The Program

In the summer of 2007 we started a small, free, English language school in the rural community of Merida, located on the south-western side of the Island beneath the majestic Volcan Maderas. It is a preschool and afterschool program which the kids attend on their own initiative in addition to their five-hour days at the public school. This makes them a curious and motivated crowd!

The school also provides healthy oatmeal and granola porridge for all of the kids after each of the day classes. Methods of teaching include bilingual card games, movies, text and grammar book activities, singing, dancing, sailing, kayaking and fieldtrips!

There are 40 to 50 students between 5 and 18 years of age. The older students are at a basic conversational level of English at this point. The school is highly influenced by the many nationalities of the guests and the many foreign student groups that frequently stay at Hacienda Merida.

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