Common Hope Blog

Visit New Hope School on a recent Tuesday. Lots going on … students and teachers in action, loving learning! Video thanks to David Wartik, a teacher from Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka, IL who visited New Hope School this August.

We recently received some great videos from David Wartik, one of the teachers from Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka, IL who visited Common Hope in Guatemala again this summer. Below is a clip from the teachers’ visit to our partner school in San Miguel, near our Antigua site. The students in this classroom surprised their [...]

Hairon Josúe Chiroy Ponce is currently in 11th grade studying in vocational school to become a mechanic. In addition to his family’s economic instability, Hairon has been affected by other family issues, namely his parents’ separation. Over the past few years, Hairon began to develop into a fairly rebellious adolescent. Although he always did well [...]