private async void bootstrap()
        {
            setupMenuItems();

            // need an option to show feeds for all kids
            var kidAll = new Student()
            {
                name = "All",
                feeds = new List<FeedItem>()
            };

            List<Student> students = await getParentKids(Constants.parentId);
            students.Insert(0, kidAll);            
            foreach (Student s in students)
            {
                // get feeds for each student
                if (s.id != null)
                {
                    List<FeedItem> feeds = await getStudentFeeds(s.id);
                    s.feeds = feeds;
                    kidAll.feeds.AddRange(feeds);
                }
                Students.Add(s);
            }
            kidAll.feeds = kidAll.feeds.OrderByDescending(c=>c.Date).ToList();

            App.listStudents = students;
            this.DefaultViewModel["selectedStudent"] = kidAll;
        }
 public static Student mapJsonToStudent(JsonObject studentJson)
 {
     JsonObject name = studentJson.GetNamedObject("name");
     Student s = new Student();
     s.name = string.Format("{0} {1}", name.GetNamedString("firstName"),name.GetNamedString("lastSurname"));
     s.id = studentJson.GetNamedString("id");
     return s;
 }