We are thrilled to announce that the Amazon Teacher Wishlist for Escuela Amistad and Escuela Tecnica has been 100% cleared! Every single item that teachers personally requested has been purchased!

We are deeply moved by the kindness of our community and those living afar. We want to give a special shout-out to Pete’s Fire Department, who stepped in to fully complete the list!

What you may not know is that in San Felipe—and throughout much of Mexico— teachers often face significant delays in receiving their paychecks, sometimes going six months without a paycheck. Despite this, they continue to show up day after day for their students, even using their own limited resources to teach

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Thanks to the incredible generosity and support of those near and far, teachers now have the tools they need to start the year with confidence. The art teacher has a full set of supplies, the PE teacher has equipment for structured games, the school has safety whistles, and the classroom teachers and staff have consumable essentials that they usually pay for out of their own pockets.

Each of these incredible donations do more than just fill the classroom shelves—they lift a heavy burden. Thank you for showing up for teachers in San Felipe.

 Jim Carson here - "Guru of Garbage" - I am going north from the 17th until the 30th or so and wanted to let you know a few things.

• Jorge is off on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so a little help on closing the tops would be helpful to keep the garbage in the dumpsters on those days. Things have really improved since the meeting and the camp is looking much better. Thanks for the help.
• I am finding out that the burn pile is getting used daily - that is great news, since it is leaving the dumpsters for garbage. What we are getting in the pile is real green, so even with a dose of gasoline, it burns for a bit then goes out. Cardboard helps when we burn, so if you have it you are welcome to put it in the burn pile. But, as usual, no garbage or unburnables like bottles or cans, etc. If you are doing a project and have wood scraps left over, you can put all of that in the burn pile as well.
• We have been burning almost daily since the meeting and when there is dry stuff or cardboard mixed in it burns quite well. 

See you all next year!

Jim Carson

jcarson0713@gmail.com

760 212-7366