New Horizon Primary School

I chose to teach at New Horizon after we toured two primary schools in Belize; New Horizon and Isla Bonita. The school, New Horizon, reminded me more of the school I did my internship in in Wilmington. To me it seemed like there was a larger population of diverse students. Many students are from other countries such as Guatemala.  There are 16 classrooms ranging from Kindergarten to 8^th grade. Students in Belize are done with school after 8^th grade unless they decide to continue their education in secondary school. As special education teachers, we were allowed to chose whether we wanted to teach in a general education classroom or pull students out for special education services. Four of us that are special education majors decided to go to New Horizon. Our first day there the principal split us up. Mary and myself are working with essentially 3^rd through 5^th grade students. Teachers start school at 8:00am. Everyone reports to the chapel for a morning devotion. The teachers sing songs and then preach a morning message. Throughout the day the students get two 15 minute breaks. I thought this was very cool. I liked that they were given breaks during the day to go run around and play. It seemed to help them get out their extra energy. The students also have an hour lunch break. Many students go home to eat lunch with their families or their parents come to the school to eat with their children.