Flag Day in Matènwa Tells a Different Truth
So much of what the world hears about Haiti is only crisis. But on Flag Day Matènwa students celebrated how Haiti’s ancestry instills courage, dignity, pride, and joy.
Flag Day in Matènwa Tells a Different Truth
So much of what the world hears about Haiti is only crisis. But on Flag Day Matènwa students celebrated how Haiti’s ancestry instills courage, dignity, pride, and joy.
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Matènwa Celebrates May Day
This May Day, Matènwa students celebrated the dignity of work and the critical role that agriculture and the environment play in our lives.
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What Belonging Looks Like in Matènwa
During my time in Matènwa, what stayed with me most is the way no one is treated as an other.
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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…
December 2015 Update
Dear friends of Matènwa, On behalf of the entire MCLC community, we would like to wish you a happy holiday season and thank you once more for the great activities, that you make possible in Matènwa. This past spring, with support from The M.A.D. Girls, MCLC was able…
Update from Meg – November 13, 2015
Soon after I arrived in Matènwa in July, I had an interesting conversation with a teacher who was very surprised by how fast I could type. He asked if I could teach him how to type quickly like that. I soon learned that no one on the school staff had ever had the…
November, 2015 Update
Dear friends of Matènwa, We are pleased to present you with the latest update on our program activities. As we work to spread MCLC’s educational model to our partner schools, we want to keep sight of and improve within our school all the core elements that have…
Update from Meg – Testing Time at LKM
Egzamen/Tests This week, students at LKM, like their peers at schools all over Haiti, are taking tests. This is the “premyè kontwòl,” or first of four exam periods of the school year, as mandated by the Haitian Ministry of Education. However, the exams take place a…
