Robert Christian Elementary School

Robert, pronounced Rō-bear, is located at the very top of a mountain with a beautiful view of the Caribbean Ocean. The students at the Robert Christian Elementary School sit on long wooden benches facing blackboard partitions. The school captures rainwater in a concrete cistern which is used by the school, children, and church community. Once children complete 8th grade, they go to the secondary school at the foot of the mountain, the Williamson Christian Secondary School.

School Info

Official School Name: Mixte Communautaire de Robert
Principal: Coles Jean
Vice Principal: Roosevelt Jean
Total Students: 249
Number Sponsored: 133
Number of Teachers: 7 (elementary)
Grades Taught: Preschool (K2), Kindergarten (K3) – 8th Grade
School Hours: 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM (1st-8th), 8:00 AM – Noon (Kindergarten)
Facility: The main school building, funded with grants from Hope for Haiti’s Children, is constructed of concrete block with a metal roof and a concrete floor. It also serves as the meeting place for the Robert Church of Christ. Four grades meet in an adjacent building, and new 7th and 8th grade classrooms were completed in 2019.

Current Needs – Robert

10th-13th Grade Classrooms – Plans are to complete four new classrooms on the school property to provide individual classrooms to finish the secondary school with grades 10-13. ($20,000/classroom * 4 = $80,000)

Classroom Furniture – These four classrooms will need 30 new benches with desktops for students, 4 teacher desks, and 4 chalkboards ($200/bench, $250/teacher desk, $150/chalkboard)

Friday VBS & Summer Lunch Program – The school wants to host a weekly VBS on Fridays in the summer and feed the children a hot meal with a take-home bag of rice and beans every week ($32/child)