Amigo News

There is a lot of action at the Kids Club! We had special guest Thea who came to teach the children about composting and brought a bunch of red worms to help us start our worm composting project. They worked with Jamie who does carpentry with them to create composting trays where the worms [...]

We had a wonderful week of special activities at kids club to entertain the children before the winter holidays. They enjoyed theater plays, face painting, and art projects. The children did not have classes at the primary so it was an opportunity for both morning and afternoon groups to have fun together with several [...]

This week at the Kids Club we participated in the Revolution Day parade here in La Cruz and enjoyed the festivities in the plaza afterward.. We have also been crafting shadow puppets. The children also created and performed plays with their puppets. [...]

The children were excited to return to the pool for swimming classes and practice this week at the Kids Club. We are also beginning to make some crafts that will be for sale at our fundraiser in february. We began making handcrafted soaps, mixing the ingredients, melting, and using molds to create some fun [...]

The children are practicing Ukuleles, the advanced students are learning more chords for the piece they will be performing at the winter presentation in December. We welcomed a special guest Esau Galvan this week. He is a local  professional guitarist who came to play for the children and was the subject for the children's' [...]

Our Day of the Dead Altar this year is probably the most elaborate we have created at the Kids Club. All of the children and parents have participated in the process and contributed items to commemorate their lost loved ones. This year we featured The Mexican artist Frida Khalo. The children learned about her [...]