NewsLetter Summer 2003

Plans are under way for our annual summer extravaganza to be held at the Gwen Margolis Community Center on Saturday, August 9, 2003. Pending the benevolence of the American Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, for a visa, our invited guest will be Eloise Nelson, Class of 1966. Eloise has been a 6th grade teacher for over 32 years. She is the daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Nelson, Class of 1942.

This year’s event will also include giving special recognition to the following classes: 1933, 1943, 1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, and 1993. The members of these classes are:

CLASS OF 1933 -
Frank Campbell*, Leonard (Mr. Ping) Chensam*, Lucille Coe*, and Maude Hooker.

CLASS OF 1943 -
Evelyn Bent, Francisca Canton*, Mary Hawkins*, Herbert Hooker, Jacqueline Hodgson, Bivan Coe*, Adela Ingle, Adolfo López, Edith Palmer, John Palmer*, and Sarita Sandoval.

CLASS OF 1953 -
Justiniano Buitrago*, José de Jesús Calonje, Carlos Adán Castillo, Roy Forbes, Ludwig Ingram, Zacarías Rodriguez, Merlin Forbes, Myrtle Hooker, Luis Selva, Mario Sequeira, Charles Whitaker, Hubert Wilson, Ralph Sinclair, José Paiz Jr., Alwyn Miller, and James Leeming.

CLASS OF 1963 -
Jorge Arcola, Ermine Narcissi, George Berry, Floyd Nelson, Anthony Coe, Thalia Coe, Elmira Omier, Cheryl Patterson, Ray Gordon, Kent Henriquez, Norma Sequeira, Rosa Hodgson, Julieta Sinclair, Dyane Hooker, Archie Smith, Emily Houston, and Jane Zalavarria.

CLASS OF 1973 -
BACHILLERES: Enrique Amador, Julio Cortes, Evans Curtis, Osmundo Escalante, Freddy Escorcia, James Henriquez, Gustavo Morga, Eddie Orochena, Charles Whitaker, Filmore Wilson, Karen Bowie, Yvonne Forbes, Esperanza Halsall, Lestel Lau, Glennie Narcisso, Luis Peralta, Carona Taylor, Sherry Taylor.
SECRETARIADO: Melanie Brautigam, Orlina Ferdinand, Alcira Germendia, Alicia Gonzalez, Maria Teresa Gutiérrez, Yolanda Gutiérrez, Hilda Melendez, Sara Saavedra, Ileana Urcuyo, Marva Walton, and Ruth Watson.
CONTADORES: José Cantón, Ricardo Casanova, Headley Cayasso, Franklin Cheng, Alfredo Cheng, Klinkert Hebbert, Dexter Hooker, Alfred Kirkland, Charles Levy*, Martha Lau, Gustavo Martin, Ohagid Mondol, Carlos Pineda, Felipe Siu, Hugh Stephenson, Cleveland Taylor, Anthony Tom, and Ana Cecilia Vega.

CLASS OF 1983 -
BACHILERES: Jacqueline Cantero, Brigitte DeSouza, Gloria Forbes, Lydia Hodgson, Deborah Robb, Gladys Rojas, Evita Terry, Amarillys Wilson, Noreen White, Kevin Campbell, Javier Espinosa, Miguel Mena, Marlon Machado, Gil Paterson, Glen Wilson.
CONTADORES: Cedric Andrews, Hugh Anthony Budier, Riley Bunst, Gene Christian, Diógenes Cifuentes, Eugenio Dixon, Henningston Hodgson, José Luis Norori, Armando Whitaker, John Wilson, Marisa Ingram, Beryl Miller, and Yvette Pineda.
SECRETARIADO: Helen Gudier, Amy Campbell, Haydee Downs, Lillian Francis, Hilda Hodgson, Nora Newball, Sharon Watson, Hayley Webster, and Shelly Webster.
PRIMERA PROMOCION NOCTURNA:
CONTADORES: Gloria Castro, Cleotilde Centeno, Cynthia Chow, Maritza Chow, Hortense Downs, Orpha Downs, Gayle Gonzalez, Justina Jiménez, Violet Thomas, Allin Watson, James Henriquez, Efrain Hernandez, Franklin Morice and Mauricio West.
SECRETARIADO: Yamileth Arana, Lydia Bailey, Sara Brown, Thelma Cupidon, Mireya Flores, Elba Fox, Verna González, Cecilia Hodgson*, Rachel Hodgson, Dempna Lopez, Auxiliadora Mairena, María Isabel Moreno, Nilda Solórzano, Angela Rayo, Angela Thompson, Elba Ugarte, Glory Mae Hooker, and Florence Wilson.

