Project Description

The school is a public school founded in 1960. It cooperates with the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and it is financially supported by the Public Education Ministry of Costa Rica (MEP).

Aim of the Project

1. Learning for life (technology, individual learning based on each student’s interests, intellectual formation by awakening the students’ interest in reading books).
2. Responsibly realizing personal liberty (developing critical, analytical, creative and innovative thinking, working in teams, independence, open communication, conflict management, providing spaces for self-reflection)
3. The students’ relation with the environment (developing conscience for the ecology, physical and emotional development in nature)

Volunteer Tasks

• Supporting the teachers in class in general.
• Playing games with the children.
• As soon as the volunteers get to know the school well, they can develop workshops for the children.
• Maintenance and cleaning of the place.
• Helping with the preparation of educational materials.
• In addition to English classes, the volunteers can give some classes of their mother tongue.

Volunteer Requirements

• Interest in working and interacting with children.
• Recommended: Basic Spanish level to interact with the students, but not mandatory.
• Proactivity, flexibility to use various methods of teaching.
• Responsibility, punctuality, respectful towards the rules of the school.
• Participation in the school’s cultural activities

Community Context

The school is situated in Vargas Araya, San Pedro, which is a community located in the east of San José, around 30 minutes away from the center, and provides all kinds of urban facilities. San José is the capital city of Costa Rica and its biggest city, which means volunteers will have access to all kinds of services and facilities.

Working Days

From Monday to Friday while the students are in the school: from 7:30 am to 2.00 pm. And any activities the school might request.
For lunchtime: lunch can be packed from home, or the volunteers also have the option to buy it from the school cafeteria. It cost 500 colones (approx.. 1 USD) per day and it can be paid for at the school reception.