Students participated in a lab week, practicing the knowledge they had gained in the classroom in the mixing of certain elements to observe the result and build on their conceptual knowledge base.
Carolina Torrez just finished her 9th grade year at NCA-Matagalpa; she has chosen to serve as a teacher's assistant as her elective since she entered the school because she feels called to help kids with trouble learning or any sort of disability.
In the last three months sixth graders from NCA Matagalpa have had the opportunity to use the Internet as a tool to reach out to children in a multi grade-level school in the rural community of Buenos Aires, Jinotega.
At the beginning of NCA Matagalpa's second year (2014), we added something counter-cultural to the enrollment contract for parents: a commitment to complete at least five hours of service at NCA during the school year.
All three of our schools celebrated the 158th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto and the 193rd anniversary of Nicaraguan and Central American independence last month.
