This past Thursday our group visited the Ministry of Education for a press conference with the Minister of Education and reporters from various news stations. We even made the front page of El Tiempo newspaper and the Ministry of Edu.´s website!Zach's speech (English):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EII0dfP2FtY
La Ministra:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT_cqj18X0k&feature=related
...and the Ministry of Education's web site...we're on the front page! :)
http://www.mineducacion.gov.co/cvn/1665/w3-channel.html
Then Friday we spent the day at a very presigious private K-12 school, Gimnasio La Montaña. We had trainings all day, taught by American ex-pats and Colombian teachers and then another news station showed up and did several interviews--including one with Micah! We`ll post pictures as soon as we can get internet again.
We also got our grade assignments for Santa Ana. Steph: 3-5th grades at public school, Institucion Educativo de Santa Ana. Micah: 9-11th(seniors) at Instituto Ecologia de Barbacoas, which is a charter school.
Note from Steph:
While everyone else was at the Ministry of Education I had to make an emergency trip to the dentist. Turns out it was nothing serious and I´m feeling much better, but I should report that Colombia has excellent health care. The office was immaculate and the doctor even spoke a little English (luckily I had a bilingual escort) :)
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