Recent posts from: Matagalpa1 – 6/25/2017


Final Reflection


Hey guys, We know you are excited for our return tomorrow! Today, we reflected on our trip overall. We traveled all the way to the top of the mountain and did a self reflection with our peers. First, we debriefed on our CAP project and identified personal highlights....

M1B RETURN TRIP INFORMATION


Hello Family and Friends of M1B Glimpsers, We know you all are excited for your students to return, so here are some reminders about their flight information: The students will be arriving at Chicago O’Hare at 12:15 AM on 7/10 (early Monday morning of 7/10) on Copa...

Free day #2


Hello parents, today was our last free day. Guess what? Your kids will be coming back home in 2 nights😊 Today, the kids had the option to purchase or make black ceramic pottery. They also went to various restaurants, supermarkets and souvenir shops. We got a...

CAP Execution 3


We started off with an early morning. After breakfast we went to Familias Especiales to finish up the CAP project. We completed two murals and one globe. The murals portrayed nature and help raise awareness of pollution within communities. Each mural had at least 6...

CAP Execution Day 2


Quote of the day: “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change… I am changing the things I cannot accept.” -Angela Davis After waking up at 7am and eating breakfast at 8am, we walked to Familias Especiales. Three groups outlined murals,...

Day 10: Deconstructing Poverty


Happy 4th of July! Hope you all saw fireworks and ate good food! Today we started off our day by waking everyone up at 7am and knocked on their doors again at 7:30am to make sure they were awake. We ate breakfast at 8am which consisted of something new: pancakes!...

Working on CAP – Day 1


Today’s leaders were Christopher Phillips and Ellis Ramos and we started on our CAP project which is the Community Action Project. We started the day by waking up at 7:00 am, eating together as a family and all taking a walk to the center for special families....