Haese Academy

Haese Academy Incorporated, Inc, a grassroots 501(c)3 nonprofit, lifts Dominican youth out of poverty through education and athletic training. The goal is for our students to utilize their academic and athletic abilities to realize their dream of higher education. Working from the ground up, the Haese Academy functions as a bilingual elementary school and secondary education community center offering tutoring, athletic training, healthy nutrition, exam prep, and formal English education. The Haese Academy, formerly operating out of the Haese family home and public facilities, purchased a new forever home in August 2020 that has become a multi-purpose campus, benefiting our students & the greater Las Terrenas community. The house and grounds serve as a primary school, baseball academy, and community center, providing free education, athletic training, employment, and job training opportunities. The campus includes a computer lab, dining hall, fitness center, library, and numerous open-air outdoor classrooms. All in all, we are a dedicated family of teachers, coaches and mentors working together to stop the crippling cycle of extreme poverty in the Dominican Republic. Mission: To break the cycle of extreme poverty in the town of Las Terrenas in the Dominican Republic by fostering children’s love of and interest in learning while keeping them enrolled in a program that puts them on a path towards bilingualism, athleticism and the dream of higher education. Vision: We will fill the achievement gap in education and help break the crippling cycle of 80 percent of Dominican youth dropping out of school before reaching the 9th grade by providing the best K-12 private education in the Dominican Republic free of charge to those who need it most. We will couple that education with world-class athletic training so that our students can achieve their dream of higher education by receiving a scholarship to study in the United States.