We were lucky enough to visit a local school--even though it was a Saturday. It is an elementary school: Escuela La Cruz in Santa Elena. They prepared a special presentation just for us.
Students go to school from 7:00-12:00 and then from 12:30-5:00 pm so that the building can be maximized and the class sizes minimized since one teacher instructs all of the students in one class. There were sixteen students in one class and the grades included first through six grades.
The school is responsible for feeding students both breakfast and lunch for only $1 a day per child.
They have a computer lab with computers donated by a Costa Rican company. It is their hope to one day have iPads and be able to access curriculum on the internet for each student at various academic levels.
We were also treated to a special dance presentation by some of the children.
At the end, some of us joined in and danced as well!
As a fundrasier, the school sells homemade marmalade and jam. We all sampled the sweetcake and marmalade/jam after our presentation.
And then bought many of the jams....friends and family back home--look forward to sampling this yummy treat!
Some also went out to the soccer field and kicked the soccer ball around or just enjoyed the sunshine.
What a beautiful visit and opportunity!
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