By Pueblo a Pueblo | Pathways to Literacy
On a small, rural campus on the outskirts of Santiago Atitlán, Tzanchaj Primary School serves 252 students from preschool to sixth grade. A tight-knit group of teachers, administrators, and parents are enthusiastic about making the school a better place to learn, play, and grow—and they need your help to do it!
With your help, Pueblo a Pueblo will help them build a new school library at Tzanchaj, opening up doors to new ways of teaching and learning. “The library is a dynamic learning space,” says Pathways to Literacy Project Consultant Rebeca Sosof. “It's different from a regular classroom because it gives kids more freedom to learn and play at the same time.” Rebeca wants every student at Tzanchaj to pick up a book during recess, build a robot out of Legos, or play math games on an electronic tablet. Students who have the opportunity to engage with a variety of educational activities master vital skills like reading and writing more quickly and successfully, and the library will provide space for teachers to introduce and reinforce these skills in creative ways.
Your gift to this project will provide books, educational games, and teaching materials to fill the shelves of the brand-new library. With your support, our staff will also train a brand-new librarian to catalogue the donated materials and instruct school faculty in the use of library resources—in all subject areas, even science and math! Your donation will build a space where young people will walk a pathway to literacy—perhaps the greatest gift an educator can offer.
“My teachers and I are willing to work hard to build a better school for our students," says Principal María Magdalena Damián Tziná. "We've done it before, we're doing it now, and we'll do it again." Help us equip Principal Magdalena and her team with the tools they need to build and sustain a school library in Tzanchaj. You can give young students the gift of literacy today!
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