Description

Nuestra Escuela (Our School) is founded on love, where young and adult, like Quixote, accomplish their dreams and goals, creating a better wellbeing for their families. So help us God!

Nuestra Escuela was founded on August 11, 2000. It is the legacy of Ana Mercedes Méndez Jiménez, daughter of Justo Méndez Arámburu. Ana Mercedes transcended into eternal life when she was only fifteen years old, on September 10, 1997. In a dream visit to Justo, she told him Daddy, we are going to make a school. Justo's answer was Darling, how are we going to make a school? Her response was Yes, dad, we are going to make a school, Our School, just let yourself go. Justo shared the experience with his wife, Ana Yris Guzmán Torres, they immediately took on what was entrusted to them and the rest is history.


Nuestra Escuela has five centers: Caguas Downtown, La Barra (a rural neighborhood in Caguas), Loíza, Vieques, and Culebra. It serves over 300 young people and their families in a bio-psycho-social and academic support where students complete their high school degree and continue to study in universities or technical colleges or join the workforce, and even some develop their own cooperative social business, for example Juventud Sirve.

Nuestra Escuela has received the Sor Isolina Ferré Medal for Excellence in the Service to Others, and the Award for Solidarity from Miranda Foundation. It has been classified as an Exemplary Program by the Department of Education of Puerto Rico and "Best Practice Project" by the Department of Education of the United States of America. Presently, it is celebrating a Decade of Our Mission of Love and every September 10, the graduation takes place in homage to the Inspiration of this endeavor, Ana Mercedes.

SERVICES MODEL
1. Human contact
2. Vital Essence Retreat
3. Complete evaluation
4. Personalized strategic plan
5. To improve the physical, psychological and social conditions, and to modify attitudes, values and behavior
6. Basic civic, ethics and academic skills
7. Personalized education
8. Sports, arts, talents and technology
9. Training for the integration to the workforce
10. The undertaking of the plan in the personal, means of support, family, community, nation and social aspects
11. Personal achievement, celebration, commitment to reciprocate what one has received
12. Establishment of the Model