Ken and Chris are planning a community service travel intensive trip to Jinotega, Nicaragua from May 2, 2014 to May 18, 2014. Students will be tutoring elementary school-aged children in English and engaging in other community-building activities. In addition, we will be providing other opportunities for disadvantaged children in the community. Students will get an incredible experience being immersed in another culture as well. Your experience will be like no other, before it or after it! Nicaragua is the poorest and the safest country in Central America.

Local parent Mara Kimmel took her children to Nicaragua earlier this year and was effusive about the incredible experience that she and her children had there. Mara will be coming to our next meeting to brief students on her experience as well as what students can expect as part of this trip.

Costs for the trip are expected to be $1200/student in fees and approximately $1000 for the plane flight for a total of about $2200. Since airlines will not book flights more than 330 days in advance, we won’t know until June exactly what the cost for the flight will be, but the district travel agent said that $1000 is a good estimate. For more information, students and parents can go directly to the website at http://outreach360.org

You will find plenty of information there, and a guide specific to the Nicaragua program is located at http://outreach360.org/guide/nicaragua/welcome.