One of our scholarship students, Alvaro*, and his cousin were out riding on his bicycle one day recently (together on the same bike) and upon coming to a steep hill thought, “Wow, going down this should be really fun.” (They were 12, after all.) As it turned out, it wasn’t as much fun as they had imagined and Alvaro ended up with both arms broken, although his cousin jumped off and managed to avoid injury. Graduation from the Bilingue Escuela in San Isidro, San Ramón was in less than a week and he was determined to attend and managed to do so with the help of his long-suffering, patient mother, Evelyn.
As a long-term member of the CAA’s Education Scholarship Program and having attended many students’ graduations, I was quite impressed with Alvaro’s determination to be in attendance that day as well as with his excellent grades. He was still in quite a bit of pain, but he happily told me that day after the outdoor ceremony was completed that, “I would have attended even if I had also broken my leg!”
So, on this beautiful sunny day after the Costa Rican anthem was proudly sung, diplomas distributed with many teachers’ hugs, and proud parents took pictures, I left thinking about all the people who contributed to such graduations by providing tutoring or donations for supplies and uniforms for students like Alvaro who had maintained such a high grade-point average in spite of difficulties like broken arms, and it made me feel happy to have been even a small part of this significant event.
If you would like to contribute to our San Ramón students who need your help to be successful in school, go to www.globalgiving.org/18714
~Marian Latham
* In the interest of child safety, we have changed his name and covered his face.
As a long-term member of the CAA’s Education Scholarship Program and having attended many students’ graduations, I was quite impressed with Alvaro’s determination to be in attendance that day as well as with his excellent grades. He was still in quite a bit of pain, but he happily told me that day after the outdoor ceremony was completed that, “I would have attended even if I had also broken my leg!”
So, on this beautiful sunny day after the Costa Rican anthem was proudly sung, diplomas distributed with many teachers’ hugs, and proud parents took pictures, I left thinking about all the people who contributed to such graduations by providing tutoring or donations for supplies and uniforms for students like Alvaro who had maintained such a high grade-point average in spite of difficulties like broken arms, and it made me feel happy to have been even a small part of this significant event.
If you would like to contribute to our San Ramón students who need your help to be successful in school, go to www.globalgiving.org/18714
~Marian Latham
* In the interest of child safety, we have changed his name and covered his face.
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