Amigo News

Spring has arrived and so has the windy season. The sailors, kiteboarders, and windsurfers all look forward to this time of year. The children are taking advantage of the breeze to fly the kites they have been making the last couple of weeks. They chose several different designs including the classic diamond "cometa", delta/triangles, [...]

This week at Kids Club the children are back to focusing on their language and reading exercises practicing vocabulary and reading for information. We also had a very fun "minions" activity in art. Although many have not seen the films, they will have a chance to see some clips and are creating characters from the [...]

We had an amazing evening at the Amigos de la Cruz Kids Club Fundraising Fiesta. Attendees enjoyed the childrens' folkloric dancing, delicious food made by the parents, and the wonderful music from Latcho and Andrea "the Blonde Gypsies". We were treated to a unique "unplugged" set from them which made for a special intimate atmosphere. [...]

This week we have been focusing on ecology and the environment. The children had a neighborhood and beach cleanup day. They had a lot of fun and it instills pride in beautifying their town. Over 20 bags of refuse were collected or recycled over the week. We also enjoyed having guest volunteer Linn come [...]

Greeting to everyone, just a reminder to everyone that our annual Amigos de la Cruz/ Kids Club fundraiser is coming up in only 10 days on Friday, February 21. Latcho and Andrea (Blonde Gypsies) and the children will be performing. We have many great items available including certificates to restaurants [...]

This week at Kids Club we are learning to write letters, an exercise that is not practiced very much these days but is a good exercise. The skills can be applied to writing formal emails. We read several books with volunteer Sharon and practiced reading in English and Spanish. The students continue to practice [...]