Build a Bilingual School in Nicaragua

Escuela Adelante knows perseverance. It knows hard work. And it knows the importance of a dream.

We are working around the clock to keep children safely in-person for on-site learning during this devastating Covid-19 global outbreak. Learning to live alongside this infectious disease has been a serious challenge for children worldwide, but we look forward to implementing additional strategies at Escuela Adelante as new research brings new findings to light.

For example, we dream of hiring an all-important school nurse, as well as a distance learning specialist, and building an additional outdoor learning space. We know that these proposed advances would not only help stop the spread of Covid-19, but also benefit the greater student population as a whole. On a positive note, what we see happening now is the merging of technology, the English language and education -- all just what Nicaraguans need most at this time. 

Our stance on Covid-19 as an educational institution is that we must learn to adapt to a changing world and whenever possible keep schools open for in-person learning to support the academic, social, emotional, and behavioral health of students. We must provide food security for especially at-risk families and populations through our school meal program. The show must go on -- safely.

In order to keep up with the demands of our growing student body, and increasingly long wait list to enter, we must continue with the ongoing construction of our campus. Running a bilingual school in Nicaragua is no easy feat. Building one literally from the dirt ground on can be even trickier when we face such an unprecedented global health crisis.

Which is why we need donor support now more than ever to invest in more personnel and infrastructure. This is an ongoing project that requires recurring donors to continue to give until the campus project is complete. Next year we will go to 5th grade which is an amazing accomplishment for students and staff alike. Let us continue to grow and expand by donating towards the construction of the primary school classrooms or towards our other dreams above. We thank everyone who has given in the past. Without your support this project would not be possible!

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To all of our friends and supporters: THANK YOU for seeing us through 2020! We are so happy to be in 2021 with our school, our students, and the future ahead of us. We know that many children could not return to the physical classroom, and we know that it affects them academically, socially, and emotionally. Teachers around the world rock for doing incredible everyday work with their students.

Here in Nicaragua, we are starting our 2021 school year on-site again on January 18th. We follow a typical Nicaraguan calendar school year. We are excited about some new teachers, a new grade, and even two new classrooms. 

Families are continuing to register. Though these are still trying and difficult times in Nicaragua, Escuela Adelante remains a beacon of hope and a way out of poverty. We really believe in the power of education and know first-hand how it can uplift families.

Our TOEFL and College prep course will soon start back up. Our teens still dream of attending top universities and are working to one day become professional doctors, teachers, lawyers, and more. Escuela Adelante not only bridges a gap linguistically and culturally between locals and foreigners, but it is a bridge where the public school system leaves off. We provide ESL for local students who are too old to attend Adelante at this time. They depend on our school to provide an alternative, innovative education.

Our classes uplift everyone who participates, students, teachers, and parents alike. Thanks to your support we now have two new classrooms with furniture to start off the year. Did we mention they each have a Smart TV so that teachers can integrate new learning during the Covid-19 pandemic? We wouldn't want all that technical knowledge to go to waste. Every experience builds off of the last and is a learning tool for us as a school.

So thank you to all of you who also powered through 2020. Way to go, and let's keep learning and growing together. Ensure a better future for the world and donate today to Help Build a Bilingual School!