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2010
Volunteer Petén is pleased to announce that it has opened a new
School of Natural Resource Management for the community of San
Andres, designed for high school level students.
Classes began in 2009, and our 2010 program is currently underway.
Classes started at the end of January, and first semester classes
will run until mid June. Second semester classes will run from the
end of June through mid October. We welcome Sergio Chico Llorente
from Madrid Spain, who will be helping us with our program. Sergio
will be in charge of teaching Biology and Chemistry to first year
students, and Ecology, Flora and Fauna, and Water and Soils to
second year students. The director, Matthew, will be in charge of
teaching History, Language, and Math to first year students, and
Statistics, Sociology, and Geography to second year students. Local
teachers will be contracted to help teach computers and agriculture
as well.
We have also incorporated extra-curricular activities associated
with the program, which include English (taught be international
volunteers), art (taught by Inoky Cameros), and music (taught by
volunteers and local teachers).
Classes run from 7am - 12noon Monday through Friday, with field work
in the afternoon from 2pm-4pm. Extra-curricular activities run from
4pm-6pm Monday through Friday.
We are planning four field trips this semester for the students, 1)
Tikal, 2) Waterfalls, 3) Cerro Cahui, and the big one in June 4)
Mirador.
This is a 3 year project, and our final goal will be to have
established a formal school that provides local students a proper
and quality education. By 2011, we hope to have most of our
students ready for university level education, and the top few ready
to take on the responsibility of running the Natural Resource
School.
Please help us to make this school a success! Donate today to
sponsor one of the students below. Sponsorship for 1 full year is
$350USD which covers tuition and books. We are also looking for
donations to help us cover costs for field trips, informative talks,
and other resources for our school (i.e. microscopes, maps, tools,
etc.).
We also need help with our music program, so any type of musical
donation would be very appreciated. Also, if you are in a band or
group, visiting our students would make a great field trip!
3 computers for our computer lab in the community library which will
be used in conjunction with our school were donated funds raised
though Paul Thorne (http://paulthorne.synthasite.com/
) WE NEED A FEW MORE COMPUTERS! Our goal for the school is to have
10 computers.
We desperately need Spanish Speaking Teachers to help me with this
project in 2010. If you are fluent and want to teach a semester (5
months) please contact me. We are currently soliciting funds to
provide airfare and accommodations for 5 months for teachers.
From February through June, we will be focusing on 4 main projects
with the school: 1) Building with reused plastic bottles, 2) A
sociological profile of San Andres, 3) Agriculture and 4) solving
the town's horrible trash problem.
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