We visited the Cloud Forest School in Monte Verde this morning. It’s a private school for local and international students which started in 1991. It’s considered a bilingual school with instruction primarily in English. It’s also a creative school. I learned yesterday that in order to attend a Costa Rican public school, the student must be a Costa Rican. We spent a couple of hours at the school this morning touring the campus and discussing their history and mission. We were unable to observe a classroom. We had lunch at Stella’s bakery and café. We learned today that the owner is the son of the original owner (Stella) who is one of the Quakers that came to Costa Rica in 1950. We had an interesting conversation about his mother and father and a small part of the history. We only had 1 hour of Spanish classes today because of our outside activities. We then returned to the Cloud Forest School and participated in a workshop (led by Dr Powell) with the teachers. It was an interesting discussion about different Genre’s.
In the newspaper today was a picture of the devastation that the rain is causing in Guatemala. A huge sinkhole has formed in the middle of a neighborhood that is the equivalent of a 3 story building. Many people and houses have been lost. There was also some discussion tonight on the news about the earthquakes that have been occurring in this country over the last 2 weeks. There was another earthquake last night about 9:30 in Quepas….near Manuel Antonio. Unfortunately, I was already asleep and did not notice! Early to bed and early to rise is the norm in this country!
End of day 19…..
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