We are pleased to welcome Mr. Ros Bunthoeun to our Spitler School Foundation, Cambodia staff. He comes to the Spitler School Foundation with ten years of experience in education with a MA in TESOL (Teaching English to Students of Other Languages), and he was most recently working with orphan children in Phenom Penh.  In addition to teaching classes himself, Bunthoeum now oversees the English program at both the middle school and high school and handles administrative duties at all our schools. He also brings experience in areas such as sports, health education, and music.  Bunthoeum’s wife is also in education, and they have two children. Please join us in welcoming him to the team.

In 2015, Spitler School was fortunate to hire Mr. Loun Poley as an English teacher at Spitler School. Mr. Poley now does double duty by teaching English at Spitler School for half of the school day and teaches English at Stephen Mazujian Middle School for half the day. He is also instrumental in helping our other English teachers with their English skills and lesson plans. Mr. Poley is known for making his classes fun and interactive.

Like many of our students, Mr. Poley was born in rural Cambodia, where his parents were hard-working farmers. Although many farming parents require their children to work the farm instead of school, Mr. Poley’s parents valued education and supported Mr. Poley’s efforts to pursue his dream of learning. He worked hard at numerous jobs to fund his education, and eventually was able to work and study at Florida International University in the USA. He then returned to Cambodia, connected with Spitler School, and is now applying his skills to improving the lives of hundreds of children every day.

Mr. Poley is married to Phally, who is also an English teacher, and they have a 6-year-old daughter. Mr. Poley has recently begun to study for his master’s degree in English.

THANK YOU, Mr. Poley for your hard work, dedication to your students, and sharing your passion and talent with others.

We were thrilled to welcome our very first post-Covid visitors to our schools with a visit from Harry Roberge and his students from Florida International University. For many years, Harry and his FIU students have visited the schools and have raised funds to assist with our bicycle program for graduating students.

On this trip, the FIU students spent several days working with the English teachers at both Spitler School and Steven Majuzian Middle School assisting with English lessons and connecting with our students on a personal level. We are thankful for these university students and their willingness to travel to Cambodia to be of assistance to our students.