Newsletter
News and Announcements from Futuro Verde
International Social Justice Day
This past February 20th was the International Day of Social Justice and what better opportunity than this to dedicate a few minutes of our time to ask ourselves how involved we are when a situation seems unjust, how informed we are about the...
Preschool Update for February
Greetings to everyone from the Preschool Department at Futuro Verde! Many parents and educators are coming to us with the same question: how are our littlest learners adapting to the new restrictions at school put in place due to the COVID - 19...
Virtual Tours at Futuro Verde
This year Futuro Verde will be conducting school tours a bit differently than in the past. Due to Health Ministry protocols, in person tours of the school by prospective families are not permitted. However, you can still schedule a virtual tour and...
Calendar transition means big savings
2021 comes with major changes, including the transition in the school calendar from the national calendar to the Northern Hemisphere calendar. What does this change mean for families? Normally, with the calendar we have traditionally had, a family...
Learning Model for 2021
We are starting 2021 with a lot of enthusiasm in a hybrid way on our campus. With the green light from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, we begin a year of learning back in the classroom together with online learning. Parents...
Welcome to our new community members!
On behalf of the administrative team we are pleased to announce that we have now hired the new members of the FV 2021 team. We are proud to have such a talented group of teachers and staff and are very happy that Noelia, Adriana, Francine, Daniela...
PTO at Futuro Verde: Play an important role in your child school life!
You may be wondering what a PTO is, you may never have heard the term, but the answer is easy: it is an organization made up of teachers, staff members and parents that aims to facilitate parent participation in school activities. Parent...
With appreciation…
Dear Futuro Verde staff, teachers, board, parents and students, The final week has come of what, for our family, has been a seven year adventure here on the peninsula and in Costa Rica! It has been over 15 years since we first made the plan to take...
IB Successful: 12th Graders Near the Finish Line
This has been a challenging year for all students, but for our 12th graders, finishing internal assessment tasks and preparing for exams with the uncertainty of whether or not these exams would, in fact, take place, was particularly challenging and...
Meeting Student Needs: FV Diverse Programming Models are a Win During the Global Pandemic
The global pandemic and consequent closures of schools around the world has presented an unprecedented administrative and school leadership challenge. Only time will truly tell what the most appropriate approach will turn out to have been, but at...
Financial Journey, successes and recovery in FV
Due to the Covid-19 crisis, many job sectors at the global and local level have suffered, some more than others. The educational sector has been no exception. Since the beginning of this crisis in Costa Rica, schools and colleges have been called...
Portrait of a Graduate: Summary
Over the past few weeks, we have all gotten to know our 12th grade, and 2nd generation International Baccalaureate students, through Tuesday's social media posts "Portraits of a Graduate". 2020 is a very different year for the 12th graders, where...
Retrato de un graduado: Resumen
Durante las últimas semanas han conocido por medio de redes sociales en el segmento de los martes ¨Retratos de un graduando¨a nuestros estudiantes de 12° grado y segunda generación del Bachillerato Internacional. Un año muy diferente para los...
COVID-19 Relief Fund
We are very grateful to all the donors and friends and Futuro Verde who have helped us raise $2,806 to date. Thanks to this, we have been able to prepare for the return to school so that the students can return to a safe campus as soon as the...
COVID-19 Relief Fund
Estamos muy agradecidos con todos los donadores y amigos y Futuro Verde que nos han ayudado a recaudar $2806 hasta el día de hoy. Gracias a esto hemos podido prepararnos para la vuelta a clases en cuanto se dé la orden por parte del gobierno para...
Return to Campus in the Midst of COVID-19
As schools across the world, and within Costa Rica, face the reality of a return to on-campus schooling in some form or another, emotions on the subject can run quite high and opinions, even among researchers and scientific experts, can vary...
El regreso al campus en medio de COVID-19
A medida que escuelas por todo el mundo, y dentro de Costa Rica, se enfrentan a la realidad de un regreso a clases presenciales de una u otra forma, las emociones sobre el tema pueden llegar a ser muy fuertes y las opiniones, incluso entre los...
Why Curricular Enrichment Matters More than Ever During Crisis Schooling
I come to you today with some reflections on educational response to the global pandemic, specifically an argument for why curricular enrichment should always be prioritized and, during times of immediate crisis, why it is needed more than ever....