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Kristian David School

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Mission: SCHOOL
-Christian private school with licensed elementary school programme.
-Elective specializations are available in music (piano, brass instruments, percussion, guitar, basic vocal training), in visual arts (drawing, painting, building) and in sports (gymnastics, team sports, skiing).
-We teach children to take an initiative and be proactive.
-Personal attention to every student due to small class size.
HOME
-The children enrolled in the school are in the care of the Christian community.
-family atmosphere
-own farm where to learn practical skills
-students may stay over summer holidays
-support for low-income families
HOUSE OF PRAYER
-Daily prayer and Christian lifestyle
-Denominational cooperation (Ecumenism)

From www.ic.org/directory/kristian-david-school/:


We are an intentional community in Latvia and we run a state accredited primary boarding school since 1991. We have 35 children in school and about 15 community members/educators, most of whom live full time in community and receive no salary for their work. We have an organic farm and fields, which provide our school with almost all necessary foodstuffs. Children work side by side with teachers on the fields, with animals, also in the kitchen baking pastries, engaging in culinary experiments etc. Some of the pupils are orphans who have become foster children of our community members and are being cared for till their adulthood and beyond. We try to teach them christian values, open-mindedness, creativity, empathy and compassion. We get immense joy from growing in mind and in spirit together. Our classes are small, children get individual attention and help whenever it's needed. We play music with our brass band which takes part in music festivals. We sing and pray together every day. Our music teacher composes music for school theatre and our art teacher also runs an art studio in the town. We try to cultivate the culture of cooperation and mutual aid amongst ourselves. School's family-like environment gives children opportunity to acquire various practical skills. They can learn to take care of the animals, ride a horse or a pony, grow vegetables and fruit, do some light household DIY and acquire some technical skills in the garage. The result is confident, self-reliant, multifaceted human being whose both mental and physical capacities are developed. We have friends from other countries who help us financially, materially and through regular visitations create a paradoxically international environment in the middle of sparsely populated Latvian countryside. We are always happy to make new friends. Contact us at jekabss@gmail.com

Address
Physical Address
Kalna skola
Barkavas pag.
Madonas nov., Madona county. Latvia LV-4834
Latvia