Reaching Out to Central America

A group of Baylor students under the leadership of the School of Education is reaching out to a small elementary school in San Jose, Costa Rica. Santa Elena School is so small that it's 100 students cannot be there to learn at the same time! So, the school has to stagger the times for the students to attend. The teachers also have to teach two grades. The state is hesitant to help them because this small school reaches out to an immigrant population of Nicaraguan families who have escaped to build better lives in Costa Rica. Last year the Baylor group went down and painted the school, poured over $900 worth of concrete, taught math and English and worked to clean up the school yard.

In order for the students to get to the school, most have to walk. And, due to the weather conditions, most students are unable to walk to school on rainy days. Donated panchos from the H3Oh group allow these students the ability to actually get to school on those rainy days – which are quite frequent in Costa Rica.



After celebrating the special presentation by Dr. Wood, the H3Oh's continued to celebrate at the Dancing Bear Pub and George's in honor of Karmen's birthday and St. Patty's Day.