"Life's a Beach"

Recently, Cole's class at Papalote took a field trip to visit Rancho Guadalupana and the local riding club in Playa del Carmen. The students were greeted by club owner and well regarded instructor Francisco (Paco) Mogallon who toured the group through the facilities and introduced them to a few of the four legged residents of this small ...

Join us on Saturday February 13th 10am - 3pm for the next workshop in the series, "Sustainable Saturdays ' at Ak Lu'um International School. This month, learn the techniques to effective Organic Gardening. The workshops will include: How to make good compost,  How to start plants from seed and transplant seedlings, How to create ...

In a rather surprising and spirited match up, the hodge-podge group of youngsters that makes up the Interplaya community youth team outscored the team from Colegio Tepeyac 5 -1. With just a few weeks of practice under their belts, this group, comprised of boys from schools all over Playa del Carmen, really gave it their all and pulled out the win ...

Greetings "Life's a Beach" readers. This is an article written for the August newsletter for the regional interest website, SacBe. If you haven't yet signed up for an email subscription to receive this informative publication, you can sign up here. Every month the newsletter is full of informative articles about the Riviera ...

During the last few days of the school year, when many of the foreign students have already returned to their home countries for the summer break, the remaining children are treated to all kinds of fun activities. One such extracurricular outing is a snorkeling trip organized by Ak Lu'um parent and dive shop owner Dave Tomlinson. Dave opened ...

Last Friday, the pre-school classes of El Papalote School, Playgroup through K3, gathered near Calle Corazon for a bicycle parade down 5th Avenue in Playa del Carmen. In the spirit of Carnaval, the children were all in costume, their bikes decorated accordingly, becoming their own individual floats. The children and their parents ...

Friday morning, the primary and secondary students at El Papalote School competed against eachother in an abbreviated track and field meet. The top finishers in each event will be going on to represent Comunidad El Papalote in a large inter-scholastic event later this month, competing against other young atheletes from the other regional ...

Big news for all of you following the physical, intellectual and emotional development of my children! Psst...that's you Grandma ;)  Cole received his yellow belt in Tae Kwon Do today in a small ceremony at El Papalote School. I was fortunate to be able to attend said ceremony. Fortunate because none of the parents were informed that it ...