Staff News

Some staffing changes have taken place over the holiday period.

Mr Jorge Terrazas, Principle Teacher of Maths,  who had been in the school for 25 years, left us for a similar position in La Molina Christian School. We wish the Lord's blessing on him and his family in his new post. He has been replaced by Mr Elmer Romero, who previously taught Physics in the school.

Mr Pedro Castañeda, our longest serving member of staff, has retired after 40 years' service in the school. We wish him a long and happy retirement and hope he will write his memoirs at some point.

Mrs Hada Mattos, Biology teacher, has been appointed as Head of Science, and new staff include Mrs Sandra Mozambite in Maths and Physics, and Mr Juan Villanueva in Science.

We have no births to report but two weddings:

Miss Merly Sanchez in Kinder became Mrs Merly Sanchez de David or Mrs David by British standards and Miss Dora Quiroz, Deputy Headmistress, became Mrs Dora Quiroz de La Rosa, or Mrs  La Rosa. In Latin America ladies maintain their maiden name and "belong" to their husbands. No Comment!!!!

     Jorge Terrazas                        Dora Quiroz

       Merly Sanchez                   Pedro Castañeda

Those who got married and those who left us.

                           Prefects 2007                  

Back Row : Hugo Pajuelo, Juan Elias Ruiz, Rodrigo Paz Soldan, Pedro Benites ( Head Boy), Hitoshi Kanno, Manuel Varela ( Deputy Head Boy).  

Front Row : Paola Vilches, Alexandra Salaverry, Ruth Saldaña (Head Girl) Virginia Vigo (Deputy Head Girl) Pamela Mesias, Izzy Yactayo.

First day at school 2007

Primary 1 -a few tears, anxious mums and a look of total insecurity!

Kinder 3 -Why can't I play at home?

Dear Friends,

It seems such a long time since we last sent out an ebulletin that you must be thinking that our technology has collapsed. Not so !! However a computer crash in November and the subsequent loss of my address book which has taken some time to reconstruct also hindered communication.

As you will no doubt remember events in 2006 led to a difficult situation with ongoing litigation which still has to be concluded. We ask to remember us in prayer as these matters continue.

The sad death in January of our Principle Teacher of Science , Mr Hugo Mancha, at the age of 39 years due to illness, caused additional distress, and we ask that his family, his wife and three young children, be held before the Throne of Grace continually.

We are glad to be able to inform that in spite of all the prior difficulties the school year 2007 has got off to a good start, with almost the same number of pupils matriculating as had finished in 2006, 471. This was an unexpected blessing and allows us to breathe more easily in financial matters. We expect this to increase slightly as children come into Kindergarden at different points in the year.This is the first time in a number of years that pupil numbers have not dropped significantly.

We were glad to have Mr Jonathan Innes from the Free Church Offices here in February overseeing the school finances and giving welcome suggestions as to how things could be improved. We look forward to the visit of the Free Church Mission Board Delegates in April and hope that they will provide us with constructive advice on things that can be improved academically. Sometimes, we can't see the wood for the trees, and a fresh look can be very helpful.

We give thanks that Rev Tim and Marjorie Donachie have returned refreshed from their time in Scotland, and for the arrival of Mary Louise Stone ( known to some Free Church families) as a volunteer to assist in the English Department. She will be with us until August.(see below)

We had good news on exam results also; almost all our graduates 2006 have now gained University places, and the 17 pupils who sat the Cambridge FCE all passed. This is the first time we have had such a sucessful pass rate.

We look forward to hearing from you and thank you for your prayers and support.

Donald J MacAulay

dgral@sanandres.edu.pe

Mary Louise already at work!!

        Well, if this is school, it's not that bad!!!