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Category: Youth

  • Another Day, Another LLama: Adventures in Argentina with High Schoolers

    I just returned from a crazy and exhilarating and empowering month in Argentina with 15 high schoolers from across the country. Each student wrote a blog post about one or more parts of our trip. Here are the results: Argentina: Community Service and the Great Outdoors.

  • On France and Transformation

    How do I possibly sum up the last month? C’est pas possible. (One of the French’s favorite phrases, I believe.) It was crazy and painful and magical and everything I wanted it to be. Our students are amazing. So curious, so open, so independent. Not completely at first, though. The one word I wanted to…

  • The Top 11 Moods of an American High Schooler in Europe (circa 2003)

    More travel news, friends! I found out this past week that I’ve been selected to lead a group of high school students to France through The Experiment for three weeks this summer. I couldn’t be more excited! As I was looking for the good ol’ passport, I came across a box of photo albums with…