Rainbow Primary School

Our partner, Kalpana, reports exams are over. This year, the Rainbow School won "A" grade for student performance up from "B" grade in 2009. CONGRATULATIONS TEAM!! HUGE WIN! This means that the team is providing high quality teaching in a very sustainable way. Congratulations teachers! Congratulations Vijaya Madam! And thanks to all the partners, the Rainbow School is very lucky to have wonderful, wonderful partner organizations like WIM, Lion's Club, and the Naandi Foundation. Here are some of the students, taking part of their exams in the courtyard, back in 2009. Next steps: Compete with the local budget private schools, win best government primary school in the state, and English + Telugu instruction

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1TH824/www.good.is/post/12-year-old-girl-runs-make-shift-school-for-village-children1/ What an inspiration: "As an infant, Bharti Kumari was abandoned at a railway station in Bihar, one of India’s poorest states. Now, at the age of 12, she has become the head teacher at a school in Kusumbhara, her adopted village. Every morning and evening, under the shade of a mango tree, she teaches Hindi, English and maths to 50 village children who would otherwise receive no education. In between, she attends a state school in Akhodhi Gola, a two-mile walk away. Dressed proudly in her school uniform, she passes on the knowledge gleaned from her lessons to the village children, aged between four and 10, in her own class. “I have a long day. My school is from 10am to 3pm and I study late,” she said. “This is what I love doing. I enjoy teaching children their ABCs as well as the Hindi alphabets.” Kusumbhara is a poverty-stricken village 87 miles from Patna, the state

OK, look at the lady in the coral farthest from the camera...squint and try again? That is Rangoo Madam, our new volunteer. She found room at the Google Hyderabad office and pulled in our teachers for English class. But an English class with awesome technology! Here she is again, this time you can see her. Look at the happy teachers! This will help with teacher retaining, plus help us move towards the goal of English Medium (in part) at the Rainbow School. THANK YOU RANGOO!