Posted in RB1A Riobamba 6-5-2019 by Sarah Cadorette - GG Staff
Hello Glimpser Families and Friends, We hope you’re getting excited to see your students return home tonight! They are currently in Houston, and should be catching their flight to San Francisco soon. Here is their return flight information: UA1844 Departs IAH at...
Posted in RB1A Riobamba 6-5-2019 by Krystle Zhong & Fausthina Dalit, Glimpsers
For our final CAP day, we continued to work on our projects. The day before, the arrow team completed their project, so today, the members were able to help with the construction of the pathway and finish up painting tires and play structures as well. With more hands...
Posted in RB1A Riobamba 6-5-2019 by Donna Fernandez and Noe Castrejon, Glimpsers
Hola! Our second day working on the Community Action Project was productive and fulfilling! We had an early start to our day with a wake-up call at 7:00 am and had yummy empanadas for breakfast. Don Fernando drove us to Carlos Garbay at 8:00 am. Once we arrived at the...
Posted in RB1A Riobamba 6-5-2019 by Jennifer Villegas, Glimpser
Hello friends and family! Today’s activity was: Free Day! The day started off with a 7:30 AM wakeup call and a delicious breakfast provided by the hotel La Primavera. All the Glimpsers got the chance to explore the beautiful city for themselves. We were also given the...
Posted in RB1A Riobamba 6-5-2019 by Olivia Braun, Glimpser
Hola! Today was the day we have all been waiting for: Fun Day! We started it off with a 6:30 wake up call and a delicious breakfast provided by the La Primavera kitchen staff (thank you Ivan and Newton). At around 8 we began the two-hour bus ride to Baños, a beautiful...
Posted in RB1A Riobamba 6-5-2019 by Kelsey Ley and Han Pham, Glimpsers
Today, we began our Community Action Project. This project centered around Carlos Garbay, a school for students with disabilities. We have visited this facility before, and were able to interact with the students and staff. The visit guided our ideas for possible...
Posted in RB1A Riobamba 6-5-2019 by Pranav Babarjung and Oliver Maxwell, Glimpsers
Our last day of English tutoring created an exciting, yet emotional environment at the school. We created special bonds with our students and sad to see them off, but finished off our tutoring block with an intense game of soccer with the students. After a brief stop...