School

This school is less than a block away from where I am staying right now.


Above is the outside view of the school; below is a picture of one of the classrooms.



This morning we visited the private school in Hoyo del Caimito. Gabriel, the recently retired GO President - from the Dominican, started the school about 26 years ago. Each of the kids who attend the school are supported by GO Kids. GO Kids program finds sponsors for each child; sponsors support the child with $30 a month. This is enough for the child to go to school, get one meal a day, and get a birthday and Christmas present. (If you have an interest in partnering with GO Kids, visit this link http://www.go-ministries.org/)

The school is very nice. The children get to learn English and French, as well as other normal courses. Here in the DR, school children attend half a day. There's one group at the school in the morning, a second comes in the afternoon. (High school is held in the evenings, though this school does not teach high school.) Out of last year's class of 27 (8th graders), 25 passed the national exam. This is impressive because the average public school only passes 50% of their students.


This picture is of a wall that used to have a small shelf of books. The depth of the pic is not very good, but it is only about 5 feet or less wide. This tiny section was the school library.


This picture is of the current library. Though some of the shelves are a little empty, the amount of books has been much improved! Also, someone partnered with the school donated about...26 working laptops. Before this donation, the school had only one or two for an entire class of 25 students to use for computer class. This room also houses a projector.

This is the view from one of the upper floors. The kids were having recess here when we arrived.