Intensive English camps for Costa Rican kids, hands-on training for public-school teachers. We are currently preparing 35 camps for January 2015.
JumpStart Costa Rica, an initiative of the nonprofit Costa Rica Multilingüe Foundation, offers intensive vacation day camps for incoming seventh-graders from low-income rural and urban areas throughout Costa Rica, particularly those where English is not offered in elementary school. The camps prepare kids for high school by giving them basic English skills and helping them with the challenging el
JumpStart has big plans for 2018, join us and volunteer for our JumpStart camps in Costa Rica!
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24/03/2017
Check out this awesome story! This Tuesday afternoon Erica Spanjers ran into the SuperCompro in Nicoya to grab a blue poweraid before the long drive back to San Jose. Naturally, she was wearing her JumpStart t-shirt. The young man working at the check out counter recognized the JumpStart logo, and guess what? His little brother was a JumpStart camper!
Two years ago his younger brother was a part of JumpStart with the Peace Corps in his town. He was truly impressed with the camp and the Peace Corp teacher. Even two years later this proud older brother was singing the praises of JumpStart.
A huge shout out to the students who continue to share in the legacy of JumpStart graduates.
03/03/2017
Happy Peace Corps Week to the dozens and dozens of INCREDIBLE volunteers who have organized JumpStart camps since 2013. We could never have pulled this off without your tireless work, creativity, and willingness to do whatever it takes to help kids succeed (and to get Reese's!). THANK YOU!!! Tag a JumpStart PCV in the comments!
17/02/2017
Any JumpStart graduates out there headed to this job fair, or any interview? Company leaders offer some great tips in this article.
Recruiters: Preparation is key to success at upcoming CINDE Job Fair What does it take to stand out at the CINDE Multilingual Job Fair this weekend in San José? CINDE and company representatives give you the inside scoop.
03/02/2017
Check out these awesome invitations to the El Niño y La Bola Jumpstart Graduation.
It´s graduation day! JumpStart students all around Costa Rica are graduating today! Our volunteer professors and Peace Corps volunteers are ready to showcase their students.
Stay tuned for awesome pictures and videos of graduation.
A special thanks to our sponsors and partners:
El Mangroove Hotel, Autograph Collection Fundación Monge Boy With a Ball Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano Fundación ALIARSE Evolc Costa Rica
Before students are let out to break, they have to demonstrate they retained what they learned in the first session. These three students from JumpStart El Mangroove Hotel, Autograph Collection really know their stuff!
27/01/2017
Check out these Fundación Monge students!
This week we had our famous fashion show day- always a hit with the students! Who said learning English had to be boring? JumpStart students participate in interactive lessons (such as this) that get their brain and body moving! This is how English is best taught!
16/01/2017
Here in La Cruz, Guanacaste students are hard at work learning family names and titles and reviewing their numbers!
09/01/2017
JumpStart has begun! Check out these students in Guanacaste jumping right into it on day one! A special thanks to our Sponsors El Mangroove, Autograph Collection and Costa Elena for giving these kids a once in a life time opportunity.
04/01/2017
Everything we do is hands-on, including our volunteer training. Yesterday, our amazing volunteer teachers from England, Oregon, California, Arizona - and Costa Rica! - jumped into a first-day demo with wonderful kids from El Triángulo de la Solidaridad, San José. It was a blast!
03/01/2017
We love this map of Costa Rica that little Steven drew for us impromptu this morning at JumpStart teacher training in Triángulo de la Solidaridad so our volunteers could show the kids all the places they're going to teach English this month! Thank you Steven and El Triángulo for joining the JumpStart family today!
30/12/2016
Even Grandma Betty is getting ready for JumpStart! She's been helping us cut out the laminated images that make up part of our interactive JumpStart curriculum. Only 10 days until our January Jumpstart 2017 camps begin! Thanks for all your help, Grandma Betty.