Wednesday, March 17, 2010
South Africa celebrates facility's 1st Anniversary
One year ago today, the world changed for 683 children in South Africa. The doors opened to the new
Christel House South Africa. While the entity has existed since 2002, the new campus meant students would excel
together, in a vibrant learning community. The students celebrated this morning and shared the photo above.
Even more exciting than the building itself is the commitment to education taking place inside.
Since opening, not one single student or teacher has missed one day of instruction. Quite phenomenal when you consider the physical, emotional and other distractions that come from living or treating extreme poverty.
Happy Birthday CHSA - keep up the fantastic work!
Labels: event, milestone, South Africa
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
New High School in Indianapolis!!!
Today at 3:30 PM Christel House will hold the official ground-breaking ceremony for the new Christel House Academy-Watanabe High School, the newest charter high school in Indiana.
In 2002, based on the results of ISTEP tests administered three weeks after school opened, Christel House Academy ranked as the worst-performing school in Indiana, clearly demonstrating how far behind these students were. Today, the Academy's ISTEP scores have increased to where 74.25% recently passed both parts of the test compared to the Indiana state average of 71.4% and the IPS average of 49.9%.
Learn more.
The school will eventually serve 240 students in grades 9-12 and seek a 90% graduation rate.
Christel House Academy ProfileFull Indianapolis Star front page articleKeep up with us and our students!
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Labels: Academy, event, exams, graduation
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
CH Academy Paints the Town
An empty, bare wall of a warehouse on Indianapolis' near south side is bustling with students and paint brushes.
Christel House Academy and the
Eiteljorg Museum have teamed up to paint a mural at
1201 South Meridian St. (See Google Map view)Native American photographer and instillation artist
Will Wilson (Dine) directs the project which includes tracing and organizing students and volunteers to join forces in creating the beautiful finished product. The mural celebrates the "Indians of Indiana" and is part of the multicultural education program at Christel House Academy.
The mural will be unveiled at the site this Thursday, October 15 at 2:30 p.m.
Read more from the EiteljorgA big thanks to all who volunteered their time and resources to make this project happen, including, but not limited to...
Home Depot (Southport store)
Cardwell Do-It-Best
MacAllister Rentals
PPG Porter Paints (Southport store)
PPG Porter Paints (Downtown Indianapolis store)
Lowe’s (Greenwood store)
Sherwin Williams (Greenwood store)
ICI Paints (Lafayette Road store)
MAB Paints (S. East Street store)
Paradise Café and Bakery (Greenwood)
Labels: Academy, art, event, extra curriculars, Volunteer
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Eighth Caroline Award was celebrated at Christel House Mexico
The eighth
Caroline Award was celebrated on June 26th, 2009 in the Christel House facilities. This year, the main theme of the contest was Mythology. All the students from
Christel House participated in two categories: drawing and writing.
The day started with the inauguration of the contest. Then our special judges and guests enjoyed a performance, with the Christel House Choir singing the songs ¨La flor de la Cantuta¨ and ¨Mariposa,¨ and the Christel House Dance Workshop dancing alongside them. Afterwards the judges and guests went on a tour around the facilities where they had the opportunity to see the drawings and the poems by the kids. Later they watched a play called “Chin y Ben,” written by one of our second grade students, Gerardo Alvarez, and performed by the theater workshop.
To conclude this special day we had a ceremony where our judges, specialists in drawing and literature, announced the winners of the contest and the Supervisor of the Zone, Guadalupe Gallardo Vite, recognized the efforts of the students and the teachers who coordinated this event.
Labels: drawing, event, Mexico, music, theater, writing
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Christel House Mexico performing at "Sala Nezahualcoyotl"
On June 26th, 2009 students from
Christel House Mexico held a concert at
“Sala Nezahualcoyotl,” recognized as one of the best Concert Halls in Latin America in the heart of
Mexico’s National University.
Over 2,500 people attended this concert where the students from CHMX participated by singing and playing twenty pieces. The concert was directed by Professor Guillermo J. Sánchez and by their music teacher
Andrea Sánchez Gallego.
Christel House Mexico is very proud of Aldo Ortíz Martínez, a third grader at CHMX, who was the only student among three schools who sang a solo with the song “Osito Pelón.” Also Andrea Sánchez Gallego participated by singing the song “Hymne” by E. Live.
Labels: event, Mexico, music
Monday, June 15, 2009
Peyton Manning Launches Program at Christel House
More than 100 Christel House Academy students joined Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning in launching
Project 18, a new program aimed at fighting childhood obesity in Indiana today. The state-wide health and wellness campaign is an initiative of
Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St.Vincent (courtesy photo) and focuses on school health education and community outreach.
The project, which is named after Manning’s football jersey number, provides Indiana elementary schools with an 18-week health and wellness curriculum designed to address the major risk behaviors in third-grade to fifth-grade students. It focuses on the areas of nutrition, physical activity and holistic health. In 2008, Indiana ranked 11th in the country for obesity. Approximately one-third of Hoosier children are overweight, and are more likely to develop high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, low self-esteem and depression. Marsh Supermarkets, Ball State University and Strategic Marketing & Research, Inc. (SMARI) have also teamed up with Manning and St. Vincent as they work to educate Indiana students and their families on healthy living choices through Project 18.
In addition to launching the program at Christel House Academy, Principal Carey Dahncke was also invited to be the only school principal to participate in videotaped public service announcements (
see Carey in the Goal Setting video).
Be sure to check out the local Indianapolis evening news for highlights of the launch and press conference that took place at
Christel House Academy this morning. Also watch
our website for updates on our Academy students’ progress in the program beginning this fall.
More on our health programsMore Project 18Video Coverage on WISH-TVCoverage at IndyStar.comLabels: Academy, event, health
Monday, May 18, 2009
Christel House featured charity for London to Paris ride
On June 25th, 2009, cyclists from around the world will take part in the 5th annual
London to Paris (L2P) ride. Covering 520km it is known as the "Professional event for amateurs".
Christel House will again be featured as one of the four charities that the group supports. Since 2007, cyclists have raised funds to help the children of Christel House break the cycle of poverty.
Riders -
click here to download your fundraising packetGood luck to all!
Labels: event, fundraiser
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Be Part of a Global Golf Event
On June 8, approximately 2,000 golfers from around the world will tee off and play the
Group RCI Christel House Open. With 19 courses on five continents, it's one of the largest single-day golf tournaments in the world! 100% of proceeds benefit the children of
Christel House.
Play or sponsor charity golf on a global scale, visit
www.chopen.org or contact Mandi Melangton at mmelangton@christelhouse.org or 317-464-2341!
Labels: event, golf, Group RCI
The eighth Caroline Award was celebrated on June 26th, 2009 in the Christel House facilities. This year, the main theme of the contest was Mythology. All the students from Christel House participated in two categories: drawing and writing.
On June 26th, 2009 students from Christel House Mexico held a concert at “Sala Nezahualcoyotl,” recognized as one of the best Concert Halls in Latin America in the heart of Mexico’s National University.
