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- EIN 45-4277736
- 312-493-9929
- 1240 N. Lake Shore Dr. Ste. 11a Chicago IL 60610 USA
- www.ecoledechoix.org
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Causes: Education, Primary & Elementary Schools
Mission: The Mission of the School of Choice is to provide a trilingual quality education – with a focus on leadership development and communication skills - to children living in the deepest conditions of poverty in Haiti, while affirming their individual dignity and autonomy through the choices they make. The Choix education is based on the sense that education is a right, not a privilege, but one that is coupled with a responsibility to ourselves, to our communities and to our country.
Results: Choix students excel in their curriculum. We know this because we track their progress against the National Curriculum of Haiti - we are the only rural school we know of that has engaged in systematic assessment of students in English, French and Creole to create benchmark data against which our supporters are able judge our progress against verified standards. Our standardized assessment is the only one that exists in Creole.
Target demographics: Choix serves students living on conditions of extreme poverty and who are unable otherwise to access any form of education at all. Choix serves students currently in kindergarten through fourth grade and will continue to provide quality education to these students as they proceed through high school.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 183 students.
Geographic areas served: Mirebalais, Central Plateau, Haiti
Programs: We offer elementary education in English, French and Creole, with student