Many of you know that we’ve been under construction for what feels like forever. And we are so excited to have our building finished and looking beautiful. All that’s missing are the students.

You may also know that our street has always been dirt. We are the last dirt street between 24 and 25 Avenues, until you start going down into the barrio behind us. The dust has always been a bother… keeping things clean has been a hastle and when the wind whips up, you have to watch out or you’ll get a mouth full of fine road dirt.

On June 16th, www.globalgiving.com matched 50% of every donation that was made that day. It was incredibly successful! The Academy raised a total of $23,000 to help fund the construction of the first community library in the region, which will be located on the newly constructed third floor of the school. Most Guatemalans are restricted

As you may or may not know, we have built a third story on to the Academy, and in January, all the rooms will be occupied by the students. This third story includes a couple rooms for our technical education program, a large room for traditional tech programs (think electricity, carpentry… those kind of programs)