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School Board Purchases Textbooks for School

The Board of Directors of Help Liberia Foundation Community School in Buchanan has purchased new sets of textbooks for the school.

The books are meant to be used by the teachers in impacting knowledge unto the children, since it is an unbearable financial burden for parents and their children to obtain all of the required textbooks. The teachers will use the books to come up with the appropriate lessons and notes for the kids.

The books purchased are the textbooks prescribed by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Liberia to be used by kids in the elementary division.

There is a set of books for each grade in the elementary division of the school, meaning, grade one to grade sixth, and each set contains four books comprising
the four major subjects – English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.

In all, a total of twenty-four (24) textbooks were purchased, costing about US$88. The books were bought from under the old Education Ministry building on Broad Street in Monrovia.

We are grateful to our friends and sponsors in Sweden, through Lena Thorne Marner, for making us get funds to do the purchase.

HLF School Board Visits School

Members of the Board of Directors of Help Liberia Foundation Community School made a one-day trip to the school in Buchanan City yesterday, Wednesday, October 30, 2024.

Board members (L-R): Madam Monica Sackie, Mr. Patrick Wolloh, Cllr. Aaron Kartee, Mr. James Sumo, and Cllr. Paul Yeenie Harry

They visited the school to see the students, the teachers, view the environment in which the school is being operated, and discuss some things about the school and its operation.

Board members making the trip included Madam Monica Sackie, Cllr. Aaron Kartee, Mr. James Sumo, Mr. Patrick Wolloh, and Cllr. Paul Yeenie Harry. Cllr. Lawrence Tomah could not form part of the trip because he had a case at the Supreme Court of Liberia.

The Board members intend to make regular trips to the school as they think about ways to improve things at the school and make the school a better institution for learning.

HLF School Introduces Long Sleeves for Sixth Graders

Our school in Buchanan City, Help Liberia Foundation Community School, has introduced the use of long-sleeve uniform shirts by all students of the sixth-grade class.

The use of the long-sleeve shirt is to distinguish the sixth graders, who are considered senior students in the school, from the rest of the students.

HLF School operates both kindergarten and elementary divisions, with the kindergarten division comprising ABC, K-1, and K-2, and the elementary division comprising grade one to grade six. Grade six is the last class in the school, making them the senior students.

HLF School Gets New Board Members, Holds New Board Meeting

New members have joined the Board of Directors of our school in Buchanan, Help Liberia Foundation Community School, and they held a meeting yesterday, Saturday, October 19, 2024.

Board members (L-R): Mr. James Sumo, Mrs. Monica Sackie, Cllr. Lawrence Tomah, Mr. Patrick Wolloh, and Cllr. Paul Yeenie Harry

The new Board members are Cllr. Lawrence Tomah, Cllr. Aaron Kartee, Mr. James Sumo, and Mr. Patrick Wolloh, and they have joined the old Board members comprising Mrs. Monica Sackie, Mr. Lincoln Blojay, and Cllr. Paul Yeenie Harry.  It’s worth noting that Mr. Lincoln Blojay left for the United States last year; hence, he will participate in discussions online, but will not sign documents.

The main purposes of yesterday’s meeting were for the members to meet and get to know one another, for the new members to be briefed about the school, and for all to discuss some issues concerning the school.

One of the new Board members, Mr. Aaron Kartee, did not have the chance to attend the meeting, as he went to attend his niece’s high school graduation program.

At the present, the seven (7) HLF School Board are as follows:

  1. Mrs. Monica Sackie
  2. Cllr. Paul Yeenie Harry
  3. Mr. Lincoln Blojay
  4. Cllr. Lawrence Tomah
  5. Mr. James Sumo
  6. Mr. Patrick Wolloh and
  7. Cllr. Aaron Kartee

We wish to welcome the new members, as we look forward to a cordial working relationship in thinking about ways to improve the school, which is established to help children from poor background get education.

HLF School Re-opens Its Doors

Help Liberia Foundation Community School, located in Buchanan, has opened its academic doors for the 2024/2025 school year.

The school reopened last month with less than 50 students, as many parents are finding it extremely difficult to register their children due to financial difficulties they are going through at this time of the year.

Some parents have even appealed to the school that we should allow their children to attend classes and that they will pay the registration fee later, which the school authority has agreed to, with the hope that parents will not default.

Our goal is to give education to as many poor children in Buchanan as possible, and we are appealing to all individuals and institutions of good will to complement our effort in giving poor children a better future.

The school bought some buckets and cups for the kids to use for drinking, as well as instructional materials for the teachers.

We wish to welcome both our old students and the new students, as well as the old teachers and the new ones joining this school this year. We all look forward to having a successful school year.