Welcome students, parents, and northen Kentucky community members who are viewing this brand new blog. We are excited to be taking students down to Belize for a service learning trip beginning May 28th, 2007, and two weeks later leading a group of students on an eco-tourism trip to Costa Rica on June 10th, 2007.
In this, our inaugural year taking students to Belize, we will be taking 6 students on an unforgettable experience. For the first part of our 10 day trip, students will be teaching in an elementary school called Mt. Carmel Grade School in Benque Viejo del Carmen, a border town of Guatemala. Students have prepared lesson plans that compare and contrast elements of Kentucky and Belizian life. This is an opportunity that will enable the students to learn how to master and teach material, learn about how other cultures function, and it will help students appreciate a way of life compeltely foreign to themselves. Students will engage in various extra-curricular activities with the kids of the Benque community and they will have an opportunity to make some home visits. While in Benque, students will also be able to visit various Mayan ruins, learning about the rich and vast history of this impressive cultural dynasty. The largest of the ruins we will be visiting is called Caracol.
After staying in Benque, we will move towards the coast and stay on two islands off the coast of Belize: Caye Caulker and San Pedro. This jaunt will allow the students to experience one of the most impressive reefs in the world. Students will get to snorkel, swim with nurse sharks and rays, and kayak around Caye Caulker. The students will be seeing things they have only seen pictures of in biology class.
This trip is something we hope many students from northen Kentucky will partake in in the future. It is an invaluable experience that will make the students more aware of their surrounding and make them more worldly people. Please share your thoughts!
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