Louverture Cleary School

Louverture Cleary School
Address
#8, Santo 5
Croix des Bouquets, Ouest,  Haiti
Information
School type Secondary Education School
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1987
Head of school Patrick Moynihan
Grades 7–12
Enrollment 365  (2011)
Website http://haitianproject.org/

Louverture Cleary School is a Catholic boarding school located in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti.

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History

Louverture Cleary School, founded in 1987 by The Haitian Project and St. Joseph's Parish in Providence, Rhode Island, is a tuition free, co-educational, Catholic boarding school that serves the greater Port-au-Prince area. Louverture Cleary students are academically gifted and live in some of the poorest neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince. All students are required to successfully pass an entrance exam and each year students take courses in four languages: Kreyol, French, English, and Spanish.[1]

Louverture Cleary School has been recognized as one of the top secondary schools in Haiti and almost 100 percent of its Philo students pass the national baccalaureate exam each year.[2] Louverture Cleary School is also one of the only schools in Haiti to progressively teach in four languages.[3]

Louverture Cleary School is the sister school of Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Virginia.[4]

Academics

Louverture Cleary School's core curriculum adheres to the standards set by the Haitian Ministry of Education. These classes are supplemented by courses in Computer Science, Religion, English, and Spanish.[5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Esterl, Mike (2010-01-26). "After Quake, a Lesson in Persistence". The Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704762904575025382061100568.html/. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 
  2. ^ Collins, Walt (Autumn 2005). "A Gift of Hope". Notre Dame Magazine. http://magazine.nd.edu/news/10285/. Retrieved 20September 2011. 
  3. ^ Brinkbäumer, Klaus (2010-01-26). "The Moses of Haiti, Bringing Aid to a Shattered Island". Der Spiegel. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,673845-3,00.html. Retrieved 21September 2011. 
  4. ^ "Video About Bishop Ireton’s Haitian Sister School – Louverture Cleary". Bishop Ireton High School. http://www.bishopireton.org/page.aspx?pid=568. Retrieved 17 November 2011. 
  5. ^ MacQuarrie, Brian (2010-02-09). "A Learning Oasis Buoyed by a Convert's Vision: Amid Haiti's devastation, Patrick Moynihan Presses on". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/09/ex_traders_vision_keeps_schools_mission_clear/?page=full/. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 

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