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Last weekend our high school Eagles enjoyed an evening of dinner and dancing hosted by the faculty. The dinner dance was meant as a special tribute to our senior class.
All dressed up
Jessica, our Student Council President, gave a speech on behalf of the senior class thanking the faculty for putting on the event in their honor.
Several high school students teamed up for karaoke. What a fun night!
We are all looking forward to several upcoming dates. Tuesday, May 18 is Flag Day and a school holiday. All Quisqueya students and parents are invited to join us on the Flag Day holiday for a “Paint Party” service project where we will paint newly-built homes for families who lost theirs in the earthquake.
Also, Wednesday, May 26 will be the last day of school and a half day. Report cards will be sent home with students and we will finish the school year with Kindergarten graduation, 6th grade step-up, and 8th grade promotion.
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A medical team from the Blood Tribe, one of the largest Indian tribes of Canada, joined us on campus this week. Their group of doctors, nurses, EMTs, and other medical helpers has been busy at work serving Haitians at several locations.
Two leaders from the Blood Tribe medical team spoke to our students about living as part of a tribe, life on the reservation, and their medical careers. They brought along gifts of school bags and t-shirts for students.
This week several students enjoyed playing Monopoly at break and lunch time.
A freshman student works on her drawing during break time.
Now for a reading update from the English Department:
Recently, 5th and 6th grade students finished reading Bridge to Terabithia. 7th and 8th graders are reading The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, and 9th and 10th graders are reading Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. The junior class will finish The Great Gatsby this week and will begin Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird on Monday. The senior class is wrapping up its study of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
Speaking of the senior class, this year’s graduating students are preparing to leave on their Senior Trip this weekend. They will travel to northern Haiti to visit historical sites such as the Citadelle and Sans Souci Palace, as well as spending a little time at the beach.
All of Quisqueya’s high school students (9th-12th grade) are looking forward to our upcoming spring dinner dance on May 7th.
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Spring has sprung here at Quisqueya. We’re enjoying beautiful blooming flowers on campus.
This week QCS received messages of love and friendship from two sister schools in the United States. The Shelton School in Dallas made friendship bracelets for each Quisqueya student, and a middle school in Rochester, Minnesota sent notes of care and encouragement. Here we see Mr. Kilpatrick, middle and high school history teacher, showing off the friendship bracelets. A big thank you to our sister schools for their thoughts and prayers!
Last week also brought preparations for the Easter holiday. Mrs. Ackerman led a group of elementary actors in a skit about the meaning of Easter. We all enjoyed a four day weekend of rest, relaxation, and worship.
We have also enjoyed interesting chapel presentations lately, including the continuation of our StoryKeepers animated video series and a visit from a Brooklyn native who is in Haiti working with a construction team to rebuild an orphanage nearby.
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We have had quite a fun last few days here at Quisqueya!
On Friday, Mr. Day led an interesting chapel time that featured lots of show-and-tell items from the home of his family member who has lived in Haiti for over 50 years. He brought in very old-fashioned versions of a camera, typewriter, banjo, tennis racket, telephone, and several other props to lead into his discussion of old and new things.
Next, our students enjoyed a special day of celebration – Soccer Day! For the last few weeks, the US Army has been using part of our campus as a command center for their relief work in Port-au-Prince. This week they finished using our soccer field, so the kids were very excited to play soccer again. Our director, Mr. Hersey, decided to celebrate the return of the soccer field with a special lunchtime menu of hamburgers and French fries and then a fun all-school soccer game.
Mr. Day coaches younger elementary students.
Water break! The weather was excellent and sunny for Soccer Day.
Pre-K/K students Gabriel and Carla cheer on the soccer teams with Mrs. Kilpatrick, the junior and high school English teacher.
The game between the junior high and high school students was hotly contested and ended in a shootout. It came down to the final kick by the high school team to decide the winner…
…and Annabelle kicked the winning goal! Victory for the high school team.
With a few minutes remaining, Mr. Day let one final cheer with our youngest Eagles. What a fun Soccer Day!
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Recently, a brave member of Mrs. Jean-Charles’ 2nd-4th grade class asked to share her “earthquake story” with the school during our morning chapel time. She described the events of January 12th as they were experienced by her family, and the other students were very moved by hearing her story. In our first days back to class after the earthquake, all Quisqueya students told their stories via drawings, personal narratives, class discussions, and other creative writing assignments. None were required to share their stories publicly, but all were invited to do so if they chose. Only this brave girl volunteered to share her story in chapel, and after she did, other students have now asked to do the same. We’re proud of you!
In other news, the children of Quisqueya’s Haitian national staff members who are currently staying on campus after losing their homes in the quake are now spending their mornings learning again. The school works with a Haitian pastor to take care of the needs of this group of families, and the Haitian pastor has organized a few teachers to work with the children in the mornings. They are meeting in a shady little corner of campus and are learning basic math, Bible stories, and some French. The school is temporary, but it is a delight for now to hear their little voices singing each morning.
Children of our Haitian staff gathering to sing a song that teaches counting to ten in French.
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This morning in chapel we enjoyed some special guest speakers from the United States military.
Colonel Lowe is a member of the US Army and is a former physics instructor at West Point. Colonel Lowe joined us in chapel this morning to share with our students about his career and what the US military is doing in Haiti to assist in the earthquake relief efforts.
Colonel Lowe conducted a “Q & A” time with the students and answered questions about how long his average deployment is, what countries he has traveled to, why he joined the Army after high school, and what it is like to jump out of an airplane!
Colonel Lowe shared that 8 of the soldiers staying on campus are of Haitian descent and speak Kreyol. Those Haitian soldiers are helping to translate as the military continues to support relief efforts. Colonel Lowe invited the students to ask any more questions they have in the coming days and that they are glad to be in Haiti.
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All dressed up
Jessica, our Student Council President, gave a speech on behalf of the senior class thanking the faculty for putting on the event in their honor.
Several high school students teamed up for karaoke. What a fun night!
