Last week one of our Board Directors of Michell & Cia visited the Mirasol School, and with much happiness we received a report about motivation and enthusiasm shown by all children, who just started the new school year last March 2014. 

 

The Mirasol School (www.mirasol.com.pe) is a project that began in 2007,  and thanks to the collaboration and support from customers, friends and Michell team, we managed to build a school for students from 1st through 6th grade . Today we are proud to see the progress achieved in both the educational and personal level. 

 

During the visit,  all children were greeted in each grade, all of them had big smiles and were very thankful. But it was a 4th grade child, who stood up and surprised us with a poem, written by himself and says:

 

The Mirasol Student

 

My mother told me: stand up son!

But I did not obey

One day, she bought me one single notebook,

A pen and an eraser.

 

But on another day the Mirasol school appeared

That same day, together with me, my notebook grew up

And my teacher told me: stand up son!

I was not able to read or to write, but

 

My teacher said: stand up son!

And even though  I did not obey,

My classmates helped me

So I could learn to write and to read

Finally I learnt to read and to write.

 

I went to Puno and people said:

This boy is well educated, he comes from the Mirasol school

And a teacher from Puno said

This boy deserves many awards.

 

One day the Principal gave me

A notebook, a pencil and an eraser

And at the Mirasol school

I started to obtain the best grades

 

And the teachers learnt to love very much  this poet boy;

 

Thanks to my mother

Thanks to my teacher

Thanks to my Principal

And thanks to the support from others,

 I will become a professional.

 

Author:  Carlos Alexander Laura Qquea

4th Grade Mirasol School

 

We share this poem because it has a special meaning for  Charles Alexander , his teachers, and all people making this great project of the Mirasol School possible.This certainly encourages us to support more , continue to grow the school, and hopefully encourage others to generate new initiatives that can help the educational and personal development of the children in the Peruvian Andes.