Press on Princess

The Hope International School Press Club was established in 2020 through the help of Sekou Aminata Konneh, an alumnus and former Vice President of the Hope International School Alumni Association.

The Press Club is dedicated to providing journalistic opportunities among Hope International students to gain skills in writing, editing, interviewing, and photography. While also fostering teamwork and communication. It can also enhance students' understanding of current events, as well as school and community issues.

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Princess, an 11th grade student, heads the Press Club. She became a student at Hope International in 2021 and joined the Press Club the same year. According to staff she is "one of the smartest and strongest ladies among her peers". Princess was appointed to be the President of the Press Club in 2024. As she dreams of becoming an Investigative Journalist, Princess is doing everything possible to keep the press club moving strong to improve her skills and get prepared for her future career.

The club meets three afternoons a week and each morning the Press Club delivers the news to the student body about current events, school events, and community activities. The club also conducts public speaking training for interested students.

Through your generosity, Hope International continues to be a place where dreams and preparation meet, building futures one student at a time.

Press on Princess!

Celebrating 17 Summers

As summer gets underway, we celebrate together 17 years of Hope. The campus is emptying and will soon begin readying for the doors to open for our 18th year. Over the summer, we will be sharing some stories that there just didn't seem to be time for in the busyness of the school year.

We wish the students and staff of Hope International and you, the community of Hope, some rest and fun over the next couple of months. May we all find reasons for celebration and connection and living generously.

Cooking Up Pizza

We were so excited to receive these photos of some of our Cooking Up Hope culinary vocational students having a bit of fun. The instructors gave them a pizza making challenge and it looks as though they were doing it, in full Liberian-style, cooked to perfection over coals. Kalou, our school photographer, shared these photos with us.

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It reminded me of another time in Liberia, a few years back with Kalou.  He was then a recent graduate of Hope International and we got an opportunity to take him for his first taste of pizza.

Here is what I shared with you then…

“I will never forget taking Kalou to lunch. Kalou is 19 years old and a Hope International graduate. He is also the school photographer. We got a pizza (definitely not common in Liberia, so a very special treat for all) and watched as he had his first bite of pizza ever. I will never forget the smile on his face. We sent the leftovers home with him and the next day I asked him if he had finished the pizza and him saying, ‘No, I took it to my older sister because she has never had pizza either.” I will never forget thinking, ‘be more like him.’”

Cheers to pizza and those learning to make it. Cheers to those who save the very best things and experiences to share with others. Cheers to those who generously share in so many ways.

Cheers,
Jackie Frazier