Kindergarten & High School Graduation 2015
The COAR family is proud to announce the graduation of three of our long time residents: Juan Carlos, Ingrid and Yesenia. All three of these young adults are talented, caring, hardworking and dependable. It is always sad to say goodbye to kids at graduation but we all know that everyone needs to leave the nest […]
Two great new workshops: Dress Making & Handicrafts
Anyone with teenagers knows that kids are not always “motivated” by the intrinsic joy of traditional academics. Now, COAR offers several wonderful semester long workshops designed to supplement the traditional academic disciplines. These workshops play a much larger role than you might, at first, suspect. Pictured above, three graduates from the dress making workshop […]
Arts and Crafts Workshop – just one of many programs featured during the Independence Day Celebrations
As part of the annual Independence Day festivities, COAR’s school took the opportunity to shine a spotlight on its highly successful new workshops. Pictured above, long time COAR resident Ignacio, shows off some of his creations from the Arts and Crafts workshop. The day was extra special because following a series of patriotic and civic […]
Salvadoran Independence Day at COAR – Sept. 15th: Celebration & Education
How about taking a quick pop quiz: Do you know your world history? July 4th, 1776: Declaration of US Independence signed, officially declaring the independence of the US colonies. July 14th, 1789: French National Day (Bastille Day) commemorating the steps leading to the French Republic. September 15th, 1821: Latin American Independence gained after an 11 […]
Sustainable Agriculture at COAR: New Spin on Vocational Education
For most Americans, if you ask them where their morning grapefruit comes from, they will say “the grocery store”. For so many of us, the chasm between the food that we consume and the knowledge about the “art and science of farming” is enormous. US culture abandoned the family farms a century ago. But, for […]
Feel The Beat: Music Is Alive at COAR
Whether you like to sit and strum a guitar with your friends, or praise God through music during Mass or march in the marching band; or play the latest pop, salsa or regaetton hit to your screaming teen fans, there is a place for you at COAR. The students at COAR’s school, 900 or more […]
Sports and Recreation at COAR
COAR, like most schools today, realizes the importance of promoting healthy physical exercise, as well as, traditional academia. What have great minds said about exercise? President JFK said “Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity”. President Thomas […]
COAR High School Medical Track Students To the Rescue!
In March 2015, a wonderful group of students from the College of Wooster visited COAR and taught English in the high school. It was a great visit. The College of Wooster students taught English in pairs with 4-6 COAR students at a time. That is a student-teacher language ratio of potentially 1:2. Wow! All of […]
COAR & the Town of Zaragoza together lead the Stations of the Cross
Each year, COAR’s school works with the local Parish (Our Lady of the Pillar) to lead the Stations of the Cross (Via Crucis). It is truly a community event drawing upon students, COAR residents, parents, parishoners and even our wonderful nuns who come from Spain and Peru originally. In the US, our culture […]
COAR’s School Continues to Reach New Heights: Health Care and Tourism & Hotel Management programs
COAR Peace Mission wishes to praise the incredible leadership at COAR’s School. Not only was COAR’s school recognized by the United Nations as a model school in a developing country, but our director, Jorge, continues to find new ways to prepare the kids for the REAL WORLD giving them practical skills and preparing them for […]