Exciting New Project!

11th grade boys in front of the school flag

Buenas! All is well on Isla Baru. Can you believe it's already been 8 1/2 months? We've been busy finishing up the third academic quarter and completing law school applications. But we have an exciting new project in the works that we want to share with everyone. We hope that it will bring a fun, cultural learning experience to students in Santa Ana as well as students at Thomaston High School (where Steph graduated 10 years ago)!

This week some of our Colombian students began writing letters to their soon-to-be new pen pals in Connecticut. We were fortunate to find this small group of great students that love learning and are anxious not only to discover new people but to also see where we come from. We spent some time this morning taking photos and planning with the group and honestly, we're not sure who is more excited.

Of course the two schools are very different and we are looking forward to helping the students learn about each other and a different life beyond their own little worlds- but we also believe they have more in common than they might think!

We look forward to updating you soon. Hopefully we can all learn something new from this project.

Steph & the very first project members (11th grade)