Project Report
| Jan 9, 2023
Passive Solar Classroom Additions
By Barbara Jean Euser | Project Leader
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Passive solar additions on classrooms
The Tsharka School year continued through December for the third year in a row. The additional months in the classroom are especially important for the more advanced students. It is not possible to complete the full year’s curriculum during summer months alone.
The addition of passive solar structures on the south sides of the classroom buildings makes the classrooms much more comfortable during October, November and December.
The solar additions create a greenhouse effect. Students love to hang out in the warm, bright areas just outside the classrooms.
During the end-of-school celebration in October, students demonstrated traditional dancing outside against the spectacular mountain backdrop.
A train of pack horses passed the school on its way into Tsharka Village.
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Hanging out in the solar addition
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Older students in a bright new classroom
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Outdoor school assembly
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Girls dancing at school celebration
![Pack horses passed school, going to village]()
Pack horses passed school, going to village
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Sep 12, 2022
Another Successful School Year
By Barbara Euser | Project Leader
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Students stretching in the school courtyard
Good news to report from Tsharka School! This 2022 school year has been very successful. Student enrollment continues to increase as the quality of teaching at Tsharka School gets better and better. Tsharka School has received permission from the District Education Office to add another year’s level of teaching each year. This makes a huge difference in terms of keeping children in the community as they pursue their studies.
Students are conscious of the importance of daily exercise and keeping fit. Every school day, all students participate in outdoor calisthenics in the courtyard located between the classrooms. In the photo, some of the younger students are doing their stretches.
The newly constructed classrooms are functioning very well: the school campus has been transformed. A special donation of school uniforms for the students has added an element of pride for students attending our community school.
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Unpacking a donation of school uniforms
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Students proudly wearing their new uniforms
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May 19, 2022
Tsahrka School Opens 2022
By Barbara Euser | Project Leader
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Packing school supplies in Kathmandu
The 2022 school year has started! In April in Kathmandu, our School Coordinator and teachers packed up all the books, notebooks, pencils, pens, and other teaching materials they will need for the school year. These items must all be transported to Tsharka: first by plane, then in panniers carried by horses. It takes a lot of planning and preparation, well in advance of the opening day at school. School started on May 1. By this time, enough of the winter snow had melted for people and pack animals to cross the high passes and arrive in Tsharka (also spelled Chharka). As our school campus continues to grow, so does the number of students in Tsharka School. Students proudly wear their new school uniforms and backpacks!
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Lots of school supplies required!
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New school uniforms
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New student backpacks
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