A group of nine students from the University of Virginia spent their Spring Break in Cofradia this March.  Building on the social tourism model pioneered by Claremont McKenna over the previous two years, the UVA students spent a full week at San Jeronimo Bilingual School aiding BECA's volunteer teachers in the classroom.  BECA third grade teacher Tim Douglas said, "An extra set of hands in the classroom was indispensable, and I couldn't have been happier with the energy level of the UVA kids." Continue reading.

This year's talented group of volunteer teachers in Honduras have gone above and beyond their typical duties in order to engage the local community.  A tour around the school on a recent afternoon revealed the following activities in session.

In the resource classroom, Chrissy Carpenter and Athena Matilsky lead 8 SJBS cheerleaders through several new steps.  Following the heels of their Christmas Dance extravaganza, they are working on a new dance set to Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music." Continue reading. 

BECA To Begin Student Assessments as part of Curriculum Overhaul

 

During their last meeting, the BECA Board agreed to move forward with a plan for student testing at San Jeronimo Bilingual School in order to benchmark students and better evaluate BECA's educational curriculum over time.  Nick Zosel-Johnson presented the plan to the Board with recommendations that DIBELs student testing be implemented beginning this Spring.  Continue reading.  

Kervin Zamora, member of San Jeronimo Bilingual School's first graduating class in 2007, continues to make an impact at St. Andrew's School where he recently founded The BECA Society. While keeping busy as sophomore class president, Kervin's greatest passion is to "help Honduras, and teach my classmates here in Delaware about my country." To that end, he began The BECA Society "to raise money for BECA - the organization that helped me to start learning English in Honduras. If it hadn't been for BECA, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to even think about going to St. Andrew's."  Nicole Guerrero, a senior from New York remarked, "I joined the BECA Society because I wanted to help those who are trying to get the best education they can despite difficult circumstances.  Kervin's story is inspiring. I want to make sure other kids like him have the same opportunity." Continue reading.

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