Kenyan schools are back in session! With cleaning, handwashing, masks and distancing the children and staff are doing well. They are so happy to be together again. It is their hot, dry season and COVID-19 cases in the country are at a low level. The Kenyan government is going to try to make up for all the lost months of education by altering their school calendar through 2023. Please pray for each young life and those adults who care for them as they face the challenges of this new world.
LETTERS
We will begin the exchange of letters with sponsors and students in February 2021. If all goes well, we will be able to deliver letters each month this year except April.
Thank you for your life-changing sponsorship! You have been a life line for these families in 2020 and now we return to the mission to offer hope and a better future on this earth and in eternity through education and the message of Jesus!
2020 SCHOOL SCHEDULE
Grade 4 (oldest class in the new school system), Grade 8 (oldest class in primary school) and Grade 12 (seniors in high school)
Term 1: January - March 2020 before COVID-19 closures
Term 2: October - December 2020 (only classes allowed to return to school in late 2020)
Term 3: January - March 2021
April 2021 they will take national assessments and wait to hear the results
They will go to their next level of education with the rest of the classes at the end of July 2021 at which time all students will begin the 2021 school year
All Other Grade Levels from Preschool to High School
Term 1: January - March 2020 before COVID- closures
Term 2: January - March 2021
March 20 - May 7 they will be on school break while grades 4, 8 and 12 take their national assessments
Term 3: May 10 - July 16, 2021
2021 SCHOOL SCHEDULE
All preschool - high school students are back on the same schedule
Term 1: July 26, 2021 - October 1, 2021
Term 2: October 11, 2021 - December 23, 2021
Term 3: January 3, 2022 - March 4, 2022
March & April 2022: national assessments for grades 5, 8 and 12 and marking
2022 SCHOOL SCHEDULE
Term 1: April 25, 2022 - July 1, 2022
Term 2: July 11, 2022 - September 16, 2022
Term 3: September 26, 2022 - November 25, 2022
December 2022: national assessments for grades 5, 8 and 12
January 2023: marking national assessment
2023 SCHOOL YEAR: January 23 - December
2024 SCHOOL YEAR: back to normal beginning the first week in January and ending in November with national assessments