2009: PREP and PRIMARY SCHOOL MATRICUA UNDERWAY

Now is the time to come matriculate for the 2009 school year!

We are surprised and delighted by the great interest which the not for profit project ESCUELA FUTURO VERDE Centro Educativo Internacional located on the Southern Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica has created. This proves that there is a strong desire for such a school. Our invitation to you: Participate! Together we can make it happen. Suggestions, active support and donations are welcome, please contact us!

2008: PREP and PRIMARY SCHOOL UNDERWAY

The biggest news is the school starting two years earlier than expected. The school is located halfway between Cóbano and Montezuma and has a full day program. You are invited to visit us virtually at our photo gallery.

We are proud to be one of the first schools in Costa Rica offering Constructive Learning, a progressive learning method build around the child's natural skills.

AFTERNOON PROGRAMS                                   

One of the aims of the Escuela Futuro Verde Foundation is to fill the gap of spare time children have and to offer enrichment. The afternoon program is also open to all the children of other Primary schools in the area. The prices are affordable and the majority of the courses are instructed bilingually in Spanish and English which is excellent practice for all the children, both native and foreign. Languages in general are the focus of Escuela Futuro Verde and for its multicultural students; there are courses offered for native speakers of German, Italian, and English as well as for beginners (mixed levels).

Would you like to offer a course and need a space? Contact us! info@futuro-verde.org

INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Another aspect of the Escuela Futuro Verde, the Interaction with Public Primary schools, was inaugurated in September 2007 with a pilot project in collaboration with the Montezuma Public Primary School. Initiated by Kerri Bowers, Teacher and Project Coordinator of Escuela Futuro Verde, and Cesar Benavides, “Proyecto Montezuma”, an adventurous volunteer abroad program. Volunteers spend time teaching at the public primary school of Montezuma, while participating in leisure activities and tours in and around Montezuma. Currently, it is primarily English language instruction that is offered at the public school, but the goal is to provide support in other subject areas in order to improve the preparation of all students for Secondary school. Looking at this region's Colegio, more than a 30% of students leave during the first two years of Secondary school. This is an alarming number. According to educational experts, this phenomenon is a not a result of poverty, but, in fact, from insufficient primary school preparation.

The Interaction Program is expected to include all primary schools in the Cóbano district on the tip of the Southern Nicoya Peninsula. The programs offered would be cost-free to the public school students.

THE PEOPLE OF ESCUELA FUTURO VERDE

You may want to know who is behind this project - find out at About Us, and read about our Teachers & Instructors which offers a quick look the spirit of the school.

The project coordinators plan on carrying the project to the point to where the foundation is able to pay a professional project manager. Then the project manager will manage the project until a permanent school director and administrator are secured.

THE FOUNDATION

The legal entity for the school shall be administered by a not-for-profit FOUNDATION. In contrast to foundations in the United States, Costa Rican foundations CANNOT CHANGE their purpose. Foundations are the safest entities to ensure the correct and intended destination for donations. The foundation will hold a TRUST and the Trust will be registered once the Foundation is registered.

A CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT

This ambitious project still needs support - if you are interested in making a donation to the project or supporting the group, if you are a teacher yourself or know teachers who would love to live here, or if you have ideas on how to contribute to this project, please contact: info@futuro-verde.org