modern language

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 [...]

Students in the Latin American Art, Music, and Dance course recently were assigned a project choose a Latin American artist and represent that artist’s work in some way. One group chose to produce a video about Ecuadorian artist Ramon Piaguaje.

Students in Jen Sobel’s Spanish IV class recently completed their mural project. The activity asks groups of students to create a mural relating to current events. They must then develop a presentation in Spanish to explain their art to others. This year’s murals are posted below. (Click photos for larger images.)