The 2025/26 academic year at Care Mission School began in September with 268 students registered (another record!). This marks our second year as landowners and seventh year educating children in Ganta. Construction is underway at the new campus and at the rental campus, students and 17 staff are busily studying, teaching, cooking, and playing.
2024/25 Recap-Last year a record 223 students attended Care Mission School. Twenty percent of these students benefited from scholarship money provided by sponsors and donors in the US and all students benefitted from our school meal program and reduced tuition. Our computer program got another boost this year with the hiring of Emmanuel Layen, a new dedicated computer teacher who is leading classes and maintaining the computer lab. The opportunity to use and learn about computers is rare, even among more expensive private schools in Ganta, and we are really pleased to be able to give our students this leg up on their future.
Older students got the opportunity to compete against other schools on the soccer and kickball fields and the whole school took part in the Christmas program and the Gala Day Parade. These extra-curricular activities bring community together and give students the opportunity to develop their skills as speakers, dancers, and musicians. For Gala Day in particular students were given the chance to envision future professions for themselves and play the part in a lively parade through town that also celebrated cultural tradition.
Academic Achievement– We are really pleased to report that all of the sixth graders who took the standardized regional exam passed, both this year and last. The exam is given not only in Liberia but across west Africa and our 100% pass rate (two years running) is a great external endorsement of the hard work of the students and their teachers! And speaking of teachers, Prince George completed his Associates Degree in Social Studies and Joanna Keah and Joel Buyee continue their studies funded by our teacher training program.
Construction on the new Care Mission campus began last year with several truck loads of sand delivered and the formation of many concrete bricks ready to be used for foundations. A new phase of construction began in October 2025 with workers clearing an access road by hand through dense vegetation, digging a well (also by hand, with handmade culverts coming up next!), and transporting bricks and other materials to the construction site. Now foundations are being laid for the first two classroom buildings. There is still a long way to go, but we’re pleased with our steady progress as we work towards moving to a place of our own.
Thank you to all of our supporters for another great year!
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