by Fundraising | May 15, 2017
This Thursday, June 29, we will be hosting the 3rd Bilingual, Holistic and Sustainable Conference. As part of this event, we will be organizing our Feria Verde, to which national producers from both in and outside the peninsula will be invited.
The aim of the fair is to promote the art and national design and share with the guests who will attend the conference. Also, to sell different products that are aligned to sustainable practices and good health.
Come, participate and enjoy a day full of innovations!
by Fundraising | May 15, 2017
Este próximo jueves 29 de junio estaremos realizando la 3° Conferencia Bilingüe, Holística y Sostenible, como parte de este evento se estará llevando a cabo una feria verde en donde invitamos a participar a productores nacionales dentro y fuera de la península.
El objetivo de la feria consiste en promover el arte, el diseño nacional y compartir con los invitados que asistirán a la conferencia, así como facilitar un espacio para exponer y vender los diferentes productos que van alineados a las prácticas sostenibles y la buena salud
¡Venga participe y disfrute de un día lleno de innovaciones!
by Fundraising | Oct 27, 2016
Este próximo 3 de Diciembre Futuro Verde estará organizando el primer Bazar Navideño. Esta iniciativa propone apoyar el talento nacional de los pequeños productores de nuestro país así como a la comunidad estudiantil, y esperamos repetirla año a año.
Los fondos recaudados por parte de esta iniciativa serán utilizados para apoyar necesidades educativas y administrativas como materiales de ciencias, laptops para nuestros profesores, juegos educativos para el área de primaria, materiales de Estudios Sociales como globos terráqueos y mapa mundis, diccionarios e instrumentos para nuestra banda escolar.
Será una tarde llena de música, arte, premios, gastronomía y productos nacionales, ¡no se lo pierda! Apoye al productor nacional y al Centro Educativo Futuro Verde.
by Fundraising | Oct 27, 2016
On December 3rd Futuro Verde will be hosting its first Christmas Bazaar. With this new yearly iniciative, Futuro Verde hopes to support both small Costa Rican producers and our student community.
The raised funds will be used to fulfill educational and administrative needs such as science materials, laptops for our teachers, educational games for primary, social studies maps and globes, dictionaries, and musical instruments for our school band.
It will be an afternoon full of music, art, prizes, gastronomical delights, and national products. Don´t miss it! Support national producers and Educational Center Futuro Verde.
by Fundraising | Aug 11, 2016
Interview with Eileen Waldshmidt:
How did you hear about Futuro Verde?
I heard about Futuro Verde from Lural. Lural, and her husband Alejandro, had been graduate students of mine at Oregon State University in the US over 13 years ago. I left Oregon in 2005 and had not seen Lural in several years. I had heard she had moved to Costa Rica.
Then, in November 2014, Lural contacted me from FV saying that she had seen my name in the La Cosecha Dual Language Education New Mexico Conference Program and she wanted to know if she could stay at my house in New Mexico because she was coming from Costa Rica to the United States to present at the conference. When she came to New Mexico, she told me all about Futuro Verde and how wonderful it was.
Why did you decide to come over here and become a FV teacher?
I came to FV because of Lural. Lural had been one of the top students in the graduate program at Oregon State University and I grew close to her and Alejandro over the years. I have always admired Lural as a very intelligent, well-informed and dynamic bilingual educator and I continue to learn so much from her.
When Lural was in New Mexico telling me about Futuro Verde, she kept saying that I should come teach there. I didn’t take her offer seriously at first thinking maybe she really didn’t mean it and, besides, it would be impossible for me to leave for a year to teach in Costa Rica. But she was serious, and happily it worked out for me to come with my husband and teach at FV for one year and continue to work alongside and learn from Lural again.
How do you think FV educational system impacts children´s lives?
I think Futuro Verde has a very positive impact on children’s lives because it is a strong community of parents and educators dedicated to progressive educational practices that focus on the whole child. Children feel safe, nurtured, and challenged at FV. When FV students graduate, they have a strong understanding of their local context (Cóbano, Puntarenas, Costa Rica) as well as skills and dispositions that will serve them well as they interact with the global community either right here in Cóbano or through travel or through the internet.
How would you describe Futuro Verde´s curriculum? What makes it so different from other schools?
In many parts of the world today, there has been a narrowing of the curriculum because of a belief that what counts is what can be easily tested using multiple choice exams. FV, on the other hand, has a curriculum that reflects more aspects of the total human experience — math, science, social studies, English, Spanish, French, art, music, industrial arts, PE, and more. FV is situated in a rich jungle setting that serves not just as a beautiful backdrop for learning but also as an important resource for the classroom curriculum. Teachers utilize this rich environment to create meaningful lessons, activities, service projects, and field trips to help the students make connections between what they are learning in the classroom to their local context and to the wide world beyond.
What kind of skills do you think FV students acquired during their educational process in here that would benefit in their future life?
First and foremost, because of the diversity among the students and teachers at FV, FV students develop invaluable linguistic and cross cultural skills that will serve them well in the future. FV students also develop strong academic skills across all content areas that are necessary for critical thinking, collaboration, environmental stewardship, and global citizenship.
