We were sad to see JumpStart's 2012 Volunteer Teachers, Cameron and Seymour Smith, head back to Massachusetts this weekend, but we are so grateful for their more than two months of hard work and support for the kids of JumpStart. Here they are in early March with some of their students at the Vocational High School in San Pablo de León Cortés (see previous post for more information), including three original JumpStarters: Christian (directly in front of Cameron), Valery (with the shoulder bag), and Noella (kneeling, front and center). We met them as sixth-graders, wondering what high school would be like - but as you can see, they are certainly seventh-graders now, confident, and flaunting their English skills!
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3/26/12
They Grow Up So Fast...
We were sad to see JumpStart's 2012 Volunteer Teachers, Cameron and Seymour Smith, head back to Massachusetts this weekend, but we are so grateful for their more than two months of hard work and support for the kids of JumpStart. Here they are in early March with some of their students at the Vocational High School in San Pablo de León Cortés (see previous post for more information), including three original JumpStarters: Christian (directly in front of Cameron), Valery (with the shoulder bag), and Noella (kneeling, front and center). We met them as sixth-graders, wondering what high school would be like - but as you can see, they are certainly seventh-graders now, confident, and flaunting their English skills!
3/15/12
Taking High School By Storm
"I know, I know, I know, I know! I want to answer!"
"Me me me!"
"Three hundred thirty-three thousand, three hundred thirty-three!"
Those were just a few of the things overheard during a visit to a classroom at the San Pablo Vocational High School, where most of this year's JumpStart students are now well into their second month as seventh-graders. We heard that the students are showing off their new English skills and, even more important, great confidence as they enter this new phase. JumpStart Volunteer Teachers Seymour and Cameron Smith continue to work with them intensively, having them tackle everything from complex numbers to songs about the weather. We are pleased to say that today is Cameron's birthday! Happy Birthday, Cameron, and thanks so much for spending this day - and all of these months of hard work - with JumpStart.
Photos to follow.
"Me me me!"
"Three hundred thirty-three thousand, three hundred thirty-three!"
Those were just a few of the things overheard during a visit to a classroom at the San Pablo Vocational High School, where most of this year's JumpStart students are now well into their second month as seventh-graders. We heard that the students are showing off their new English skills and, even more important, great confidence as they enter this new phase. JumpStart Volunteer Teachers Seymour and Cameron Smith continue to work with them intensively, having them tackle everything from complex numbers to songs about the weather. We are pleased to say that today is Cameron's birthday! Happy Birthday, Cameron, and thanks so much for spending this day - and all of these months of hard work - with JumpStart.
Photos to follow.
2/10/12
Graduation Day!
It was a big week for JumpStart Costa Rica. On Tuesday the 7th, 25 kids graduated from the first-ever edition of the program at the Carrizal School, León Cortés, Los Santos, with big smiles and, according to them,
Also, the project was featured in today's edition of The Tico Times. Check it out here!
More soon on Tuesday's event and what's ahead for the kids and teachers. If you're just joining us, see donation information at right, or visit the tab above "What is JumpStart?" for background on this project.
Also, the project was featured in today's edition of The Tico Times. Check it out here!
More soon on Tuesday's event and what's ahead for the kids and teachers. If you're just joining us, see donation information at right, or visit the tab above "What is JumpStart?" for background on this project.
1/19/12
They're On Their Way!
(Top: Seymour Smith explains a game of catch to reinforce conversational skills. Bottom: autographs by our JumpStart scholars.)
It was so exciting to see 24 kids begin the first-ever edition of JumpStart Costa Rica this week. Making it all possible were donors from Costa Rica, the United States, Canada, England and China; local in-kind supporters (details to be provided here shortly); and, of course, teachers, parents and community leaders in Los Santos, a beautiful, mountainous, coffee-growing region south of the nation's capital. Starting this past Monday, thanks to all of those people from far and wide, the elementary school in Carrizal de León Cortés filled with the sounds of hopscotch, Cops and Robbers, lessons and conversation, all in English! Volunteer teachers Seymour and Cameron Smith, of Massachusetts, had kids who've never taken an English class conversing and introducing themselves in no time at all. There's no doubt that by the end of a full month of classes, these kids will knock our socks off. Stay tuned for more on their progress. We still have a way to go before we meet our $5,000 fundraising goal, which will allow us to secure the rest of the supplies for the camp and provide academic support to these kids throughout their seventh-grade year. If you'd like to help us, please check out the column at right, and spread the word!
It was so exciting to see 24 kids begin the first-ever edition of JumpStart Costa Rica this week. Making it all possible were donors from Costa Rica, the United States, Canada, England and China; local in-kind supporters (details to be provided here shortly); and, of course, teachers, parents and community leaders in Los Santos, a beautiful, mountainous, coffee-growing region south of the nation's capital. Starting this past Monday, thanks to all of those people from far and wide, the elementary school in Carrizal de León Cortés filled with the sounds of hopscotch, Cops and Robbers, lessons and conversation, all in English! Volunteer teachers Seymour and Cameron Smith, of Massachusetts, had kids who've never taken an English class conversing and introducing themselves in no time at all. There's no doubt that by the end of a full month of classes, these kids will knock our socks off. Stay tuned for more on their progress. We still have a way to go before we meet our $5,000 fundraising goal, which will allow us to secure the rest of the supplies for the camp and provide academic support to these kids throughout their seventh-grade year. If you'd like to help us, please check out the column at right, and spread the word!
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