In 2005, with 148 students, the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy opened this school, which has over 400 children enrolled this year. Taller Santa Maria Josefa Rossello School is a Catholic school located in the village of Don Juan, in the Dominican Republic. Currently, the school is composed of grades ranging from preschool through grade 8.
The school's uniqueness stems from the fact that not only does it provide educational programs for the average child, but it is the only school in the area that also offers programs for children with special needs.
The sisters also address the nutritional needs of the children with a balanced meal at lunchtime each day, often the only meal that day for the children, as well as morning and afternoon snack breaks with milk, bread or cupcakes. Anemia is a constant problem. The school and the sisters depend on the generosity of others to meet many of the developmental, nutritional and educational needs of these children.
