The kids and school staff are on vacation until January 5th.  Stay tuned for more blog posts once the school year recommences in 2016!!

At the end of each period, the school hands out the report cards to the parents, so that they keep track of their child’s progress in...

This week, we are thrilled to have Judy’s uncle and aunt, Jim and Mary, and their family on the Plateau with us for Christmas!  The...

This week, the kids have testing for their second period of the year (Nov/Dec).  Today, as I was on my way to the school office, I...

Next week, the school will hold second period exams.  Before hunkering down into the stress of exam week, the school staff planned a...

Sometimes, it’s the “little” things that touch the heart the most… Although it may appear ridiculously low according to US standards, the...

This past Friday, the school did not hold regular classes.  Instead, they chose to teach through example and practice by participating in...

This year, school director Almaïs put two new things on the class schedule: a music class and a craft class. Now, the “craft class”...

The 2015-2016 school year is split up into four periods: Sept-Oct; Nov-Dec; Jan-March; April-June.  At the end of each, the students have...

At the end of every period (there are four periods in a year), the school holds a week of exams.  On the Friday before exam week, they...

Happy Dessalines’ Day! Kindergarten 2 salutes you. And Kindergarten 1 shows off their feathers. Everybody got in on the hats and fun!...

Communicating from one context to another, very different context can be quite a challenge.  At times it seems impossible to convey the...

The Kindergarten Taking pictures of the kindergarten classes is always…well, a fun challenge.  For Kindergarten 1, you can pretty much...

Emmanuel Junior Almaïs School Director Almaïs first became involved with Lemuel as a youth in 1998 in Port-au-Prince through soccer...

The bus got new tires!  Just look at that tread… And as a result, Anna began its new job this week as the school bus.  Some of the...

School opened on Tuesday, September 8. At 7:30, the teachers began lining all the students up for the first flag-raising of the year. The...

And last, but not least, the final installment in our “Catching Up” series. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, the school put...