claude 0. Markoe School, both in St. Croix. At the close
of fiscal 1962, 41 graduates were reported to be headed for colleges
in Puerto Rico and the United States mainland.
 Budget for Curriculum and Instruction.-Since this is the primary
division of the Department, 74.2 percent of the operating budget for
1962 was allocated to it. The appropriation for the year showed a
21.98 percent increase over the previous year.
 General Improvement in Educational Programs.-Education at all
levels of the school system showed marked improvement during the
year as a result of a vigorous campaign to up-grade the quality of
instruction throughout the Islands. A Deputy Commissioner for
Curriculum and Instruction, a Director of Elementary Education, a
Director of Secondary Education, and a Director of School Libraries
and Instructional Materials were appointed to assist the Commissioner
of Education and other department officials in directing and guiding
the improvement programs. The activities by grade levels and pro-
grams follow: