by Lural Ramirez | Jan 20, 2019
A new year brings both new and updated infrastructure to our campus!
*A note on our much anticipated Sports Court: Unfortunately, we hit a snag on our permits that is being worked out diligently by our Board of Directors. Fortunately, we have external collaborators ready and waiting to help us with a cement truck pour of the court, so when our permits are clear the court will be up in no time!
And now, on to our beautiful new and updated spaces!
3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th graders have updated spaces with improved air flow, walls and repaired floors
Our Futuro Verde main stage is ready for performances to begin, with new and beautiful stage lighting!
Permaculture classes will resume with Adriana from Escuela de la Jungla in our new outdoor classroom and gardening space! Thank you Green Wave, for the sponsorship of this beautiful space!
by Lural Ramirez | Aug 28, 2018
For over a year now Futuro Verde students, staff, parents and our greater school community have worked together to raise the funds needed for a multi-use sports court for the school. With our efforts thus far we have raised over $5,000. The total cost of the court is estimated at $40,000, which would include the court base and roof. Our board president, Rico Reolon, has been working hard to secure an external donor willing to support the funding needed for our court and just this last month the good news came in- a Swiss donor has committed to $20,000 toward our sports facilities!
We held a surprise announcement with our staff and students and filmed the moment to share with our social media community and as a thank you to our donor. Students and staff celebrated in full- overjoyed to have achieved such impressive progress on this important goal for our school community! It is never lost on our school community that we have and continue to thrive thanks to the support of generous donations just like our current Swiss donors and we are tremendously grateful for this ongoing support.
Phase one of construction for the sports court will begin as soon as possible. This phase will complete the court base and will boast a purpose-built facility designed for:
School Enrichment
- Basketball
- Indoor football (soccer)
- American 5-man football
- Handball
- Goalball
- Acrobatic gymnastics
- Artistic gymnastics
- Volleyball
- Tennis
- Hockey (roller skate and tennis shoe)
- Badminton
Community Enrichment
- Pilates classes
- Yoga classes
- Zumba
- Dance classes
- Crossfit
- Group recreation activities
Multipurpose Uses
Community and school events
- Assemblies
- Guest speakers
- Civic events
- Band practices
- Graduation
We would love to achieve Phase 2 of the sport court construction, primarily the construction of a roof over the facility and bathrooms, showers and lockers, and encourage donors interested in supporting this to contribute to our current online campaign. Thank you!
Donate here
by Melissa Kovics | May 2, 2018
Big Apple here we come! We are only days away from an exciting Futuro Verde fundraising event in New York!
On May 7th we will proudly host the Futuro Verde Benefit reception at the prestigious CORE: club in New York City. The fundraiser will benefit our Capital Campaign and Student Scholarship program.
I will be accompanied by several parents, board members and staff. Two of our amazing scholarship students, Elian and Mateo, will also be speaking at the event. We are so proud of their bravery and enthusiasm to make this journey far from home.
We’ve lined up a distinguished guest list of potential donors, great food and a live auction. We look forward to a successful event and our hope is to continue these fundraisers annually.
Thanks so much to all the parent volunteers who have helped make this event happen! We wouldn’t have been able to do it without you all! The Futuro Verde community is a special group. Thanks for all the support.
Pura Vida!
by Angie Briceño | Mar 15, 2018
On April 23rd we will be hosting our Earth Day Charity event.
What´s this day about?
It´s about supporting an organization involved in local environmental protection and conservation, in an unusual and fun way. The challenge will be to raise money for a chosen organization both before and during the day of the event, with the participants spending the day up in a fig tree until they manage to collect $ 1,000 for their cause by reaching out to their connections through the internet and social media in order to promote the event. The participant(s) who reach the $ 1,000 goal before 2:30 pm on April 23rd, may come down from their tree. In addition, the first three participants will be able to donate the money raised to the organizations they chose to support. The rest of the funds raised will be used to invest in expanding Futuro Verde’s sports facilities. In 2017, we raised $ 6,093 and the beneficiary organizations were: Green Wave, ASOPROLAPA and Nicoya Peninsula Waterkeepers. The rest of the money was used to purchase 7 new computers for the multimedia center.
If you wish to participate, we invite you to investigate and find an organization that you would like to support next April 23rd, Earth Day. Don´t miss out on Earth Day!
by Stuart Millar, IB coordinator | Mar 2, 2018
by Stuart Millar with Persis Ferrón Ciampi and Alexa Alayeto Valdehita
We took the opportunity in 8th grade English B to talk about all the new or improved buildings and facilities at Futuro Verde. It was great to see how much the students notice and appreciate the progress we are making. It was also very interesting to hear about schools in other towns, cities, and countries that the students had attended.
Top of the list for praise was the new high school and primary libraries. The primary space is a much more relaxed environment to read books in, with comfortable beanbags to sit on. Persis commented on the fact that the high school library now has many more books in Spanish than before. She also appreciates the openness of the new multi-use classroom shared by business management, theory of knowledge and language acquisition. There is nearly always a breeze, even on the hottest days. We all enjoyed having the science lab last year, but it is now fully equipped and students of all ages are enjoying conducting experiments.
Although not new, there were improvements made to several learning areas over the vacation. The 1st to 3rd-grade classrooms were all extended and the floors were tiled. The teachers and students are all appreciating the extra space and the cool floors! The art room was also given a tiled floor and the interior was rearranged to make it lighter, brighter, and more spacious feeling. IB visual arts student, Elian Gonzalez, commented that the improved space gives a better quality of light and is more conducive to creativity.
There have been many changes, but students are excited about what is to come – a new garden and space to relax where the play structure used to be and the much anticipated outdoor sports facility.
by Angie Briceño | Feb 20, 2018
This school year, 2018, is loaded with fundraising and development activities.
In order to extend and improve facilities, recreational spaces and opportunities for students and the educational community alike, we promote and support different initiatives throughout the year.
First up is a casino night on Saturday, March 17th, led by Richard Grimm, a parent of our educational community.
Our Earth Day charity challenge will be back on April 20th. We encourage students, parents and community members to identify an organization they wish to support and raise funds for.
The biggest upcoming event this year will be a fundraiser at the Core Club New York, United States, in the month of May. We have been working together with Myra Magaletta, founder and president of Indelible Impact. Myra is a global marketing and business development strategist, philanthropist and global citizen. Her main objective is to help different organizations around the world fulfill their mission and vision so as to create awareness in educational and environmental matters and achieve sustainable growth worldwide. Myra has been a great help and guide throughout this process in which our goal is to improve and create new spaces and more opportunities for all the people and students of the community. We hope that with her support we can continue to grow and invest more in the future of our educational community so that our geographic location no longer constitutes a limitation and turns out to be a greater benefit to all of us.
We will finish the year with our usual Green Sustainable Solutions Fair, where students are encouraged to create and reveal different solutions for the various environmental problems we face on a daily basis. We also encourage all community parents and members to display their products at the fair.
The funds raised in each activity will be invested in the following initiatives:
– Expansion of sports facilities: multipurpose court and space for Physical Education classes during the rainy season.
– Expansion and improvement of the library and multimedia room
– Environmental Education Projects
– Solar panels in Futuro Verde
We invite you to participate and follow the news about our initiatives in 2018.
