AlliancExchange - Scholars Update

March 2011 Scholars Update

We have the first trimester grades (notas) for 26 of the existing 34 Rainforest Scholars in our program this school year. Here are some facts:

- all scholars are performing above the 50 percentile

- the older scholars are scoring higher than the younger; perhaps indicating the younger students have not yet adjusted to the more rigorous performance required in secondary school

- 11 of the 26 scholars are young women

- 4 are over 18 years old; 2 young men, 2 young women

- the 2 adult women have children, the 2 adult men are unmarried

- Rio Blanco's young are attending 7 different secondary schools.

Instituto Tecnologico de Tena - 12

Colegio Fiscomisional “San Jose” de Tena - 3

Unidad Educative Ciudad de Tena - 3

Unidad Educative F.M: Exp a Distancia “Padre Martin Fernandes” - 3. This is a intense weekend program being attended by two young mothers and a teenage girl.

Unidad Educativa Simon Bolivar de Tena - 1

2 are attending school in Archidona, the Colegio Fisca Diumo and the Unidad Educativa Intercultural Bilingue “San Pablo”

2 brothers are attending Colegio Tecnico P. Ottorino Todescato in Ahuano, an hour's commute closer to Rio Blanco than Tena.

In the last 3 years, 6 young people in the program have graduated from high school; 2 in 2008, 2 in 2009 and 2 in 2010. We are following up now to see how these graduates are contributing to their communities.

For more information about the 4 boys from the Bilingual Intercultural School in Pano, click here

Carol Madsen
President
Alliance for Cultural & Economic Exchange, Inc.