Classroom pictures

A request came from one of the teachers at our school for pictures of classrooms in the DR.  So, here they are.  The first set is from the Sanchez school, a private school in Bani:

Class size here is about 25 students

These next ones are from the public school.  This school is about a 20 minute drive away from the center of town where the Maria Trinidad Sanchez school is:

Meeting with teachers.  A beginning teacher makes abut $180.00 a month.  Less than a factory worker here.

Classroom for 40, 50, 60, and sometimes 70 students

The supplies on the right hand side of the picture were all that we saw in this room.

The schedule.  Notice the school day ends at 12:00.

play area for the students

kindergarten play area that was recently fixed up

phonics sounds on the stepping stones in the kindergarten yard