{"id":5089,"date":"2016-05-06T19:15:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T19:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=5089"},"modified":"2016-05-06T19:15:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T19:15:24","slug":"honduran-teachers-visit-schools-for-17th-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=5089","title":{"rendered":"Honduran Teachers Visit Schools for 17th Straight Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Ronnie Zamora\/LFCISD<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For the last 17th straight year, Bessy Morales of Tegucigalpa, Honduras brought a group of teachers from her country to Los Fresnos CISD to learn everything they could.<\/p>\n

Morales and five other teachers visited all nine of the district\u2019s elementary schools to learn everything they could so that they could share their knowledge with their students in Honduras.<\/p>\n

Retired Los Fresnos CISD teacher and administrator Dorothea Cole, their group\u2019s inspiration leader, hosted the teachers at her home.<\/p>\n

Bessy Morales Pacheco of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, visited Los Fresnos for the 17th straight year and brought four young teachers. The five teachers stayed at the Cole residence during their two-week visit.<\/p>\n

The group attended in the school district\u2019s Centennial Celebration April 16 at Leo Aguilar Memorial Stadium. They were recognized on stage by Superintendent Gonzalo Salazar, and Morales addressed the crowd.<\/p>\n

They are part of the Friends United project, which has a website by the same name. The teachers from Honduras have a Facebook page Amigos Unidos Honduras.<\/p>\n

Morales Pacheco brings different teachers every year from the Honduras Department (state) of Francisco Morazan to Los Fresnos.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur visiting teachers have seen a good example here in Los Fresnos,\u201d Morales Pacheco said. \u201cWe have learned so much, and the Los Fresnos school district has always opened its doors to us. We have better schools in our country because of the help the Los Fresnos school district has provided.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cole used to travel with Bessy around Honduras and doing workshops but realized that it would be more beneficial if the teachers from Honduras could come to Los Fresnos and see how students and teachers interact over here. They plan materialized in 2000.<\/p>\n

There are stipulations for teachers to visit Los Fresnos schools.<\/p>\n