A huge thank you to everyone who has been helping us to raise funds for the school. We are still in need of one teacher’s salary – $700 USD a month – so please let us know if you can help in any way. Every sponsorship means so much. www.tashirat.com/donate .
In order to keep Ixaya open, we have two of our staff members volunteering full-time in the primary school grades, and another two volunteering part time to avoid the cost of three additional teacher’s salaries. We still need to pay four hired teachers though and as mentioned above, we are still missing the salary of one, so we continue to work on this and appreciate all your support!
The summer vacation here in Mexico has quickly come to an end, but it seems it was only days ago that we celebrated the last day of school and graduation!
In Mexico graduation from 6th grade (primary school) and then again from 9th grade (middle school) are celebrated as very big events in a child’s life. Here are some of our graduates this year.
The celebration was made special by the children’s artistic performances. One especially interesting performance was directed by a professional parade organizer, Roxana, who was a volunteer at Ixaya this past year. As one of the elective classes offered to the secondary students, Roxana gave instruction in performance arts.
Another highlight was a musical performance performed by the first and second graders as the culmination to this year’s music classes.
It was directed by our music teacher Jimmy, who has been a parent in the school and a volunteer teacher for the past two years.
The students also presented an array of their artwork.
A very special thank you to several friends who have gone the extra mile in their efforts to support our projects. Michelle Silva pulled off an amazing fundraiser, her first time ever, in Vancouver this spring, and all before ever coming for her first visit! One of our past volunteers Genevieve (aka Kao) Lawrie and Tina Jojic have been making and selling their own granola and tons of Ixaya stickers Kao designed, while another past volunteer, Craig Smith, inspired the local soccer academy in his hometown in Scotland to donate the proceeds from a soccer match. This week we just received the news that yet another past volunteer, Iris Maertens, raised funds by organizing an event for the World Cup and will be holding a music event in her native Belgium soon.
Our friend Alicia Gentz Montoya has been holding yoga class fundraisers over the past year in and around Los Angeles, California to help support Tashirat. Her next yoga event, Sweat for Tashirat, will be held September 25th at the Yogaworks studio in West Lake Village. The event will include free aromatherapy consultations courtesy of Robin Barnette of Aromachick, followed by a fun Vinyasa flow yoga class with Chaz Russ, who was recently named Best New Yoga Instructor in LA Family Magazine, and is the founder of Sisters Yoga, an all female yoga studio in Fresno, California. After the class, there will be complimentary Mexican style snacks, courtesy of Chipotle Restaurant.
Please attend if you are in the area or pass this invitation on to your friends that live in or around LA. You can call 805-371-3030 for more information or to rsvp. This entire event is free! All donations contributed will be sent directly to Tashirat to support our Ixaya School.
A very big thank you once again to each one of you for your continued care and support for the Ixaya school; we couldn’t do this without you!
Lots of love,
Tashirat and Ixaya school staff and students
www.ixayaschool.com
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