CLASS OF 1993 -
CONTADORES: Danelee Antonio, Yolanda Bowie, Ana Campbell, Amanda García, Joy Hodgson, Annabel López, Devony Omier, Rhonda Waggon, Patricia Zeledón, Jerry Molina, Gladis Benliss, Brigette Bryan, Elba Gonzalez, Elania Hooker, Georgina Martin, Yesina Pineda, Vanessa Wilson, Nicolas Antonio, Floyd Zing, Fluvia Benoit, Elma Budier, Lorna Downs, Sandra Guilen, Cecilia Lockwood, Gesela McCoy, Angela Vasquez, Elma Zeledón, and Charles Christian.
BACHILLERES: Lissette Aristhomene, Violet Henriquez, Alejandra Hodgson, Ann Miller, Dalia Ugarte, Thomas Campbell, Jorge Mendoza, Kevin Perez, Donovan StClair, Ileana Downs, Gina Hodgson, Kathleen Len, Xiomara Rugama, Dexter Bacon, Michael Lewin, Jenn Meza, Rupert Porter, Ronald Wilford, Lastenia Gómez, Sandra Hodgson, Marietta Lockwood, Claudia Silva, Kurt Berry, Ricardo Martínez, Samuel Mora, and Ernesto Quinn.
SECRETARIAS: Nuria Allen, Magda Gonzalez, Silvia Bodden, Luvy Martinez, and Lisette Castillo.

*Deceased

CONGRATULATIONS

The alumni association is proud to salute and congratulate the following alumnae:
Marlyn Henriquez, Class of 1971; she earned her doctorate, PhD, in Spanish from Florida International University (FIU), on April 28, 2003. Her major was in Latin American Literature, and a minor in Peninsular (Spanish) Literature.

We also salute and congratulate Tania Chavarría Zeledón, class of 1989. Tania received a degree in Diplomacy and Law from Harvard and Tufts Universities in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in May of 2003. Tania received her Doctor Juris from the UNAN in Leon, Nicaragua, in 1995. She is the proud daughter of Prof. Pedro Chavarría, MA. Professor of Spanish at our Alma Mater.
We would also like to congratulate Olivia & Fritz Halsall on the occasion of their 52nd wedding anniversary, and Earl & Carolyn Bryan as they celebrated their 32nd.

RECUPERATING

Dean Hooker, Class of 2001, was one of the crew members injured on the SS Norway earlier this year. As you are aware there was an explosion in the boiler room which caused the death of eight crew members, and injured others. We can report that Dean is out of the hospital and is undergoing therapy. We wish for him a speedy recovery. He is grandson of Shirley Taylor Campbell.

ALUMNI DUES

In our spring 2003 newsletter we made an appeal to the alumni for your support in instituting a fee of $100.00 per year, or $10.00 per month from each alumnus. As of this date we have received from six members a grand total of $370.00. We know that we will be receiving quite a number of contributors at our annual alumni banquet on August 9th. We feel that by having in place a program of this nature we will be able to help to fund the projects that the Director, Allan Budier, is trying to implement. It would give us the flexibility of helping both sections, Primary and Secondary, making our Alma Mater the finest in Nicaragua. The educational systems in the entire county are in need of help. To give you an idea how deplorable the situation is let me share with you a report that was published in La Prensa on June 26, 2003.
According to the Minister of Education, Silvio de Franco:
   - 18.7% of the population is illiterate
   - 823,000 children of school age do not access to school
   - 36.98% (981,478) have not completed primary school
   - 29% of the schools do not have access to drinking water
   - 32% of the schools do not have electricity
   - 75% of the schools do not have the basic infrastructure for a quality education
   - And only 4.7% of the population is involved in higher education.

