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Costa Rica Trip
Spring Break 2012

A BESANT HILL SCHOOL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROJECT

March 9-18, 2012

Service Learning in Costa Rica with Sustainable Horizon Students will travel to the indigenous community of Boruca to work together on a service project. Students will be paired together for a home stay experience with a local host family. Upon completion of their service project, the group will head toward to coast for some rest, relaxation, and adventure on a Costa Rican beach. Students will experience the diversity of Costa Rican ecosystems while hiking through a wet forest and zip lining though the canopy of trees in search of monkeys and sloths.

In Costa Rica students will:

  • Live in a rural Costa Rican community
  • Participate in a meaningful service project. (Service projects may include: reforestation, teaching basic English, restoring community buildings, and more
  • Play pick up soccer games with local children
  • Learn about Borucan indigenous culture
  • Relax on Costa Rica's pristine beaches
  • Hike through dense rainforests in search of animals like monkeys, sloths and many tropical birds
  • Zip line through the forest canopy
Registration for this trip is due November 1st.

Click here to download the registration form.



Faculty Lead: Néstor Gerónimo

For information contact Brook Masters, Director of Experiential Education, at extension 121 or via email at bmasters@besanthill.org