Holy Cross Anglican School

The advisory board meeting went well this morning. One of the main goals is to get the parents more involved and further the community oriented direction of the school.

Holy Cross School is taking a holistic approach and recognizes that aside from the kids education, the needs of the community are just as important to create a well balanced enviornment.  

The new school library should be done within the next month and much needed counselling center open in January.  A volunteer from the states is taking a 4 month sabbaticle to come and  do training so that there will be an effective councillor available within the community who is able to deal with domestic issues.

A church in Newfoundland has volunteered to raise the funds needed to open a health post so that people can get affordable treatment closer to home and on weekends if need be. This is another big step in helping the community of San Mateo and surrounding area. 

Holy Cross has made available scholarships to all senior students so they were able to go onto high school this year and not have to worry about costs. In exchange for scholarships the students are required to work 1/2 day on weekends - this work consists of computer lab training and learning computer repairs so that the kids are well skilled in this area when they enter the work world.

Pictures from this mornings meeting, Independence Day Parade, Fishing tournament and first computer class.

Fishing tournament

Fishing

Holy Cross student fishing

Holy Cross student fishing

Tired boys

First computer class

Higher learning

Kids getting a chance to become computer savvy

Learning in the computer lab

Holy Cross Anglican School was a buzz to day. Parents, Kids, Members of the Diocese, Staff, Volunteers, all enjoyed the Dedication and Blessing of the new computer lab - and rightfully so, it is not every day that they are having Dedication to give thanks to the generous Donation of 40 new Dell computers and all the help that went into making it happen, from each nail hammered to every meal cooked to feed the hungry workers.  

I can tell you the feeling to go along with the pictures of people walking through the computer room was one of awe. From the Mayoress Elsa Paz saying how wonderful it was to a Belizean woman happy that there are going to be adult classes available at night and we both talked about how much this will mean to the kids all throughout their life to be computer smart for anything they choose to do in the future. The teachers will also have a huge benefit to their studies and since there are 40 computers, it will being many together with the energy of higher learning at one time.