"All the genuine, deep delight of life is in showing people the mudpies you have made: and life is at its best when we confidingly recommend our mudpies to each other's sympathetic consideraton"
--J.M.Thorburn
--J.M.Thorburn
It has been over two months since the last posting--due to an overload of projects in general, and total frustration with re-sizing the last post's photos, in particular! To all our friends who've looked to this page for updating, please forgive the lapse--and though I still need to correct the re-sizing problem for those who have not been able to enlarge the pictures and read the history of our school, know that continuing to reliably update these pages is a commitment I'm eager to return to. This posting and the next few may be a bit uneven as I resume the work, but I trust that you will agree that DOING it will (at least for awhile) be more important than HOW PERFECT it's done. (I've been getting the ArtBizCoach's weekly newsletters, and those words of advice from her are what's gotten me motivated!)
So for now, to fill the recent information void, I will post an assortment of photos to introduce: 
(clockwise) Our Main Classroom, Diane with Roselyn, Charlie playing chess with Bill, Ivy, Ryan and Radel prepare lunch with
assistant Ludy, Math help with Ludy for Roselyn, Reynalyn & Rhine
Brothers Jayfer (then, 5) & Allan (13) discovering computers
You can see that Ricagin caught on quickly!
This is John Mark with his cousin Charlie,
and the drawing JM made of a Chinese Junk under repair, in front of the school.
One of Charlie's many talents is drying flowers,
then 'tweaking' his designs when he scans them into the computer.
Isn't Ryan's frog,
an illustration for one of his cards,
wonderful?
In addition to adult Guest Teachers,
This is Bronwyn Wilde,
In this picture, Alzadam and Bernalyn are learning to sign,
Where we are located
This is an aerial of Port Bonbonon, at the very tip of Negros Oriental, Philippine Islands.
The original school was located at the end of the pier, at the bottom of the photo, until moving
to Tambobo, located between and below the words 'Where' and 'we',
on the finger of land pointing to the yachts.
(Our home, Pilar, is anchored midway between the two schools)
What we look like & the things we do:
The original school was located at the end of the pier, at the bottom of the photo, until moving
to Tambobo, located between and below the words 'Where' and 'we',
on the finger of land pointing to the yachts.
(Our home, Pilar, is anchored midway between the two schools)
What we look like & the things we do:
(clockwise) Our Main Classroom, Diane with Roselyn, Charlie playing chess with Bill,
assistant Ludy, Math help with Ludy for Roselyn, Reynalyn & Rhine
Brothers Jayfer (then, 5) & Allan (13) discovering computers
Guest Teachers
from the
yachting community
are a treasured source of expertise.
from the
yachting community
are a treasured source of expertise.
Architect/Sailor/Artist Robin Riley
demonstrating Water Color Techniques.
demonstrating Water Color Techniques.
This is John Mark with his cousin Charlie,
and the drawing JM made of a Chinese Junk under repair, in front of the school.
One of Charlie's many talents is drying flowers,
then 'tweaking' his designs when he scans them into the computer.
Isn't Ryan's frog,an illustration for one of his cards,
wonderful?
During Summer School of 2006,
the students began developing their own small businesses, creating cards, candles, jewelry and gift boxes to market. Artistic, linquistic and mathmatical skills are exercised as they individually design, craft, and maintain accounting records of materials, labor and profits.
For the many who cannot afford a college education, these skills will help them establish small cottage industries, thus reducing financial dependance on badly depleted fishing and farming sources
in their villages.
in their villages.
Our goal has always been to help children
learn HOW to think,
rather than WHAT to think.
learn HOW to think,
rather than WHAT to think.
In addition to adult Guest Teachers,
foreign children from Cruising Yachts often become teachers, too,
when they join us as Guest Students.
when they join us as Guest Students.
This is Bronwyn Wilde,from New Zealand,
reading to Jayfer,
playing recorders
with Jaid and Leonila.
with Jaid and Leonila.
We have Special Needs children, also...
In this picture, Alzadam and Bernalyn are learning to sign,
so they can communicate easily with our two
hearing impaired students.
hearing impaired students.
Donations from Al Wasserman and the Pool/Stuckey family ( as well as special consideration from Dr. Reyes, in Dumaguete), made it possible for Welnar and April Rhine to each obtain a set of hearing aids.
Using ClipArt and PowerPoint Presentations on the computer, tools to help them learn to read and write in English/Visayan, Welnar and Rhine have created their own illustrated Dictionary.
What was intended to be a quick patchwork of pictures has turned into an all-day obsession! I've had a wonderful time (dispite the frustrations of figuring out how to DO this!) and I long to keep on showing even more, it's been so stimulating.
But it's time to give it up...Bill has been back at the boat for hours, so I must go. In future posts, I will include the writings the kids have done, as well, but for now this is it.
Goodnight!
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