Our curriculum is driven by the philosophy that children learn best by doing; hands-on experiences and activities help children internalize foundational skills and strategies for problem solving. Currently, our Second Grade and Third Grade are studying a unit on water. Through their studies they have learned about the challenges that children and families around the […]
After many months of preparation, World Water Relief successfully completed the installation of the PURA water filter system which will provide clean water for nearly 400 students, from kindergarten to eighth grade, who attend the Batey 9 primary school. In order to begin this project, the preliminary preparation required checking for water hardness on-site, communicating […]
Grace O’Hara and Harry Schlossberg set up a booth at the MS 447 carnival on Wednesday, June 2 to raise money for their Expo Water Stewardship Project 2017. The two sixth grade students collected donations to help the Lwabyata Secondary School in Naskangola, Uganda raise money for a well. Their fellow students passed up on […]
Sauzana is a medium-sized primary school in rural Lilongwe in Malawi with more than 500 students and 1,783 community members. Freshwater Project International, in partnership with Procter & Gamble and H2O for Life, implemented a comprehensive Water, Sanitation and Hygiene program at the school. Before: The school had NO water point and students had to […]
On June 2, Sunrise Park Middle IB World School hosted a culminating activity for their H2O for Life service-learning project supporting La Esperanza School in Costa Rica. In the spring, Sunrise and Central Middle School students visited Costa Rica as a part of a program titled “Weekwithout Walls”. It has become an annual trip to […]