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As a part of the Grinnell Corps, Grinnell College will appoint two of its 2008 graduates as teaching Fellows to assist in the teaching of English, Science, or Mathematics for one year in a Catholic mission girls' High School located in the mountains of the Kingdom of Lesotho, a small country about one-fifth the size of Iowa and totally surrounded by South Africa. This program grows out of the experiences of seven Grinnell students who, in the summer of 1997, taught at St. Rodrigue High School under the auspices of a Hewlett Foundation grant for overseas community involvement. The program was founded by Grinnell College President Emeritus. George Drake, who served as a Peace Corps Volunteer at St. Rodrigue from 1992-94.
In selecting the Teaching Fellows, Grinnell College seeks fluent speakers of English who will be able to teach English, Science, Mathematics, and perhaps other subjects for a two-semester school year, beginning in July 2008 or January 2009 and concluding twelve months after departure. St. Rodrigue High School is a girls' boarding school of over 400 students with a curriculum that prepares students for the Junior Certificate examination at the end of three years and the Cambridge Overseas School Certificate examination after the fifth year. Teachers prepare students for these examinations using a standard curriculum and textbooks. Expectations are equal to and, in the case of the Cambridge examinations, above those of US high schools.
A marvelous view of St. Rodrigue is available on Google Earth at S 29 degrees 40 minutes 39 seconds; E 27 degrees 41 minutes 1 second.
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