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The World At Your Fingertips
Today we went to the Ave Marie School in Málaga. We were shown around the school and saw the kindergarten and the fourth grade students. Our choir members sayng Siyahamba for the fourth grade students. After that we were shown the electronics teacher and the car shop teacher. We were explained how these work in Spain...
Continue readingWe all had a great time at Pakim Pond on Wednesday and wanted to share a few more pics....
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A beautiful day for an adventure outside of the classroom! Getting an early start to our day, we traveled to Pakim Pond, in the Brendan T. Byrne State Forest (formerly Lebanon State Forest) for a day of hiking, exploring and as usual — creating. It was refreshing to travel less than 30 miles from...
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Today we arrived at our destination: Granada, Spain. The trip was long, but along the way we got a glimpse of the beautiful scenery in this country. When we finally got to Fundación Escuela de Solidaridad, our home for the next few days, we had time...
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On Saturday morning, we woke up early to make our flight from Miami to Cuba. After a short flight, we finally made it to Holguin. When we arrived at the Church, Iglesia de Los Amigos, we met all of the extremely kind people who are hosting us. We had a dinner of pasta, chopped...
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Today we visited a school in Chengdu called Dujiangyan yucai high school. We were welcomed by a banner hanging outside of their school and some students who were eagerly awaiting our arrival. The students we met were all juniors because the seniors had to study for their upcoming college entrance exams. After a tour...
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As we settle back into our lives in New Jersey and look back at the past week, we would like to offer a very special thank you to our wonderful host families from Costa Rica. They welcomed us into their homes and families. They showed us how to dance, fed us well and definitely stole...
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This morning we sat outside at the foot of a volcanic escarpment and wrote about the journey we have taken together over the last week. Here are some excerpts: The following day was probably my favorite. This day we hiked down 800 feet to the bottom of the Rio Grande Gorge. That was one...
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By Laila, Nneka, and Crystal We woke up at the crack of dawn, packed up all of our things and ate breakfast with our host families. Our host mom made us sandwiches for the road. We bought some homemade crafts and T-shirts from one of the mothers. We packed up the bus and headed...
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By Wesley Our last full day in the village, however nostalgic, consisted of a morning of hard work and service followed by an afternoon and evening of engaging activities. Upon arriving at La Escuela de Coope San Juan in the morning, we finally completed the soccer field as a group. Once the soccer goals...
Continue readingCutest new friends ever!!!!! They even sang a song for us. ...
Continue readingMonday’s Petals Bonding with everyone on the trail-Luke All of the farm animals that we saw during the drive up-Katherine Getting the chance to hang out with people that I don’t normally have the chance to see-Emily The scene along the way-Vivian Most, but not all, of the music played in the car ride...
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Day Two Day two of our Bayshore trip and the boat still hasn’t arrived (hopefully tomorrow!). But that doesn’t mean our group of 14 eager (and slightly frozen) students couldn’t find work to be done. Not only does the boat need to be taken care of, but also the dock she resides in, and the...
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Day Three Annie Today was amazing! We started out our day by visiting a small school after breakfast. We helped paint a playground and also some classrooms. We got to play with some of the local children. We all had an excellent meal of rice, salad, chips and pineapple juice together. When we finished...
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