May 15 Blog Journal a trip to La Clé
Today the group in Cap Haitien travelled to
Thélus Wilson’s school in the countryside.
It is located about a 45 minute drive south east of Cap Haitien. Thélus Wilson’s story is one of inspiration
to all educators. A Vice Principal in
the City he resigned his post, re-mortgaged his home and bought land to build a
school where children cannot afford to pay the school fees or travel to get an
education. There are 112 students from
JK to grade 8 that attend the school.
The money raised from the WRDSB ($600 US from Westvale’s used book sale
and $80 US from the Waterloo Region Administrators) along with money from Laurier University will
help pay for a roof to secure the donated Laurier laptops in his computer
lab. Currently, he has to take all 14 of
the laptops home with him at night because he does not want someone scaling the
walls of the school to climb into the opening in the roof and steal his
supplies. We visited each class, engaged
in developing an understanding of the students needs, played a soccer game (the
students won) and sang songs to say goodbye.
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| Elementary School at La Clé |
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| Kindergarten Students at La Cle |
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| Students say Merci from La Cle to Westvale |
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| Students sing the Haitan national anthemn |
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