Your contributions can be made payable to the Alumni Assoc. Colegio Moravo, and mail to Steve Benedict, 1730 SW 85 Ter, Miramar, FL 33025.

UPCOMING EVENT!

SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZA
GWEN MARGOLIS COMMUNITY CENTER
1590 NE 123RD STREET
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2003
NORTH MIAMI, FLORIDA
7:30 PM

If you need tickets you can contact, Steve Benedict, 1730 SW 85 Ter, Miramar, FL 33025
E-mail: sabene@att.net.
If you are coming from out of town and need a hotel room, please contact me.
We are making arrangements with a hotel on Miami Beach for special summer rates.

NEWS FROM THE COLEGIO

During the month of June new rest rooms for the girls were inaugurated. The cost of this project was $10,000, based on the current exchange rates. The Colegio expects to pay this off in 18 months...

An overhead projector was purchased to aid the teachers and students, and new desks and chairs were purchased for the computer lab. In addition, two air conditioners were also purchased for the computer lab and the physics and chemistry lab. We are hoping that ENITEL (Telephone Company) will install those other lines for internet to be offered to the students and eventually to the public.

FUTURE PROJECTS:
Building rest rooms exclusively for the boys.

Build a water tower to enhance the water supply.

Remodeling of the library. We need a special budget to purchase books, etc. This is urgent!

Engineer Samuel Omier, an alumnus, is working on a design to complement the main entrance to the Elizabeth Marx Building, functionally, to shelter people from the rain. Sammy is the son of Dr. Cyril Omier.

CONDOLENCES

We extend our most profound condolences to the family of Jasper Casis. Jasper passed away on April 22, 2003, in Miami, Florida. We also extend our condolences to the family and friends of Joel Downs. Joel was a member of the first class of bachilleres, the class of 1951. Joel was a great athlete, and a friend of many. He passed away in Bilwi, Nicaragua, during the month of April. Jasper and Joel will be greatly missed.

TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE—VISIT OUR WEBSITE
http://moravoalumni.home.att.net


