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On September 15th, Guatemala celebrated its 196th anniversary of independence—and our school joined in! With two parades, a special assembly and a school-wide breakfast (and a day to recuperate afterwards), our students performed their civic duties with aplomb. During the first parade, our youngest students were asked to dress in traje típico (“TRA-hey TEEP-ee-co”), traditionalRead more

When we started Colegio Cristiano Avivando El Fuego (Fanning the Flame Christian School) we only had a few small classes. Every year we have added another grade and now there are over 200 students from Junior Kindergarten all the way until Grade 9. Our vision in the school is about being committed to raising upRead more

Here in Guatemala the school year runs from the beginning of January to the middle of October, so this past Wednesday (October 15th) marked the end of the 2014 school year. The school celebrated with their yearly Clausura, a giant extravaganza of a year-end ceremony. It was a time of honouring the students for theirRead more

Campamento is one of the big highlights of the school year for the kids and its packed full of what you would expect from camp – ridiculous games and relays involving copious amounts of water and soap, energetic team cheers, late night tomfoolery with your best friends when you are supposed to be sleeping andRead more