By Danielle Givens | Executive Director
With school now out for the summer, a few reflections on the past academic year:
Final exams for 5th, 8th and 9th graders were over by mid March and the students were extremely successful with a 99% pass rate. Our 5th graders did so well on the exams that when the local community received word, admissions went up by 50 children total for the next school year. Next year both schools will also add grade 10, with our first class graduating in June of 2020. With new admissions for the 2019-2020 school year, the total strength of students is at almost 400.
Through the Global Kid Connect Pen Pal Program, the upper grade students have corresponded with their pen pals in the US through letters and photos. The Power to Pakistan Club at Aspen High School is working on a fundraiser cookbook and one of the students in Aspen has set up a mobile ice cream bike in order to raise money for our student’s scholarships!
In April, we conducted a workshop on ‘Discipline in the Classroom’ for our teachers in order to guide them on how to create a respectful classroom environment. This included how to support students to learn responsibility and self-discipline. A second teacher training will be conducted in August before the classes resume after summer break.
It has been an incredibly successful school year with attendance rates and re-enrollment at its highest. We contribute this to our student’s hard work proving to the community that education is an important step in climbing out of generational poverty. We also contribute our success to our amazing teachers who work tirelessly to support our students.
Help support our 2019-2020 school year! With our increase in students we will need more support than ever! Consider donating directly to our projects through their new Global Giving page at https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/schools-educating-underserved-youth-in-pakistan/
Thank you for your continued support!
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