A Very Fitting Farewell For Grade 7
1st October 2021
On Saturday, 18 September, following completion of their national exams, Arise School said farewell to this year’s Grade 7 students. Subject to their success in the exams, they will move to secondary school in January 2022. A farewell party was held at Arise to celebrate them reaching this landmark in their education. Ombaeli, the Headteacher, […]
Arise School Brings the Benefits of ICT to the Local Community
18th June 2021
In April, the newly built Computer Room at Arise came in to use as a resource for the school. It was built following a successful grant application by ACE to the British and Foreign Schools Society (BFSS) with the aim of bringing the benefits of ICT both to Arise School and the local community. […]
Renting a House with a Purpose
14th May 2021
In early 2019, one of our ACE supporters pledged an extremely generous donation to the charity which he wanted to be used specifically towards Arise School becoming self sustaining. He also particularly wanted this to be done in a way that would benefit the community. It was decided to build ten houses on land owned […]
Arise Pupils Shine on the Sports Field!
30th April 2021
We were delighted to receive photos this week of some of the older Arise pupils participating in the Umitashunta Sports and to learn that some of them were successful, both in their individual events and, also, in being selected to join the district team for the regional competitions. A number of the Arise female pupils […]
Bringing the Benefits of ICT to Arise School and the Local Community
16th April 2021
This three year project involved building and equipping a Computer Room at Arise. As a necessary part of the application, alongside the grant from BFSS, ACE, Arise and the local community each provided some funding or donations in kind towards the initiative. As well as being a resource available to the teachers and the whole […]
“Happy to serve others with a smile each day”
2nd April 2021
Since Arise School first opened its doors, Atuvonikisie (Atu), has been serving healthy and nutritious meals to pupils and staff alike in her role as cook. We well remember seeing Atu at work in those early days. At one point, she was making porridge every day on an open wood fire for the 88 […]
Meet Teacher Martha Maina
19th March 2021
Martha joined Arise School as a teacher back in 2016. She studied at college in the local town of Moshi and loves teaching, in particular, Grade 2. Martha especially loves teaching at Arise, banana stew and pilau! Emmanuel and Martha now have three young daughters. Like their mother, two of them love being at Arise […]
Making Arise School Self Sustaining: From Christmas Appeal to Cow Project
5th March 2021
Those of you who are regular followers of ACE will know that the long term aim is for Arise School to become self sustaining. Over the years, various projects have been developed towards this end, including: purchase of a locally made bread oven for the school to bake its own bread construction of a well […]
Arise Welcomes a Teacher in Training
26th February 2021
“I was really interested to visit Arise Community School, because I have been told by some of my friends that the education system here is remarkably good and the school has a very warm, welcoming environment, therefore I wanted to experience it myself. As a teacher in training this was crucial to me and this […]
