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

Taylor Conley
Dec 31, 20151 min read
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Report Card Time!
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...

Taylor Conley
Dec 29, 20151 min read
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Teacher Training
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...

Taylor Conley
Dec 24, 20151 min read
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Exam Days…
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...

Taylor Conley
Dec 16, 20151 min read
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A Day to Play
Next week, the school will hold second period exams. Before hunkering down into the stress of exam week, the school staff planned a...

Taylor Conley
Dec 11, 20151 min read
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The Little Things…
Sometimes, it’s the “little” things that touch the heart the most… Although it may appear ridiculously low according to US standards, the...

Taylor Conley
Dec 10, 20152 min read
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The Applied Classroom: Community Clean-up
This past Friday, the school did not hold regular classes. Instead, they chose to teach through example and practice by participating in...

Taylor Conley
Dec 2, 20151 min read
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Music Notes and Tissue Paper Flowers
This year, school director Almaïs put two new things on the class schedule: a music class and a craft class. Now, the “craft class”...

Taylor Conley
Nov 12, 20151 min read
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First period exams…
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...

Taylor Conley
Nov 5, 20151 min read
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Color Day!
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...

Taylor Conley
Oct 23, 20151 min read
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It’s Dessalines’ Day!
Happy Dessalines’ Day! Kindergarten 2 salutes you. And Kindergarten 1 shows off their feathers. Everybody got in on the hats and fun!...

Taylor Conley
Oct 16, 20151 min read
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No Food, No School: The Importance of the School Food Program
Communicating from one context to another, very different context can be quite a challenge. At times it seems impossible to convey the...

Taylor Conley
Oct 10, 20153 min read
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2015-2016 Class Photos and Teacher Intros!
The Kindergarten Taking pictures of the kindergarten classes is always…well, a fun challenge. For Kindergarten 1, you can pretty much...

Taylor Conley
Sep 26, 20152 min read
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Introducing: The 2015-2016 School Administrative Staff
Emmanuel Junior Almaïs School Director Almaïs first became involved with Lemuel as a youth in 1998 in Port-au-Prince through soccer...

Taylor Conley
Sep 18, 20153 min read
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The Wheels on the Bus…
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...

Taylor Conley
Sep 18, 20151 min read
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First day of school!
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...

Taylor Conley
Sep 11, 20152 min read
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Catching Up 3: School Recreational Day!
And last, but not least, the final installment in our “Catching Up” series. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, the school put...

Taylor Conley
Mar 18, 20152 min read
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