A Great Year – and 4 Days Left in Matching Grant

June 27, 2013 In a recent letter we told you about Jonelson, a four-year-old from the first preschool class at the Children’s Academy. We’re pleased to share that with your support Jonelson and his 24 classmates just completed their first year of preschool. It’s been a great first year for the Children’s Academy. And with 60 registrations for […]

Growth and Volunteerism at the Children’s Academy

June 15, 2013 Erik Badger The growth strategy for the Children’s Academy and Learning Center is to build up the school, class by class, until we arrive at a full K-12 school. In September of last year we began with our first preschool class of 25 wonderful 3 year olds. Now we’ve begun planning to […]

Extollo Partnership Brings Vocational Training to Children’s Academy

June 7, 2013 Erik Badger After the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, there was much talk about the massive devastation and the unbelievable number of people who died. What was less commonly talked about was a major reason why the quake was so destructive: the prevalence of poor construction. There are certainly many reasons for […]