Newsletter - Summer 2003
	Plans are under way for our annual summer extravaganza to be held at the Gwen Margolis Community Center on Saturday, August 9, 2003. Pending the benevolence of the American Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, for a visa, our invited guest will be Eloise Nelson, Class of 1966. Eloise has been a 6th grade teacher for over 32 years. She is the daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Nelson, Class of 1942. This year’s event will also include giving special recognition to the following classes: 1933, 1943, 1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, and 1993. The members of these classes are: CLASS OF 1933 - Frank Campbell, Leonard (Mr. Ping) Chensam, Lucille Coe, and Maude Hooker. CLASS OF 1943 -* Evelyn Bent, Francisca Canton, Mary Hawkins, Herbert Hooker, Jacqueline Hodgson, Bivan Coe, Adela Ingle, Adolfo López, Edith Palmer, John Palmer, and Sarita Sandoval. CLASS OF 1953 - Justiniano Buitrago, José de Jesús Calonje, Carlos Adán Castillo, Roy Forbes, Ludwig Ingram, Zacarías Rodriguez, Merlin Forbes, Myrtle Hooker, Luis Selva, Mario Sequeira, Charles Whitaker, Hubert Wilson, Ralph Sinclair, José Paiz Jr., Alwyn Miller, and James Leeming. CLASS OF 1963 -* Jorge Arcola, Ermine Narcissi, George Berry, Floyd Nelson, Anthony Coe, Thalia Coe, Elmira Omier, Cheryl Patterson, Ray Gordon, Kent Henriquez, Norma Sequeira, Rosa Hodgson, Julieta Sinclair, Dyane Hooker, Archie Smith, Emily Houston, and Jane Zalavarria. CLASS OF 1973 - BACHILLERES: Enrique Amador, Julio Cortes, Evans Curtis, Osmundo Escalante, Freddy Escorcia, James Henriquez, Gustavo Morga, Eddie Orochena, Charles Whitaker, Filmore Wilson, Karen Bowie, Yvonne Forbes, Esperanza Halsall, Lestel Lau, Glennie Narcisso, Luis Peralta, Carona Taylor, Sherry Taylor. SECRETARIADO: Melanie Brautigam, Orlina Ferdinand, Alcira Germendia, Alicia Gonzalez, Maria Teresa Gutiérrez, Yolanda Gutiérrez, Hilda Melendez, Sara Saavedra, Ileana Urcuyo, Marva Walton, and Ruth Watson. CONTADORES: José Cantón, Ricardo Casanova, Headley Cayasso, Franklin Cheng, Alfredo Cheng, Klinkert Hebbert, Dexter Hooker, Alfred Kirkland, Charles Levy, Martha Lau, Gustavo Martin, Ohagid Mondol, Carlos Pineda, Felipe Siu, Hugh Stephenson, Cleveland Taylor, Anthony Tom, and Ana Cecilia Vega. CLASS OF 1983 -* BACHILERES: Jacqueline Cantero, Brigitte DeSouza, Gloria Forbes, Lydia Hodgson, Deborah Robb, Gladys Rojas, Evita Terry, Amarillys Wilson, Noreen White, Kevin Campbell, Javier Espinosa, Miguel Mena, Marlon Machado, Gil Paterson, Glen Wilson. CONTADORES: Cedric Andrews, Hugh Anthony Budier, Riley Bunst, Gene Christian, Diógenes Cifuentes, Eugenio Dixon, Henningston Hodgson, José Luis Norori, Armando Whitaker, John Wilson, Marisa Ingram, Beryl Miller, and Yvette Pineda. SECRETARIADO: Helen Gudier, Amy Campbell, Haydee Downs, Lillian Francis, Hilda Hodgson, Nora Newball, Sharon Watson, Hayley Webster, and Shelly Webster. PRIMERA PROMOCION NOCTURNA: CONTADORES: Gloria Castro, Cleotilde Centeno, Cynthia Chow, Maritza Chow, Hortense Downs, Orpha Downs, Gayle Gonzalez, Justina Jiménez, Violet Thomas, Allin Watson, James Henriquez, Efrain Hernandez, Franklin Morice and Mauricio West. SECRETARIADO: Yamileth Arana, Lydia Bailey, Sara Brown, Thelma Cupidon, Mireya Flores, Elba Fox, Verna González, Cecilia Hodgson, Rachel Hodgson, Dempna Lopez, Auxiliadora Mairena, María Isabel Moreno, Nilda Solórzano, Angela Rayo, Angela Thompson, Elba Ugarte, Glory Mae Hooker, and Florence Wilson. CLASS OF 1993 -* CONTADORES: Danelee Antonio, Yolanda Bowie, Ana Campbell, Amanda García, Joy Hodgson, Annabel López, Devony Omier, Rhonda Waggon, Patricia Zeledón, Jerry Molina, Gladis Benliss, Brigette Bryan, Elba Gonzalez, Elania Hooker, Georgina Martin, Yesina Pineda, Vanessa Wilson, Nicolas Antonio, Floyd Zing, Fluvia Benoit, Elma Budier, Lorna Downs, Sandra Guilen, Cecilia Lockwood, Gesela McCoy, Angela Vasquez, Elma Zeledón, and Charles Christian. BACHILLERES: Lissette Aristhomene, Violet Henriquez, Alejandra Hodgson, Ann Miller, Dalia Ugarte, Thomas Campbell, Jorge Mendoza, Kevin Perez, Donovan StClair, Ileana Downs, Gina Hodgson, Kathleen Len, Xiomara Rugama, Dexter Bacon, Michael Lewin, Jenn Meza, Rupert Porter, Ronald Wilford, Lastenia Gómez, Sandra Hodgson, Marietta Lockwood, Claudia Silva, Kurt Berry, Ricardo Martínez, Samuel Mora, and Ernesto Quinn. SECRETARIAS: Nuria Allen, Magda Gonzalez, Silvia Bodden, Luvy Martinez, and Lisette Castillo. Deceased CONGRATULATIONS* The alumni association is proud to salute and congratulate the following alumnae: Marlyn Henriquez, Class