Report of the Scholarship Committee
Timothy Project, 2013
Jerusalem Presbyterian Church, Coatepeque
Timothy Project Summary 2013
Below is the report on scholarships awarded to students in
the Timothy Project, a program of the Jerusalem Presbyterian Church, Coatepeque,
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. The report
includes the process by which each grantee receives funds from the Scholarship
Committee, the amount received, forms signed by the grantee and parent/guardian,
and photographs of the students.
Funds were delivered via the Southwest Presbytery in the
amount of Q 42,298.78 (quetzals), which benefited 38 of the 42 students who
received scholarships in 2012. Three students
dropped out of the program, so the total number of grantees was 35. The aid was given in three stages, each
requiring bills to be submitted before money was released. The first installment was in January. Since this is the beginning of the school
year, the largest amount (Q 500) was awarded.
The second installment (Q 300) was in May after bills showing
school-related expenses were submitted. This
is when grades for the first and second quarters were examined. The third and final installment (Q 200) was
in September when third-quarter grades were available. Of the 35 scholarship students, two dropped
out before claiming the second and third installments. Another two did not claim the final
installment.
In November an extra meeting was held to see grades from the
fourth quarter and final grade-point averages for the year and to see who had
passed and failed. In Guatemala a grade
of 60 or above is required to pass a class; 59 and below is a failing
grade. Grades for the four quarters are
averaged to determine the final grade. In
November, students with the highest grade point averages were awarded cash
prizes.
We have grantees in first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth
grades of elementary school (Primaria); first, second, and third years of
junior high (Básico); and various career areas in high school (Carrera) such as
Accounting with Specialization in Computing, Business Administration, Auto
Mechanics, Office/Secretarial, Teaching.
Problems that scholarship students face include:
-- Anemia caused by poor diets; abdominal parasites; lack of
vitamins to boost metabolism. Their
living conditions keep them from doing well in their studies.
-- There is no educational reinforcement and not everyone can
pay for a tutor in order to strengthen the weak areas.
-- One of the biggest problems occurs when the student
leaves elementary school’s sixth grade and advances to junior high. In elementary school, a student has nine
classes, but in junior high the student has sixteen classes at a time. Adjusting to the greater demands in junior
high is a great struggle.
At the beginning of the school year, each grantee and parent
signs an agreement (attached). Failure to comply with the requirements of the
scholarship means the student cannot continue receiving scholarship funds. Of the 38 grantees for 2013, 13 are female
and 25 are male. Eighty percent of the
grantees are from Jerusalem Presbyterian Church; twenty percent are from other
denominations or churches.
Scholarship grantees and some parents provided a day of
service to the church. They cleaned the
present church building and the lot where the new church will be built.
To summarize, a total of Q 33,200.00 was awarded to scholarship students and Q
1,007.80 was used for administrative
expenses for a total of Q 34,207.80 spent in 2013. The unspent balance of Q 8,090.99 was added
to the Q 42,545.88 donated by Grace Covenant for 2014 making a total of Q
50,636.87 available for scholarships in 2014.
This permits us to support twenty additional students in 2014.
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Grade
Levels
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Students
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Elementary
(Primaria)
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1st
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3
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2nd
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1
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3rd
|
2
|
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4th
|
4
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5th
|
3
|
|
6th
|
3
|
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Junior
High (Básico)
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|
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2nd
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|
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3rd
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4
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Senior
High (Carrera)
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|
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4th, Office/Secretarial
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2
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5th, Accounting with
Specialization in Computing
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3
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5th, Teaching
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2
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6th, Business Administration
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3
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6th, Auto Mechanics
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1
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6th, Accounting with
Specialization in Computing
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2
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TOTAL
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38
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Elder María de
Torres Elder
Diego Jiménez Gladys
de Pérez
Treasurer, Scholarship Committee Moderator, Scholarship Committee Parent Representative,
Scholarship Committee
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