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Senior Charlotte Leech talks with Bishop Zak Epusi from the diocese of Katakwa in the western province of Kenya. While visiting the United States, the bishop came to talk to Catoosa Performance Learning Center students about the schools in Kenya and how they can help in a partnership. Contributed photo
Students at the Catoosa Performance Learning Center are finding themselves closer to two foreign countries as a result of a new service learning project kicked off this week.
As faculty and two senior classmates lead the way, CPLC students will work together over the course of the next few months to help raise money and awareness for school systems in Kenya and Nicaragua.
“We’ll help raise money to put on a teacher’s conference in Nicaragua and provide funding for a solar panel for a school in Kenya,” explained principal Dr. Lamar Brown. “Those are the two main goals of the project.”
According to Brown, teachers in Leon, Nicaragua battle a deficit in regards to professional development. The conference in January that will result from students and teachers at CPLC working together will host 500 teachers in Leon who will all be provided with goody bags and hopefully plenty of encouragement.
Senior Kyle Bruce is helping to lead the Nicaragua part of the project and said he hopes the community will respond in a big way.
“I’m most excited about being able to go to this conference in January and talk about this project with others,” Kyle said.
• Reusable shopping bags
• White board markers
• Small bar soaps
• Small shampoos and conditioners
For a complete list of items, call the school office at 861-2772.
An avid drummer, Kyle said he will use his talent to share the cause with an audience at a missions conference Nov. 19 at Ringgold United Methodist Church. Kyle will play a Latin beat he learned for the event and use that as a way to lead into what he and fellow students are doing at CPLC.
“I want to give electricity to the students in Kenya so they don’t have to sit in the dark anymore,” said senior Charlotte Leech of her leadership role in the Kenya part of the project. “We’re having competitions at school to raise money and we’re asking our parents and local companies to help too.”
As the fundraisers and awareness events take place, school subjects will also focus areas on Kenya and Nicaragua at CPLC. In language arts, students will write on both countries, art and welding will allow time for students to make door prizes for teachers in Nicaragua, and science will discuss the ecological condition of the two nations.
“We just hope that the students become aware of the plights in these countries,” Dr. Brown said. “You read about it, hear about it on the news, and we want them to realize they are real people and that being human is about being in service to others.”
Donations to help with the project can be dropped off at the Catoosa Performance Learning Center at 2 Barnhardt Circle in Fort Oglethorpe. For more information about the Kenya and Nicaragua projects, call the school office at 861-2772.
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