Category: Guatemala 2018-19
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Kennedy Jones’ Pictures
Some of her amazing images!
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More of Mr. Kempe’s Pictures
So many good ones from this adventure!
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Ms. Kiland’s Pictures (UPDATED!)
This is just a selection of Ms. Kiland’s amazing photographs! Please reach out to her for more! IPHONE: CAMERA:
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The Heart of the Mayan World
By Sally Shang (submitted from China) Today is the first day for our group to visit Antigua, which is one of the rare towns that remain the ruins of the Spanish colonial structure. Therefore, we have gotten the opportunity to compare the difference between Guatemalan rural area and this special place. As leaders of the day, me…
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Bonus Day!
By Dr. Little 3:14 am Houston Airport How many times in life do you get an extra, unexpected holiday day! That’s what eight CCS students and Mr. Alter and Mr. Kempe and Dr. Little got today. An extra day of vacation tacked onto the end of the most amazing Guatemala trip yet! As I…
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Adios, Atitlan!
By Cameron DeVries June 9, our final day at Lake Atitlán, was a full day for our group. We started off the day by waking up early to go on a hike up Cerro De Oro, which means “Hill of Gold” although it’s also known as the “Sleeping Elephant mountain” because that’s exactly what it…
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The Value of Families
Five years ago, our school decided to establish a permanent Global Education program. Though we have long sought to teach our students about the world and help them find their place in it, we wanted to deepen and widen the relationships and connections that supported our efforts. Making Global Education part of our school was…
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Projects
The last few days have been great and we have a lot to share. Today, though, is about productivity. Each student is pursuing their own independent project – some want to know more about education, others about sports or the Civil War, and everyone is using Spanish and their background understandings to guide their investigations.…
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Panoramas
Pictures don’t do a place justice but they do help convey a bit of the experience. Panoramas help even more, we hope, with context. Enjoy these few.
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The Value of Context
By Jeff Elkin Today we started late in the morning and returned to the ARCAS turtle sanctuary to help paint the new hatcheries that they built with $20,000 that was donated to them by Busch Gardens and SeaWorld. We all worked together to paint the inside and outside of the low walls and pillars with…
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Guat-Time
By Ashton Willcox Guat-Time On our first full day in Guatemala City, the group decided to go to a Festival run by the UN in Guatemala City first, it was interesting,however it seemed “fake” as me and both Mr.Kempe noted. Next, we decided to go to the market, as we looked around the numerous little…
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Connections Surround Us
By Dr. Little I must say, the Guatemala trip this year has flung itself into the idea of Connections in ways I never could have imagined. Seeing a village on the coast of Guatemala suffering the effects of climate change in the same way the Junior Immersion trip sees Tangier suffering puts an exclamation point…
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Connections that Count
By Willem Fox Today, I was leader with McKinley and I personally really enjoyed it. We started out the day with some volunteer work at IMAP, where we helped move rocks and build a terrace. We were carrying rocks and digging them up to build terraces for the trail. It was a solid hour and…
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‘Sleepy’ days
By McKinley Howard The sleepiest day of the trip. That Tuesday morning everybody woke with groans. Not groans from being unhappy or upset, but groans from sleep deprivation. We all woke up around 4:40am, as the sun was just peaking through. I personally, had not been up this early in months. As everyone awoke, we…
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Some Pictures
By Mr. Kempe