The results just came in. 💯/💯 9th-graders at The Children’s Academy passed the Ministry of Education’s National exam. They are overjoyed with gratitude!

I (Merline) took some time to speak to them via telephone yesterday to congratulate them. When I asked Valentina how she felt about the result, she said: 

What makes me so happy is that we all passed—no one left behind. We went to the exams with a lot of emotions. Good and bad. We feel so blessed that our school can jump through all the hoops, work with us, and send us with confidence. We are eternally grateful to our parents, teachers and Haiti Partners and know how lucky we are. We also grieved and were saddened for all the other students of other communities ravaged by gang violence. While we are celebrating, we are keeping kids like us who were not able to take the exam in our hearts.