Published on
30 January 2010,
The Principal, Staff and children of Acacia International School would like to thank all parents and the people of the Livingstone Community for their support and contributions to Acacia’s Fund Raising Events.
A very special thank you to the Friends of Acacia (Parent/Teacher Association) who are constantly giving of their time and effort, to raise funds for our expanding School. Friends of Acacia are always looking for new members to “share the load” so if you feel you can help in any way please Contact Claire on 0978-545821 or Nico on 0979-498747. Also huge thanks to the Board whose ceaseless work moves Acacia forward.
Some of the funds raised have been used to upgrade Acacia’s ITC suite.
As you can see from the photographs, the children are already benefiting from the four new computers. Shortly, we will be networked, courtesy of Tony Falcon, to enable us to offer interactive teaching. The previously donated computers, which were invaluable in the past, are now obsolete, but are being put to good use in the ELC classrooms to enable our younger children to learn keyboard skills and mouse control. Thank you everyone. I hope you will continue to support Acacia School. Regards, Kathryn
Published on
29 January 2010,
Unfortunately little progress has been made since since the last update.
The money required in advance was too slow in arriving and work had to be suspended and plans changed.
The money wasn’t available to erect the roof and the cement mixer was “repatriated” temporarily, so work ground to a halt.
Just before Christmas we got the cement mixer back and the slab was laid during a break in the rains.
Business commitments and spare time constraints, not to mention lack of outside help, has pushed the Board Members on the Works Committee to hire a team of builders, who, this week started work on the walls of the first two classrooms, and foundations for the roof pillars.
The brick laying should now come on apace and we are hoping that by the end of February we will be erecting the trusses and purlins and by mid-March we should have the roofing sheets in place.
Then, again, it will depend on cash available as to the next step
Zesco is still dragging it’s feet so we still have no power for the bore-hole pump, so we are still having to truck in water for building.
However thanks to the rains, the trees – “Trichelia Emetica” that Ali Shenton planted along the driveway last year are flourishing and she is busy planting a “prickly” barrier(latin name will be advised) on the edge of the plot on the Nakatindi Rd.
