ZANMI SASYE—PARTNERS WITH SASSIER's earliest efforts focused on elementary education.  Lekol Sen Jan Batise—"St Jean-Baptiste School"—is the result.

• 225 students in grades 1-4 in the 2003-04 academic year… attending classes in the local Catholic church, a nearby commercial building, and outdoors
• 325 students in grades K-5 in the 2004-05 academic year… attending classes in the new 8-room school building
• 380 students from preschool to grade 6 in the 2005-06 academic year… in an expanded 12-room building
• 445 students in 2006-07 and 490 enrolled in 2007-08... in what is now a 15-room building.