Amigo News

Kids Love Art! Although we have many activities like reading, language, music, dance, and sports, the favorite and most requested by far is art. The variety of art projects that the children do is the major motivation to get them in the door every day. This week the children are creating and painting pottery, [...]

This week the students participated in the Feria Ambiental Dia de la Tortuga. They had a lesson and had activities related to biodiversity and the natural habitats in the region focusing on the protection of the remaining ecosystems and wildlife. Part of the culmination of the lesson was creating drawings and paintings of turtles [...]

This week we celebrated Children's Day with fun games and some cupcakes that a mother gave us. We also received the donation of handmade goals for our ball playing area ! They were made from bamboo by Amigos de la Cruz supporter Bryan Montgomery. In addition, the children made clay figures with the little [...]

The children had a woodworking and carpentry class with volunteers Lisa, Diel, Catherine and Jamie. They are working on making hat/coat racks that they can use or give for gifts. They are really enjoying the jump roping activities with Lilly practicing different routines and "double dutch". Jump Rope experts Heather and Ty came in [...]

Our Art teacher Alejandra was away for a few days this week taking a ceramics workshop to learn some new techniques and skills to share with the children. It was a great opportunity to expand our activities for the kids and enjoy some fun with Allegra who covered for her while out. Lilly is [...]