THE SCHOOL
A community school built on critical thinking.
Lekòl Antoine Thurel is tuition free and teaches in Kreyòl, the students' mother tongue. Students learn science, mathematics, social studies, Kreyòl, and art through projects and experiments, guided by teachers who plan and teach together. Harvard Graduate School of Education reported their national exam results on par with Haiti's elite private schools.
FROM THE SCHOOLYARD
Learning is happening. Come see.
Below, a year at Lekòl Antoine Thurel: classrooms, the schoolyard, the first day of school, and the projects students run themselves.
Civil unrest cost students many school days during the 2023 to 2024 school year, so they voted to keep the school year going through the summer.
THE LEARNING MODEL
How learning works at Lekòl Antoine Thurel.
LANGUAGE
Learn in Kreyòl.
Start with the mother tongue students already know, so ideas and understanding stay at the center. French, English, and Spanish are taught too.
SUBJECTS
Connect the subjects.
We teach subjects as connected systems, the way the parts of a body work together. Mel King helped shape this idea.
TEACHERS
Learn to teach, teach to learn.
Teachers act as expert guides. They plan lessons together, co-teach, and give each other feedback.
WHAT STUDENTS LEARN
Science · Mathematics · Social studies · Kreyòl · Art
WATCH: THE GARDEN PROJECT, 2024
Project based learning, April to July 2024
Students grew eggplant, kalalou, spinach, and garlic, raised a flock of chickens, and reviewed their own progress every Friday.
ONLINE CLASSES
Classes continue online when it isn’t safe to travel.
WHAT WE OFFER
A service most schools don’t provide.
When political unrest makes it unsafe to travel, classes move online. Most community schools in Haiti, and most private schools, can’t offer this. It is part of why our students’ national exam results hold up through hard years.
HOW IT WORKS
A WhatsApp group for every class.
Parents get each day’s assignments on their phones. Students upload their finished work, or bring it to school when classes resume, because phone service in Haiti is not always reliable.
BEFORE YOU GO
Liked what you saw? Help keep it going.
Your support can help sustain classroom materials, teacher collaboration, Kreyòl curriculum development, and a safe learning community.
Make a tax deductible donation to our fiscal partner today. Thank you for your support.