- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Volunteer at the Cloud Forest School!
ORGANIZATION: The Cloud Forest School
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
The Cloud Forest School is an environmentally focused, bilingual school nestled on 106 acres of protected lands. This is a great opportunities for volunteers to learn about sustainable environmental practices, progressive education while at the same time immerse themselves in a unique cross-cultural setting. Volunteer tasks can range from reforestation, garden and greenhouse work to accompanying students on a hike through the forest or working on trail maintenance. On rainy days volunteers typically work in our library, paint and help file papers. Long term volunteers have the option to work in various classrooms based on their interests and skillset. Above all, volunteers should be flexible and possess a desire to learn from and contribute to our school staff and student body! Some standard volunteer tasks are:
- building and classroom painting
- facilities repair
- trail maintenance
- creation and repair of signs
- tending of green house, germination beds, flower and vegetable gardens
- collection, preparation, and planting of seeds for reforestation project
- planting, weeding, and tagging saplings in reforestation project
- assistance with Environmental Education classes
- assist with recess and bus duties, class trips and special events as needed
- office and library tasks during poor weather
- work in our library
More opportunities with The Cloud Forest School
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About The Cloud Forest School
Location:
Carretera Monterverde a Tilarán, Monteverde, CR
Mission Statement
Our mission is to nurture generations of ecologically aware, academically well-rounded bilingual individuals. We will work to provide students with the knowledge, values and skills needed to make environmentally and socially conscious decisions on a local, national and global scale.
Description
The Cloud Forest School (el Centro de Educación Creativa) is an independent school located on 106 acres of cloud forest land in storied Monteverde, Costa Rica. Home to some 200 Pre-School through 11th graders, our student body is made up of 95% local Costa Rican students, and 5% international students. A full 75% of our students pay deeply discounted tuition.
Given that the school is located in the cloud forest, we have a strong ecological focus and implement environmental learning into our curriculum. Our staff is a mix of North Americans and native Costa Ricans, which makes for an interesting and diverse community. The school started as a result of conversations had by North American and Costa Rican residents of Monteverde about the lack of quality education locally. The CFS is very proud of its legacy and we are constantly working to ensure our students are ecologically aware, academically well-rounded bilingual individuals.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Carretera Monterverde a TilaránMonteverde, Puntarenas 23-5655Costa Rica
DATE POSTED
November 10, 2016
SKILLS
- Teaching / Instruction
- Habitat Restoration
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
- Environmental Education
- Administrative Support
- Environmental Science
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- We prefer to have volunteers for at least 2 weeks
- Must be at least 18 years old if unaccompanied by an adult