Jesus-Mary School

For the first time Jesus-Mary Parish School ended its four preschool classes with a special Eucharistic celebration with complete participation from students, their parents, teachers and administrative staff.

EDUCATION IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC: Fon Ibo, Haiti. Because of COVID-19, the 2019-20 school year resumed in Haiti August 17th and ended October 8th.  The 2020-21 academic year will begin November 9th.

Jesus-Mary School - Gros Morne, Haiti: Maryknoll Lay Missioner Abby Belt brought us a DVD copy of "Taking Root" about Wangari Maathai's life and the Greenbelt Movement in Kenya. So, on June 5, International Day for the Environment, the Lekol Jezi-Mari student body learned about Wangari Maathai and her Greenbelt Movement by watching “Taking Root”, on the screen by the red door.

In 1989 Sr Pierrette, SNJM, Mr. Jean Desnor and Mr. Claude Etienne began the Jesus-Mary school under a Kanip tree (seen on far right) and Pierrette then built a one-room schoolhouse which closed when illness forced her return to Canada.

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