Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/24/2014 by Ms. Erin-Marie Elman
“How does culture shape a country?” Well in San Juan de la Maguana there are a variety of components that inspire its community as well as the Dominican Republic. Today I was lucky enough to lead as El Lider del dia (The Leader of the Day). Today was inspirational and...
Posted in San Juan De La Maguana - 07/24/2014 by Ms. Erin Marie Elman and Marcus Holman
Hello parents. We had a rough night but we bonded as group and are safe and sound in our home of Hotel D’Angel for the next 3 weeks. Thanks! Today, started a new. We are no longer Eagle Academy and School for Democracy and Leadership, we are the 3rd New York...
Posted in Matagalpa1 - 07/18/2014 by Salma Zaky
Salma’s Blog: Today was our first free day, meaning that we were allowed to roam the city of Matagalpa on our own (with our GG Leaders of course) until 6pm. It was also the first morning where we got to wake up at the latest we’ve ever woken up...
Posted in Leon1 - 07/18/2014 by Gennesis Ayala
Today we had our first free day in Nicaragua! We all got the opportunity to go out on our own to explore the city and do some shopping. The group I went out with today went to Central Park, the smoothie shop, internet cafe, the super market, and some clothing stores....
Posted in Granada - 07/23/2014 by Erik Contreras
“The glonbal economy works for about 20% of the world, for about 80% it doesn’t” – Kevin Danaher Hello there everyone ! Today was all about Global Business and how to be a responsible consumer. We had breakfast at our favorite establishment and...
Posted in Esteli2 - 07/25/2014 by Sarah Beaty and Jessica McClish
“The past actually happened. History is what someone took the time to write down,” by A Whitney Brown. This was the quote we started the day with and surprisingly the students were up at the crack of dawn ready to go for their first day in Esteli. After...
Posted in Esteli1 - 07/20/2014 by Katie Leung
Hello everyone, it’s Katie here. Today, we had a free day where we all got a chunk of free time in the morning and in the afternoon. We started off the day by waking up at 8:00 am!! That is super early compared to the usual 6:00 am or even 5:00 am wake-up calls....
