Sister Schools
SOL established a sister school program to encourage friendship and understanding and shared learning between students and teachers in the US and Central America. The program pairs up classrooms in the US with those in El Salvador and Nicaragua. These classes exchange letters, pictures, art projects and creative materials depicting life in their schools, communities and countries.
Today, the sister school program reaches 80 teachers and 2,000 students in Nicaragua and the United States. Most of the Nicaragua schools are K-6th grade.
When a class commits to a sister school partnership they are expected to send 4 packets each year to their partner school. The material is ideally sent in Spanish. Due to customs limitations, we suggest only sending large flat envelope packages. SOL’s Nicaragua staff visit the classrooms to share and interpret the packets with the students. During these visits SOL takes donated school supplies to share with the school and offers additional support to the teachers. The local children are always excited to receive correspondence from their partner schools in the US.
SOL offers a general recommendation of themes for each packet, but the packets can include many creative expressions of the culture and educational material of each school. Participation in the program does not require a financial commitment, although US classrooms are encouraged raise funds to help purchase school supplies in Nicaragua to support the under resourced schools.
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Current School Pairings
| United States | Central America |
|---|---|
| Flowery Elementary Sonoma, CA 1st – 6th grade |
La Remonta 1st – 6th grade |
| Hawken School Lyndhurst, OH 3rd & 8th grade |
Las Mesas 1st – 6th grade |
| Kiewit Middle School Omaha, NE |
Regadillo Preschool – 6th grade |
| San Dominico School San Anselmo, CA |
Los Cocos 1st – 6th grade |
| Mendocino Satellite Mendocino, CA 2nd – 5th grade |
El Chaguite 1st – 6th grade |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary School Davis, CA 4th grade |
El Tempisque 1st – 6th grade |
| Rainbow Preschool Mendocino, CA Preschool |
Prescolar Ebenezer Preschool |
| Little Lambs Preschool Fort Bragg, CA | |
| Tree of Life Montessori Charter School Ukiah, CA 4th – 6th grade |
Santa Lucia de las Jaguas 1st – 6th grade |
| Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin Chardon, OH High school |
Los Llanos 3rd grade |
| Old Trail School Bath, OH 1st, 7th & 8th grade |
Las Delicias 1st – 6th grade |
| Robert E. Willet Elementary Davis, CA 5th grade |
Palo de Agua 1st – 6th grade |
| Tara Hills Elementary School San Pablo, CA 2nd grade |
Dos Quebradas 1st – 6th grade |
| San Marin High School Novato, CA 9th – 12th grade |
San Pedro 1st – 6th grade |
| Cornerstone Learning Community Talahassee, FL Preschool – 8th grade |
Pueblo Nuevo 3rd, 5th, & 6th grade |
| West Marin School Point Reyes Station, CA 5th & 6th grade |
Asiento Viejo 1th – 6th grade |
| Alameda High School Alameda, CA 9th & 10th grade |
San Juanillo 1st – 6th grade |
| Marin Horizon School Mill Valley, CA |
Los Robles 1st – 6th grade |
| Emerson Jr. High School Davis, CA 7th – 9th grade |
Agua Fria 1st – 6th grade |
| Latin American Montessori Bilingual (LAMB) Charter School Washington, DC |
El Blandon (La Caretta #2) 1st – 6th grade |
| Pollard Junior High School Needham, MA |
Casas Viejas 1st – 6th grade |