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Each evening, the Student Leaders of the Day write a daily trip blog, sharing everything from funny moments and inside jokes to detailed recaps and deep reflections on their experiences. Family and friends back home leave supportive comments as they follow along.

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Day 6: Cap 2

Day 2 of gut-wrenching work, and everyone was suuuuuper hyped up to continue digging the trench! The weather started out extremely sunny, as we…
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Day 7: CAP project begins

Hello Everyone! This is your day 7 leaders of the day: Arianna, Marfil, and Natalia. Our day started off with opening our eyes at…
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Culture day 3 in panama!

Hola this is Genesis and Marelyn writing the blog tonight we were the first leaders of the day during our cultural day. Today was…
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Culture day in Constanza

Hey families, this is Yasleen and Ariana as the first LDD’s for the trip! We started the day off by meeting a local mask…
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Hello Everyone!!

Hello beautiful people!! My name is Lucy Adamson and I cannot wait to meet you guys in just a few weeks. A few things…

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The Jellyman

Hello all, My name is Leo Jellison and I will be traveling on the trip to Costa Rica. One big reason that I wanted…
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Excited for Panama!!!

Hi everyone! I’m Amy, and I am a junior at Highland Park High School. My favorite things to do are ceramics/pottery, bedazzling, listening to…
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See You Soon in Costa Rica

Hola, Glimpsers! My name is Julio Ortiz. I’m a software engineer by profession, and together with Dianna, I’ll be one of your Program Coordinators…
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Day 5: Community Action Project

Everyone was soooooooo super duper hyped and excited to get up early at 6:30 in the morning. We dreamt about shoveling mud. Our dreams…
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Bridging the canal!!!

We started our day bright and early and fueled our bodies with breakfast before heading out to the infamous Panama Canal. We were fortunate…