Visiting Batey Matas Mamon

On the 23rd of June, the glimpsers went to Batey Matas Mamon. Bateyes are neighborhoods populated by Haitians or people of Haitians ancestry who came to work on a sugar cane factory. After the sugar cane factory closed, the locals stayed. The glimpsers learned about...

Rainy but Busy Fun Day!

Hello Global Glimpse families! We’re Leslie and Kim, and we’re excited to talk to you about what our day included! We all can’t believe that we are a week away from returning home! Time has flown by really, really fast! Our days together have been filled with many...

SC1A Return Flight Information

Hello Family and Friends of SC1A Glimpsers, We know you all are excited for the return of the students on Wednesday  so we wanted to update you all with their flight information: The students will be arriving at SFO at 9:23 PM, June 29th on Delta Flight #435 into the...

The Hidden Treasures of Santo Domingo

Hello loved ones of our fellow Glimpsers, Today we visited one of the more looked down upon parts of our society, and a place you would least expect to find treasures. We visited the Santo Doming mini dump, a transition point for the garbage of the National District,...

A Tour of Congress … Politics Day

Hello parents, concerned friends, glimpsers who are looking back at the blogs, and anybody else! My name is Willy and I am today’s El Lider Del Dia. Today, Day #9 of our adventure in the Dominican Republic, is Politics Day. Our question of the day was, “How do...