At Del Mar Academy we earnestly value our community. We want to be a center for positive change and our vision is to provide our school population with the means and the motivation to improve themselves and their communities.

Through community service projects our students learn the importance of their involvement in the community and the power of their volunteerism

Children of all ages do fundraising activities, from cookie sales to small sport tournaments, to gather funds for purchasing needed materials for nearby schools.

Our environmental committee partnered with the Nosara Civic Association and the Nosara Tourism Chamber to help the local public schools in our community participate in the Ecological Blue Flag Program, a highly respected and recognized national eco-label. Blue Flags are awarded to schools that meet strict criteria with regard to everything from water quality to environmental education programs. Infrastructure, which includes quality bathrooms, sinks, desks, chairs, ceilings and other basic infrastructural needs, is one of the local schools' biggest challenges not only to obtain the Blue Flag but to provide an education with dignity to all children.

Our Scholarship committee raises funds to allow local children to attend our school. The Committee sponsors a yard sale once or twice a year which provides the local community with very affordable clothing, toys and housing supplies.

We want to do much more. We are in the process of expanding the service learning projects and growing our community service committee, so that we can instill volunteering and community outreach as in integral and essential component of our educational curriculum.

We believe that volunteering teaches students the importance of giving back. More than any classroom experience can offer; community service builds character, shows leadership, helps others, and prepares children for life

DMA’s  positive impact in our community´s environmental health

As a way to alleviate Nosara´s waste management problem, Del Mar Academy´s Environmental Committee constructed a large compost bin for composting organic waste produced both at the school and from our families’ homes. It has proven to be a successful project that now produces rich fertilizer ideal for organic gardens. The committee wants to continue expanding the project by receiving all the organic waste from people in the community who do not have an appropriate way to dispose of it.

Composting is nature's way of recycling by biodegrading organic waste (i.e. food waste, manure, leaves, grass trimmings, paper, wood, feathers, crop residue etc.), and turning it into a valuable organic fertilizer.

Since more than 50% of the waste stream is organic matter, composting can play a significant role in diverting waste from our dump, thereby conserving space and reducing the production of lixiviates and methane gas.

The DMA´s Environmental Committee is selling buckets to bring the compost from home. Here is a list of organic material that you can and cannot bring. For more information please contact Jessica Sheffield at jessisheffield@yahoo.com