Learning to Care for What We Share
Sometimes learning at Matènwa looks like this: preschoolers happily giving their LEGOs a bath.
MCLC’s Louiseda Sumé Named One of Haiti’s Top 10 Teachers!
I have some wonderful news to share: Louiseda Sumé, one of MCLC’s beloved teachers, was selected as one of 10 […]…
Summer Camp LIVE!
Did you miss our live look at the last day of Matènwa’s summer camp? You can watch here!…
A Whole New Life
A Matènwa parent, student, and teacher join Friends of Matènwa supporters to celebrate the school and Chris Low’s 65th birthday!…
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April 2016 Update
Dear friends of Matènwa, MCLC is continually seeking new ways to improve its programs and make learning more fun and collaborative. In this spirit, we are using paired reading to help increase fluency among students and promote peer collaboration. Students of…
March 2016 Update
Dear friends of Matènwa, Students are always excited to work in the garden and go to the library. Here are the third graders (pictured left) creating a new vegetable garden. Together with the garden technician, they discuss the shape and dimensions of the garden….
Update from Meg – March 2016
Maureen Plaisimond, MCLC’s newest long-term volunteer, arrived in February and has quickly taken charge of our computer lab and elementary computer classes. As well as being open for regular classes, the lab is now open during recess every day for elementary students…
Update from Meg
Last week we had three days off school for Kanaval (Carnaval). During the break, Cenel Louis, Chris Low, and I attended a workshop for English teachers in Ansagalè. Cenel is the English teacher for LKM’s secondary school, and I often work alongside him in the…
Update from Meg
This week, tenth-graders in Matènwa have started to learn a new subject! In our secondary-school teacher meeting last Saturday, we discussed a scheduling problem that had led to our tenth-grade class having a two-hour block on Fridays with no teacher. Some of the…
Profile from Meg – Roberne
I’m continuing to profile an LKM staff member, so you can get to know us better. This week’s staff member is Roberne Magloire, a member of LKM’s Direction Committee. Roberne was born in Matènwa and has lived here his whole life. He finished eleventh grade (in the…
February 2016 Update
February 2016 Dear friend of Matènwa, We are always pleased to update you on some of our program activities. Our weekly school assembly continues to be a big hit among students and staff. The performances are great and often carry important messages that students want…
A Visitor’s Reflection
This email just in from Chandi, a professor at University of Puerto Rico returning from Haiti. She teaches about creole languages and speaks Haitian Creole. She brought 3 students and a colleague from PaP with her to visit Matènwa last week as part of their visit in…
Update from Meg January 15, 2016
This has been a busy week in Matènwa. On Monday, LKM hosted a group of four visitors from the University of Puerto Rico: a linguistics professor who specializes in creoles, a Haitian graduate student in linguistics, and two undergraduates who are also studying…
Update from Meg – January, 2016
This afternoon, in our weekly teacher-training meeting, I showed some of the primary teachers how to play some of the games we have on our game shelf. A few of the games have instructions only in English, so many of the teachers didn’t know yet how to play them. We…
January 2016 Update
Dear friends of Matènwa, Happy 2016! May this new year bring you success, health, and prosperity. Because of your support, we had a great 2015. Our students and teachers had all the didactic materials they needed to work. Students had a nutritious breakfast every…
Update from Meg – Library News
This week in Matènwa, we have some news from the school library. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been working on many improvements, both small and large. A translation of the Dewey Decimal System into Kreyòl, for easy access. We are making great progress on…