{"id":1885,"date":"2019-02-18T16:16:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waterforishmael.org\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2019-02-18T16:16:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:16:12","slug":"motivated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.waterforishmael.org\/?p=1885","title":{"rendered":"More Motivated Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"para-style-body\">The halls were filled with warm greetings and lots of hugs as women and children gathered to register for \u201cSpring\u201d classes.\u00a0 As of this writing, 44 ladies are enrolled for the current semester with 31 of their preschool children for our morning program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"para-style-body\">Our evening school and kids tutoring program are also off to a healthy start with students eager to learn.\u00a0 The number of students across the schools who pre-enrolled is more than we&#8217;ve ever had! That&#8217;s remarkable. 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