The primary school in the small village of Arroyo Seco has especially responsive welcoming and responsive to our English Book & Lessons Program. Of the 452 village residents, there are only 32 children enrolled in the two-classroom primary school. We sat down with the school’s principal, Juan Silva Suárez, to discuss the history of the school, his experience as a teacher and principal, and how the children and community have benefited from the English Program.
January Children's English Book Program Update
Opportunities for creativity
Following our Beyond Borders curriculum, every English lesson that we teach to our primary school students incorporates some type of artistic activity. Because we believe that it is important for children to have opportunities to express themselves creatively and these schools do not have formal art programs, we are proud that our English program gives the students a creative outlet!
The gift of giving
Cinema & Community Program: January Updates
A challenging but rewarding Community Bike Ride with San Mateo!
A successful collaboration with Fundación Fraterna
History and growth of our Sports & Recreation Program
DIY FICTION Exhibition
Children's English Book Program: A School Year in Review
December Hurricane Patricia Update
Cinema and Community Night with Miguel Hidalgo Viejo
Continuing our sea turtle educational series
On December 8, we invited children from the village of Miguel Hidalgo Viejo to the third installment in our sea turtle educational series. For this event, our resident biologist Alejandro Peña discussed how the sea turtle nesting process is impacted by animal and human predators.
Community Bike Ride with the communities of Arroyo Seco and Punta Pérula
Bikes and beaches in Arroyo Seco and Punta Pérula
On December 2nd, we organized another bike excursion with the children of the elementary and middle schools in Arroyo Seco and many of their parents and siblings. The following Saturday, we set out on bicycles once more, this time in Punta Pérula, the northernmost village we serve.
Staff member Ignacio Pelayo gets national recognition for community work
Community Bike Ride with Francisco Villa and Emiliano Zapata
Bright and early community ride!
On Saturday, November 26, children from the two primary schools in the neighboring villages of Francisco Villa and Emiliano Zapata joined us for a 5-km community bike ride. Many children were so enthusiastic that they arrived with their parents and siblings before 8am!
Working to become a UNESCO Sea Turtle Sanctuary
This month, during the peak of the sea turtle nesting and liberation season, our STPCC received a visit from CONANP, Mexico’s National Commission of Protected Natural Areas. Our team, lead by biologist Alejandro Peña, is working with these government officials to attain UNESCO’s highly protective status of Sea Turtle Sanctuary.
Field trip to the Sea Turtle Protection and Conservation Center!
An exciting and educational preschool field trip!
This month, our biologist Alejandro Peña and his team at the STPCC hosted an amazing event: the children of the preschool in the village of Emiliano Zapata visited Careyes to learn about sea turtle conservation and release hatchlings from their protected nests into the ocean.
Current Nesting Rate
A Night with Sea Turtles!
A firsthand account by Devra Traiman, one of our Volunteer English Teachers
This month, I was fortunate enough to witness the natural beauty of one of the world’s oldest surviving species and participate in their conservation. A few hours after nightfall, biologist Alejandro Peña lead my group of volunteers to Playa Teopa, where we drove along the beach in ATVs on the lookout for nesting sea turtles. Without any moonlight or light pollution, we could see solely by the light of the stars and our headlamps.