Sundays in Monteverde
In a small, tight community like Monteverde, we make our own fun – just take this Sunday for example: 10:00 – Friends come early for half an hour of singing 10:30 – Meeting for worship, with two children’s groups splitting off. The teen group...
Hazel Guindon – Class of 2007
Interviewing Hazel Guindon was never meant to be a normal experience – especially when she’s 10 feet up a ladder. While completing a wall-to-wall nature mural for a local non-profit (CIEE), Hazel chats non-stop (her only speed!) about how her education at...
Dia de los Niños – Children’s Day
What do children want most? We let them tell us on this annual Dia de los Niños. They want songs – especially the traditional ones they’ve been singing as a school community since they started here. They want games – trampoline, twister, spider...
Back to School!
We are ready for your children tomorrow. But don’t be deceived by the fresh, smiling faces of our teachers in the morning – getting here was a lot of work! Our orientation for new teachers began the last week in July, when we introduced them to the many...
Andrea’s Farewell Poem
As a parting gift, outgoing English teacher Andrea Folds shared this poem at the final assembly, describing every single student she taught (Grades 5-12): They say to get your message through, best to put it in a song. Humans have short attention spans, and rhyming...
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