Nineteen CA Upper school students as well as faculty and staff, recentely returned from five days in Haiti working in conjunction with the nonprofit organization, The Road to Hope, to build a school and campus for the village of Nordette. Nordette is a rural village of approximately 150 families outside of the town of Sautd’Eau, Haiti.

 

After a night in Miami, the group arrived in Port au Prince and embarked on an eye opening, challenging and unforgettable experience. They traveled from the airport to the city of Mirebalais where they met Pere Alphonse, CA’s liaison and director of 17 Episcopal schools in Haiti. Students then traveled to the site of the school buildings that have been constructed with the help of CA and The Road to Hope.

 

Students slept in one of the school classrooms and worked to paint the building. This schoolhouse is now one of several current and planned structures to educate and feed the children of Nordette. Despite no common language, CA students made fast friends and lifelong memories.

 

The new school building will be dedicated this coming fall. Students included: Alexandra Bestick, Annabel Collins, Bo Dodge, Lily Fox, Isabelle Fries, Rachel Harris, Jayne Kay, Rebecca Kite, Thomas Messner, Noah Mushkin, Bryce Okazaki, Jackson Gillespie, Audrey Groves, Tess Hankin, Zach Harris, Cecilia Needham, Jacqueline Patel, Kenneal Patterson, and Tate Woolley. Faculty and staff included: Gabe Bernstein, Jesse Schumacher, Stuart Mills, Amy Myles, Dani Goldstein, and The Road to Hope Founder and CA parent Rich Harris.