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2008-04-20 The Friends of the Grady Grossman School blog, "Be the Change Network," is now the place to check out all the news. ... more >>
Music Program photo update
2007-09-26 Harvey, Babs and Juliette Snyder visited the Grady Grossman School and took these photos of the Em Lout and the kids in the music program. Enjoy...
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Students Voices Heard, A Small Step Toward Change
2007-06-08 “The high ranking people are now scared of the people of Chrauk Tiek because they can speak out to the world,” school director Ngim So Bun told Kari on a Skype call on June 4. He is referring to the letter writing campaign that Kari started at the school in February 2007 ... more >>
Music Program Started
2007-06-07 Eighty three year old Em Luot has not taught music since the Khmer Rouge Regime murdered 90% of Cambodia’s artistic masters in the 1970’s. In May, he began teaching 15 students at the Grady Grossman School, 2 hours a day, 6 days a week. ... more >>
Land Purchased for the Abundant Forest Life Skills Training Center
2007-06-06 The future site of our Forest Garden borders the Kantout River. We purchased 60X70 square meter piece of land behind the school in May. ... more >>
A Vision For A Sustainable Future for Cambodia’s Schools
2007-06-05 We welcome input and comment on our vision for the future, especially if you have expertise in micro-business modeling, micro-finance, forest agriculture, alternative cooking fuels, and web based ESL tutoring.
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2007 News Archive
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2006 News Archive
2006-12-31 News, events and updates from the Grady Grossman School.
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2005 News Archive
2005-02-14 Grady Grossman School Update: With a pile of donations and good wishes from the Friends of the Grady Grossman School, I traveled through 14 time zones, from Lander, Wyoming, to Chrauk Tiek Village, Cambodia. Contained in my two 70-pound duffle bags were the beginnings of a bi-lingual library: toys, puzzles, and books, lots and lots of books. Forty-five preschool-to-second grade English books had been donated and cash contributions purchased 23 Khmer books, all that I could find, in the capital city of Phnom Penh. ... more >>
2003 News Archive
2003-01-01 I just returned from Cambodia where I visited the Grady Grossman School for the first time since its construction was completed in September 2001. The cement building is well built in traditional Khmer style with 5 classrooms, two bathrooms and a clean water well. We now have over 200 bright-eyed students attending and they are eager to learn. ... more >>
A Short History of the Grady Grossman School
2001-01-01 The school project began with a desire to give back to the Kingdom of Cambodia, the country of our son's birth. We wanted to leave a legacy of hope for the children left behind in that poverty-stricken land. ... more >>