Ministry blog, "Real Change" : The End of Another Year! - Eirene Ministries Bi-Monthly Report May/June 2010 Education Center

·          In May, we celebrated Mother’s Day with a special program for the mothers in the education center. The students shared a skit, songs, poems and other written pieces with their parents. This was followed by some interactive games done by the teachers and a time of eating together.
·          In June, the students made some special items to give to their fathers for Father’s Day. One of these items was a written favorite memory of their father and the other was a bookmark with their picture on it.
·          The tenth and eleventh (and final) teacher training courses were presented. The last two topics covered were “Quality of Life,” shared by one of the teachers, Horte, and the other topic was, “Motivational Development,” shared by Kati, our first grade teacher.
·          We were blessed by a visit from students and teachers from Heritage Christian School located in Indianapolis, Indiana. They shared time with the students, presented them with new toys for their outdoor play, built a new play gym and built a shed to hold all of the outdoor toys.
·          Kennedy School came again this year to visit and presented the Education center with a gift of $4,200 MN to help buy textbooks and other necessary material for the coming year. They were able to spend some time with the children as well and the history and purpose of the Education center were shared with them.
·          We now have the first set of textbooks for working with the INEA system and we will begin working with two of our students next year. One of the students will be starting the second level (equivalent to fifth grade) and the other will be beginning the third level (sixth grade). Upon completion of the third level, this student will be able to take his exam and receive his diploma.
·          July 8 th was the last day of classes for the students. They and their parents were presented with their final grades and diplomas were presented to the children that graduated from kindergarten into first grade. July 8 th was also the farewell for the children and various games were planned for them and they were able to watch a couple of movies projected for them.
·          The Education center will open again on August 23rd and classes will begin for students on the August 30th.
·          The final number of students we had in the Education center this year was 47.   Submitted by:       GUSTAVO MÉNDEZ RUBIO