Colegio Miguel ngel Asturias

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• Colegio Mixto de Educacion Popular

Miguel Angel Asturias
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
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Guatemala

• Last place in educational quality in L.A.
  according to 2004 UNESCO study
• 7 of 10 women illiterate
• 44 attrition rate by end of the 1st grade
• Profound social problems
• 80 poverty rate
• Racism and discrimination
• Widespread child labor

We offer a solution to these longstanding
problems!
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The Vision

• A new Guatemala
• Developed and independent
• Pluricultural and plurilingual
• Based on the values of social justice and human
  rights for all Guatemalans

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The Strategy

• Creation of a non-profit private school
  recognized for its
• Inclusivity
• Indigenous and Non-Indigenous
• Open to all socio-economic classes
• Co-educational
• Academic Excellence
• Nurture the development of student creativity,
  critical thinking and analytical skills to
  propose solutions to deeply rooted social problems

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Who are we?

• Trained teachers
• Selected by faculty and staff
• Families from diverse ethnicities and social
  conditions
• 60 of students pay 12/month
• 40 receive a scholarship
• The deficit is covered with donations

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Colegio Founder and Director Jorge Chojolán and
His Family
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Our Growth

• 1995 First year of operation with an enrollment
  of 80 students
• 1995-2002 Pre-school through 6th grade offered
  at 3 different locations
• 2003 Added middle school (Ciclo básico grades
  7-9)
• 2004 200 students enrolled in an extremely
  limited space

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New Facility 2004
The Land
January Cleanup
Breaking Ground
February Collaboration
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The Progress
June
August
September
October
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The Move
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2005 Budget

• Staff compensation 20.000
• Materials 5.000
• Construction 30.000
• Additional Programs 8.000
• TOTAL 63.000

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Summer 2006 Delegations
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The Medical Delegation
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The Educational Delegation
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Second Story Near Completion
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Working Creatively With What You Have
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Scholarship Sponsor Gift
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Promoting Cultural Exchangeand Teaching Tolerance
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Projects

• Construct the third story
• Adult literacy program
• Add vocational training
• Implement a teacher training high school

Replicate the Colegios educational model
throughout the country!
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Partnerships

• Stone Church of the Brethren
• Juniata College
• Huntingdon Rotary Club
• Rights Action
• Ashoka Foundation
• Alianza Maya para la Educación Popular
• Universidad de San Carlos
• Scholarship Sponsors (www.colegiomaa.org)