Another Disaster Comes to Haiti

"Kennedy Kid" Jon has been at Louverture Cleary School in Haiti, before, during, and after January's devastating earthquake. He was there for the recent hurricane, as well.

The people of Haiti are resilient. They have survived many disasters and are already overcoming the recent ones.

The other day, however, Jon told me in a phone call that he had been teaching the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) to one of the LCS volunteers.

We can only hope that everyone is prepared for that.

On Break

"Kennedy Kid" Jon is home today, starting his Christmas break from teaching at The Haitian Project's Louverture Cleary School, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

(This is Jon, dressed for a Halloween party as "Route National 3", the road LCS staff and students have been cleaning.)

Louverture Cleary

When our son Jon goes off to Haiti in August (see "NOT the Jerome Gambit"), he will be working at Louverture Cleary, teaching English literature and history to high school students. He is also going to be teaching chess to those who want to play.

Of course, the brightest students will learn about the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+)!

I would like to play some postal games with Jon's students; but we will have to wait to see if that is possible.