Our scholarship students often have a difficult transition from their small, rural elementary schools to their large secondary schools in the city.  They have asked us to offer summer classes to help them with their most challenging subjects, English and math.  Each summer, we offer one month of free classes in these two subjects at the Quichinche school.  Scholarship students and others in the community are welcome to participate.  Local teacher Alfredo Flores teaches math, while our intern and summer volunteers teach English.  We also take the students on a few field trips and arrange small service projects for them to participate in.  Usually between 50 and 80 students participate each summer.  The classes help reinforce their skills, catch up on concepts they missed in school, and prepare them to succeed in the upcoming academic year.

"We dedicated ourselves to studying in the vacation and this will serve us well in school.  We will go in with a better idea of what they are going to teach us.  What I liked best was that they taught us with friendliness and lots of effort; when we didn't understand something they explained it to us again."
--Thalia, student from Quichinche

"I liked the vocabulary that they gave us, and I was able to learn more words, and this will truly help me next year."
--Tamia, student from Panecillo

"I liked both classes because they were interesting.  In math, they taught us factoring, and this year my math class will be easier for me and my English class will be easier for me too."
--Carmen, student from Panecillo

"It will help me a lot with my classes in school because I learned what was most necessary.  What I liked most was English class, because I needed to learn lots of English and also I got to know two good teachers."
--Monica, student from Panecillo