Schools will remain closed in Haiti for another month, but our team at Louverture Cleary School (LCS) is busy managing our resources and infrastructure to their best advantage to support our community through the pandemic. We are continually evaluating additional ways to provide direct assistance to those in need and finding responsible ways to move forward in spite of COVID-19. Here are just a few of the activities happening at LCS right now.
Reaching Out
LCS Director of Community Outreach Daelle E. prepares uncooked food supplies to share with families living in the neighborhood around LCS. Despite a halt in school operations, including the Koukouy Sen Kle Early Childhood Development Program and the Ekol Ankourajman after-school tutoring program which served dozens of children and young adults in the neighborhood each day, LCS is still supporting our neighbors through food distribution and providing clean, potable water to the neighborhood each day.
Navigating and Managing
The LCS Administration continues to meet to discuss the school's further response to the COVID-19 crisis. Among other things, topics include: a plan for safely reopening LCS should the government reopen schools, second semester grading, support for the Philo (US Grade 12 + 1) class as they continue to prepare for the baccalaureate exam, and how to be in contact with and support LCS students at all levels during this difficult time.
Pictured are members of the LCS Administration (from left): THP Board Member/Chair of Fondation Haitian Project Patrick B., LCS Director of Operations Esther P., LCS Principal Marjorie M., and LCS Director General Ernst V.
Moving Forward
Residential staff are taking advantage of a quieter campus to push ahead with major facilities projects. Maintenance Foreman Odson Jean F. (at right) and LCS Information Technology Manager Jeff B. (LCS '12) have begun wiring the computer lab in the new LCS Science Building. Benoit designed and is now installing the systems that will be used when the lab opens. The solar-powered electrical system for the new building is now fully functional. When classes resume, the computer lab will be hosting computer science classes for 360 students.
A Note from The Haitian Project
We understand that these are challenging times and that many people are confronted with significant hardships.
But this is precisely why we still have to ask and pray that those who can give, will. Our teachers and staff in Haiti rely on our support; and we are going to be there for our 360 students when schools re-open again. Please give today if you can.