LAS ROSAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAS ROSAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EDELAC’s main goal is to prevent children from living in the streets and give them the tools they need to improve their lives. With this in mind, EDELAC created Las Rosas Elementary School as a program that provides pre-elementary and elementary education to children between the ages of 5 and 15 from K’iche, Mam, and Q’anjobal ethnicities.

At las Rosas Elementary School, children are formed with a clear transcendent life project that favors them in the development of their personal and professional achievements along with EDELAC’s social values.

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Centro de Formación Integral Las Rosas - Proyecto de Ciencia

SERVING THE MOST VULNERABLE

Las Rosas Elementary School serves vulnerable children that are socially excluded, have been living in the streets, or have a non-friendly environment with their families.

REINTRODUCING TO SOCIETY

Las Rosas Elementary School provides an education that gives a lot of emphasis to human rights, cultural and environmental values through a participative methodology between teachers, students, parents, and community.

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It is important to mention that all the teachers in our school have the following characteristics:

  • College degree with a major in education
  • 5 years minimum experience

Las Rosas Elementary School has the following facilities:

  • 1 computer lab
  • 7 classrooms
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 music classroom
  • 1 workshop
  • 1 psychological clinic and social work room
  • 1 cooking classroom
  • 1 sports court
  • 1 cafeteria

Las Rosas Elementary School teaches three main values to foment the criticism, the self-criticism, and thinking:

  • Respect. To human rights, the environment in which we live, the millennial wisdom (Mayan philosophy), and religion diversity
  • Justice. With the example of teachers and directives so the students can experience justice with their own eyes and take it for their own behavior
  • Honesty. This is a virtue that must be cultivated with patience so the students make of it a fundamental part of their existence

HOVDE HOUSE

The Hovde House is a crisis attention center for children and teenagers that live in extreme poverty or have previously been homeless.

QUETZALTREKKERS

Quetzaltrekkers program is one of a kind business that gives 100% of their income to the children of EDELAC while providing to adventurous hikers a one of a kind experience.

SOCIAL WORK

EDELAC’s Social Work program intervenes in the child’s education and social formation by providing counsel and defending their human rights against injustices.