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Student Trip Blogs

Each evening, the Student Leaders of the Day write a daily trip blog, sharing everything from funny moments and inside jokes to detailed recaps and deep reflections on their experiences. Family and friends back home leave supportive comments as they follow along. Explore some of our Alumni Interns’ favorite blogs from 2024 or search all student trip blogs below.

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Cap Day 2! (No. 5)

Hello to our families, friends, and supporters, Today we had our second day of our Community Action Project in which we worked on Maire’s…
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Community Day (No. 4)

Day 7: The wake-up call was at 6:00 AM, Sasha woke up at the peak hours of 5:30, then proceeded to wake everyone up,…
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!! The CAP Project is complete !!!

Hello everybody. We finally finished the CAP project! It took us three days. Today we woke up at 7:15am, we loaded onto the bus,…
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GGL Introduction (No. 2)

Hello Glimpsers and Parents/Guardians! My name is Fatima Deen and I am one of your Global Glimpse Leaders (GGLs) for our trip to Las…
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Day 6: Biocultural Diversity (7/14)

Dear Parents, Friends, and Families BIG LOVE from Kimi Slaughter and Nathaniel Hill!! We are excited to share with you our experience as leaders…

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Working like a local 7/13/24

Dear Parents Today was very fun and impactful for me and the other Glimpsers, because we were able to know what its was like…
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Exploring Cartago Town!!

Today was History and Culture Day. The morning heavy rain turned cloudy, later clearing for bright sunny skies. It was the perfect day for…
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Important JA2B Travel Update

Hello Families of the JA2B Delegation, (en español abajo) We want to inform you that due to an airline flight cancellation, the group was…
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Day 5: City Exploration

¡Hola! Today was started comfortably (and optionally) at 8:45. The group had the option of using our morning warm-up time to do a guided…
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Day 7: To Plant A Tree

Day 7: Aid and Development YOOOOOO, was the calling we used today as the Global Glimpse Leaders. Unlike previous days, we remained at homebase…