of 1971; she earned her doctorate, PhD, in Spanish from Florida International University (FIU), on April 28, 2003. Her major was in Latin American Literature, and a minor in Peninsular (Spanish) Literature. We also salute and congratulate Tania Chavarría Zeledón, class of 1989. Tania received a degree in Diplomacy and Law from Harvard and Tufts Universities in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in May of 2003. Tania received her Doctor Juris from the UNAN in Leon, Nicaragua, in 1995. She is the proud daughter of Prof. Pedro Chavarría, MA. Professor of Spanish at our Alma Mater. We would also like to congratulate Olivia & Fritz Halsall on the occasion of their 52nd wedding anniversary, and Earl & Carolyn Bryan as they celebrated their 32nd. RECUPERATING Dean Hooker, Class of 2001, was one of the crew members injured on the SS Norway earlier this year. As you are aware there was an explosion in the boiler room which caused the death of eight crew members, and injured others. We can report that Dean is out of the hospital and is undergoing therapy. We wish for him a speedy recovery. He is grandson of Shirley Taylor Campbell. ALUMNI DUES In our spring 2003 newsletter we made an appeal to the alumni for your support in instituting a fee of $100.00 per year, or $10.00 per month from each alumnus. As of this date we have received from six members a grand total of $370.00. We know that we will be receiving quite a number of contributors at our annual alumni banquet on August 9th. We feel that by having in place a program of this nature we will be able to help to fund the projects that the Director, Allan Budier, is trying to implement. It would give us the flexibility of helping both sections, Primary and Secondary, making our Alma Mater the finest in Nicaragua. The educational systems in the entire county are in need of help. To give you an idea how deplorable the situation is let me share with you a report that was published in La Prensa on June 26, 2003. According to the Minister of Education, Silvio de Franco: - 18.7% of the population is illiterate - 823,000 children of school age do not access to school - 36.98% (981,478) have not completed primary school - 29% of the schools do not have access to drinking water - 32% of the schools do not have electricity - 75% of the schools do not have the basic infrastructure for a quality education - And only 4.7% of the population is involved in higher education. Your contributions can be made payable to the Alumni Assoc. Colegio Moravo, and mail to Steve Benedict, 1730 SW 85 Ter, Miramar, FL 33025. UPCOMING EVENT! SUMMER EXTRAVAGANZA GWEN MARGOLIS COMMUNITY CENTER 1590 NE 123RD STREET SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2003 NORTH MIAMI, FLORIDA 7:30 PM If you need tickets you can contact, Steve Benedict, 1730 SW 85 Ter, Miramar, FL 33025 E-mail: sabene@att.net. If you are coming from out of town and need a hotel room, please contact me. We are making arrangements with a hotel on Miami Beach for special summer rates. NEWS FROM THE COLEGIO During the month of June new rest rooms for the girls were inaugurated. The cost of this project was $10,000, based on the current exchange rates. The Colegio expects to pay this off in 18 months... An overhead projector was purchased to aid the teachers and students, and new desks and chairs were purchased for the computer lab. In addition, two air conditioners were also purchased for the computer lab and the physics and chemistry lab. We are hoping that ENITEL (Telephone Company) will install those other lines for internet to be offered to the students and eventually to the public. FUTURE PROJECTS: Building rest rooms exclusively for the boys. Build a water tower to enhance the water supply. Remodeling of the library. We need a special budget to purchase books, etc. This is urgent! Engineer Samuel Omier, an alumnus, is working on a design to complement the main entrance to the Elizabeth Marx Building, functionally, to shelter people from the rain. Sammy is the son of Dr. Cyril Omier. CONDOLENCES We extend our most profound condolences to the family of Jasper Casis. Jasper passed away on April 22, 2003, in Miami, Florida. We also extend our condolences to the family and friends of Joel Downs. Joel was a member of the first class of bachilleres, the class of 1951. Joel was a great athlete, and a friend of many. He passed away in Bilwi, Nicaragua, during the month of April. Jasper and Joel will be greatly missed. TAKE A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE—VISIT OUR WEBSITE http://moravoalumni.home.att.net