Send 100 Students to High School in Belize

Your donation bought cement blocks for Classroom Expansion

Ocean Academy's student body is growing and we only have one place to go....up!  Volunteer student groups from Boston, Iowa,Vermont (USA) and Alberta (Canada) spent Spring Break working alongside Belizeans to lay 1000 cement blocks for much-needed upstairs classrooms.  Each cash donation, and volunteer group, advances us towards this goal of more classrooms, desks and space for our growing student body.  Thank you!

Your donation created opportunities in Marine Biology

Six more island youth are now certified Advanced Scuba divers through Ocean Academy's Aquatic Tourism P.E. class.  We are thankful to Belize Diving Services for volunteering their instructors and resources in order to certify students.   Six senior students are enrolled in night classes to become Reef Technicians.  Ocean Academy youth are training alongside tour guides, Fisheries staff, and fishermen to identify marine life and conduct scientific surveys. Course participants can specialize in invertebrates, juvenile fish, coral health, acroporids, herbivores, commercial fish, marine mammals.  After certification, community technicians will be hired to conduct surveys on the local reef alongside marine biologists

Ocean Academy students are giving back to their community:

• Students volunteer to conduct Red Cross disaster-preparedness surveys
• Interact Volunteer Club members read and tutor to primary-school children afterschool
• Social Studies class celebrates International Women's Month with a poster fair
• Farewell and Appeciation Assembly for school co-founder and donor, Mr. Dane Dingerson

See more photos and stories at ...

School Blog: www.cayecaulkerschool.com/projects-news-and-photos-updated-daily

School Facebook page: Caye Caulker Ocean Academy

Links:

• Tour Ocean Academy's classrooms with singer Danny Michel
• Ocean Academy students say thank you to donors
• Interview with co-founder Joni Valencia: The Vancouver Province