International Programs
Community Service Program & Outdoor
Adventure In South Africa
This trip will take place summer 2012 and will start with a four-day safari in Kruger National Park with the opportunity to see "The Big Five,"(elephants, rhinoceros, water buffalo, lions, and leopards). The trip will continue with 10 days at the Little Switzerland Resort, in the Drakensburg Mountains, which will serve as the base for our community service project.
The community service time will be split between working with infants and toddlers supported by The Langkloof Orphans Fund, and working with secondary school students reviewing for their math exam at Amphasi High School. The work day has students active from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at school, with children, and following lunch opportunities to organize sports activities with the local students. We will return to the school a few late afternoons to hold extra mathematics review sessions. Students will also be expected to spend time outside of the classroom preparing for the next day’s work.
Time away from the school will be mixed with several activities and all day hikes to explore the Little Switzerland property, and for the group to reach the majestic top of the Drakensburg plateau.
Trip Dates
CANCELLED DUE TO UNFORESEEN COMPLICATIONS AT OUR HOST SITE
Chaperones
Mathematics Master Etienne Bilodeau and Corinne Hagen
Target Student Population
Open to the School community – total of 12 student participants; students must have a strong interest in math and willingness to engage in outdoor activities.
Cost
$4800
- Cost will include airfare, lodging, ground transportation, medical and travel insurance for students traveling from the United States.
- A list of required vaccinations for this trip will be sent home to all families.
- If students do not provide records of having these vaccinations by their return to campus after the Winter break, arrangements will be made for the vaccinations to be administered on campus.
Note: All passports must be current six months past the return date of any school sponsored trip. Please check and plan accordingly.
Sign-up Instructions
To sign-up for spring trips, please have housemasters or advisors complete the House Master/Day Advisor Recommendation and submit to Louise Wright by Friday, November 11, 2011.