Good evening y'all....
We have come to the end of second term 2022 today. We are grateful to God for the far He has brought us.
We are also grateful to each one of you who has in one way or another extended an helping hand of any kind to us. Feel appreciated.
We closed today on 16th Sept and we will open on 26th Sept for the third term. We have a 10 days rest.
We held our staff meeting today and noted the following :
1. It was a very short term ( 26 weeks instead of the usual 39 weeks)... Plus the many short breaks occasioned by politics. This really affected the academic calendar because the syllabus remains the same. We , however managed to squeeze time and work hard in order to cover the syllabus.
2. We had a lot of absenteeism. We attributed this to the political temperature with some parents opting to travel upcountry with their families. Another factor that might have contributed to absenteeism is the high cost of living which has made it difficult for parents to afford food for the families thus opting for the children to stay home. Not having food at school didn't help the situation either.
As we all know, our feeding program helps to keep the children in school because they are at least assured of two meals a day on week days. This meals include porridge during break time and a hot meal during lunch time.... Lack of food contributed so much in absenteeism.
3. We also agreed to do home visits to homes so that we can get to know which kids come from extremely vulnerable families.... This will help us to identify kids with dire needs
4. We noted that most kids did not bring school requirements due to lack of purchasing power..... Books, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, tissues and manila papers are provided for by the parents nowadays and it's almost next to impossible for some of them though a few were able to buy....
5. We also noted that the premises needs a few repairs. This includes the water piping from the meter to the tank ( there is some spillage). The toilet doors need to be replaced, grade one floor and the corridor Infront of the kitchen need to be repaired. We also need around 5 desks because the old ones are broken beyond repair.
6. Next term will be the shortest of the other two because we will have only 9 academic weeks with no breaks in between.. it is our hope that the necessary requirements like chalks, pens, marker pens, crayons, and water colours will be available.... Especially chalks and pens.
7. Last but not least... It was suggested that if we have funds we take the children for a tour to the animal orphanage and to the ostrich farm.... .
Most of this kids have never been outside maili saba and so this tours will create memorable moments and lifetime memories to them.
We are looking forward to a more productive term next term .
Have a blessed break until next term.
MEMBERS PRESENT IN TODAY'S MEETING
1. Mercy Kerubo
2. Evaline Auma
3. Kellis kageni
4. Margaret Mueni
ABSENT WITH APOLOGY
1. Josephine Mueni ( has a sick child admitted in hospital)
2. Mary Mbocha ( was attending a relatives funeral)
