Hiatt Center

Seventeen Beaver students and three faculty chaperones recently returned from a French immersion and service trip to Senegal.
Students lived with local families in the city of St. Louis. Every morning they worked in kindergarten classes and a talibes (street children) program tutoring up to 40 children in math and French. In addition, they helped with [...]

The group of students and three teachers who have spent the last ten days on an organic farm in Costa Rica are heading home. Here is the final update from the group:
We left the farm this morning and are staying at a hotel not far from the airport. We spent the weekend checking out a [...]

Over 20 Beaver students are spending their first weeks of summer vacation in Costa Rica living and working on an organic farm. In addition to working, students use this experience as an opportunity to immerse themselves in the Spanish language. Teachers Tiffany Marsh, John Schatz, and Elisha Cho are accompanying the group on this annual [...]

This past summer several Beaver students traveled to Costa Rica to live and work on an organic farm. Danny DeLeon ‘11 took part in that trip and shared his experiences with parents at the annual Parents’ Association Fall Dinner. Photos from the trip can be seen at right or in a Flickr gallery.
This summer, I [...]

This year, the annual Parents’ Association Fall Dinner featured presentations by students who participated in activities related to social justice education. The speeches were used to highlight the work being done by Beaver’s Hiatt Center for Social Justice Education. Here are two students’ speeches.
Maeve Williams ‘10 – Women2Women Conference
This August I attended the 5th Annual [...]