50 Year Anniversary

Our nice little local school celebrated its 50^th anniversary. The festivities started on Tuesday and then ended late Saturday night with a concert. The concert was somewhat of an irony. At one of the parent meetings, we were all asked if we could pay S/.0.50 per family (about 20 cents) in order for a psychologist to come and work with the teachers on how to deal with their students better. After an outcry for paying such a high price for “working class parents,” the idea was quickly dropped. Twenty minutes later the parents all voted on having a big named local band come and play on Saturday night for a cover charge of S/.2.00 per person (4 times more money). And who says that education is not valued?

Our girls participated in the volleyball and soccer tournaments as well as some competitions in their core subjects. Nelcy, one of our girls, got the highest score on the math competition –she ended up winning a water pitcher and six cups… We were very proud of her. Our girls also participated in some native dances. It was an enjoyable presentation and a fabulous reminder on how imperative education is in this society.

Here are some of the secondary girls participating in a native dance.

Here are three of our girls participating in a popular peruvian dance, ¨La Marinera.¨

Some people from the local government came out and performed a dance.

Everyone was fighting for shade...