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Spotlight’s on…First Grade Teacher Rachele!
Rachele grew up in Lemuel’s original program in Port-au-Prince, so we have known her a long time. This is her second year teaching first...

Taylor Conley
May 4, 20172 min read
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What’s Up in First Grade?
The first graders are new to primary school, having just graduated from kindergarten last year. They have a new uniform and a whole new...

Taylor Conley
Apr 24, 20172 min read
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Spring English Camp!
Last week, our friends from Wisconsin came to run the spring English camp. As usual, the kids had a blast…and so did the teachers!!...

Taylor Conley
Mar 29, 20171 min read
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Spotlight’s on…Teacher Therese!
This is Therese’s second year teaching Kindergarten 3 in Lemuel’s school. Here, she tells a little bit about herself… Q: What gives you...

Taylor Conley
Mar 11, 20172 min read
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What’s Up in Kin 3?
The Kindergarten 3 class is known as “The Birds.” They are preparing for graduation at the end of the year, at which point they will...

Taylor Conley
Mar 11, 20172 min read
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Spotlight’s on…Teacher Génièse !
Génièse Pierre has been a teacher at Lemuel’s school since 2014. She started out in the Kindergarten 1 class, but for the past three...

Taylor Conley
Mar 3, 20171 min read
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Kanaval! (Carnival!)
The kids have been on vacation for part of this week, as all schools are closed for Carnival. On Friday–while the primary grades...

Taylor Conley
Mar 2, 20171 min read
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Foto Friday: First Interscholastic Spelling Bee!
In this photo, fourth-grader Edjems thinks carefully as he spells out a word in the spelling bee. This year, the school is able to hold...

Taylor Conley
Feb 17, 20171 min read
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Foto Friday: Inauguration Day
Tuesday, February 7, was inauguration day in Haiti. The new president, Jovenel Moïse, was installed into office. Wanting to engage the...

Taylor Conley
Feb 10, 20171 min read
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What’s Up in Kindergarten 2?
The Kin 2 class is called the “Dragonflies.” This week, they practiced counting from 0-20. Often, one student gets to practice taking...

Taylor Conley
Feb 4, 20171 min read
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What’s Up in Kindergarten 1?
Today we start this year’s “What’s Up…?” series in which we will highlight each grade in the school and what they are learning in a given...

Taylor Conley
Jan 27, 20172 min read
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Chapel
Every Friday, the school holds chapel in the church (since they do not yet have their own auditorium). When there is not a special...

Taylor Conley
Jan 21, 20171 min read
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Christmas Vacation is Over!
Students came back to school on Tuesday (after some unexpected, inclement weather kept them from coming on Monday). We’ll be back with...

Taylor Conley
Jan 13, 20171 min read
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From the school: Merry Christmas!!!
The school closed the first trimester and kicked off Christmas vacation with a party on Sunday. The party included the children from the...

Taylor Conley
Dec 23, 20161 min read
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Are English Camps Making a Difference?
In mid-November, Pine Grove Community Church in Wisconsin came to do the first of the two annual English camps for the 2016-2017 school...

Taylor Conley
Dec 7, 20163 min read
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Spotlight: The Janitorial Staff!
Idalia (Mme. Tiferne) Mme Tiferne is one of Lemuel’s first employees. Over the years, she has filled many a need for tree waterer, cook,...

Taylor Conley
Dec 2, 20161 min read
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The School Food Program
“A hungry stomach has no ears.”~Haitian proverb It would be hard to exaggerate the importance of the school food program. As we...

Taylor Conley
Nov 25, 20162 min read
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Spotlight on: Teacher Marquise and Assistant Nadege
Marquise is the Kindergarten 1 teacher. She was born in Port-au-Prince, and was part of Lemuel’s ministry in its early years, when it...

Taylor Conley
Nov 4, 20162 min read
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Catching up after Matthew
We’ve been a little sparse on the sponsorship blog lately, but we will be back with new posts as soon as we can! Hurricane Matthew kind...

Taylor Conley
Oct 28, 20161 min read
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Spotlight On: Teacher Kenol!
You may remember Kenol as the second grade teacher from last year. This year, Kenol has been hired as the French teacher for ALL the...

Taylor Conley
Oct 12, 20162 min read
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