Selah Elite School is our official name. We named our tutoring program Selah
Elite School for several reasons. The word Selah means "to stop and think." Elite
means "the best." We want our tutoring program to be the best tutoring program
in town. We also want our students to stop and think about what they are about to
do, what they want for their future, and what God wants to do in their life.
All of our students are Gypsy children from town. The students walk to the tutoring
program after their school for assistance. While the students are with us, we feed
them, help them with their homework, teach academic skills they are lacking,
teach weekly bible stories and scriptures, and we pray for needs and wisdom.
Elite School for several reasons. The word Selah means "to stop and think." Elite
means "the best." We want our tutoring program to be the best tutoring program
in town. We also want our students to stop and think about what they are about to
do, what they want for their future, and what God wants to do in their life.
All of our students are Gypsy children from town. The students walk to the tutoring
program after their school for assistance. While the students are with us, we feed
them, help them with their homework, teach academic skills they are lacking,
teach weekly bible stories and scriptures, and we pray for needs and wisdom.
Phoneo Team
Youth Group
Mini Teens
:: Selah Elite School ::
Missionary to Romania
Sandy Garcia
We currently have thirteen students enrolled in our program. Eight of them
come faithfully each week. This past school year seven graduated from the 8th class.
Once a month or when finances are available we take a field trip to expand their life
experiences. We have been hiking, to McDonald's in a nearby town, and to a pool! We
are praying that this school year we will be able to take them to an opera or to the theater
in Cluj which is about an hour and a half away from where we are now.
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School Year 2009-2010
We started a new season of Selah Elite School. All the kids that we have now are
from the first grade till six grade. It seems that we just let go of a generation and
now we are ready to prepare another one for their future. It is nice to see how
Selah Elite School helps kids and gives chances to those who really need and
want the help.
We started a new season of Selah Elite School. All the kids that we have now are
from the first grade till six grade. It seems that we just let go of a generation and
now we are ready to prepare another one for their future. It is nice to see how
Selah Elite School helps kids and gives chances to those who really need and
want the help.
Meet Madalina, she is 8 years old and she is
in the second grade. This is her first year with
us.
She is coming from a family of 7. Her mom
asked us to help her because she couldn’t
and didn’t have the patience to work with her
and take care of three little ones under 3
years of age.
When her mom talked with us about
Madalina she didn’t speak very nice about her
situation. Her mom said to us that she was
stupid because she didn’t know to read and
she couldn’t add.Her mom said to us that she
couldn't even remember what she did at
school that very day. Madalina heard the
conversation we had and she didn’t have any
reaction. Her older sister calls her stupid too
because she doesn’t know her letters.
Madalina accepted these words and she was
even thinking that she was not smart and
would never learn.
We brought her to Selah Elite School and
started to work with her. In the first day I taught
her letters , we played with the words that
started with the letters that we had learned and
she did very well. I started to encourage her, to
“plant” in her mind that she is smart and she is
not how her mom thinks that she is. She was so
happy to find out that she was smart and that
she did her lessons well. I taught her to add
and in the beginning she didn’t know how to do
it, so I gave her some tools and we started to
add. After this I left her to do it alone and it was
so simple for her. She was playing with the
numbers; it was like a nice game for her. I am
so happy that she came to our project. I am so
happy that she has a chance because she is a
smart girl. Her mom is very proud of her now
because when she goes home and she asks
her what she learned she knows to respond to
her mother. She is a smart girl.
started to work with her. In the first day I taught
her letters , we played with the words that
started with the letters that we had learned and
she did very well. I started to encourage her, to
“plant” in her mind that she is smart and she is
not how her mom thinks that she is. She was so
happy to find out that she was smart and that
she did her lessons well. I taught her to add
and in the beginning she didn’t know how to do
it, so I gave her some tools and we started to
add. After this I left her to do it alone and it was
so simple for her. She was playing with the
numbers; it was like a nice game for her. I am
so happy that she came to our project. I am so
happy that she has a chance because she is a
smart girl. Her mom is very proud of her now
because when she goes home and she asks
her what she learned she knows to respond to
her mother. She is a smart girl.
Meet Levi, he is 8 years old and he is in the second grade. He has a little sister and they
live with their aunt. His mom divorced from his father and now she is working in Spain and
she comes to visit them once a year. The aunt who he stays with can not help him with his
homework. He is a smart kid and he needs a lot of love and attention. He struggles with
reading and this is what we help him with most.
Selah Elite School is a place were he can make his homework in quiet and also have
somebody to help him. Levi loves to come to the program. When he sees us coming he
runs to get his stuff and is impatient to get going. He is the first to be ready to go and the
last that wants to leave. His reading is improving and he says he likes our school very much
and wishes that he could be with us everyday and all day long.
live with their aunt. His mom divorced from his father and now she is working in Spain and
she comes to visit them once a year. The aunt who he stays with can not help him with his
homework. He is a smart kid and he needs a lot of love and attention. He struggles with
reading and this is what we help him with most.
Selah Elite School is a place were he can make his homework in quiet and also have
somebody to help him. Levi loves to come to the program. When he sees us coming he
runs to get his stuff and is impatient to get going. He is the first to be ready to go and the
last that wants to leave. His reading is improving and he says he likes our school very much
and wishes that he could be with us everyday and all day long.
