On Saturday, May 17th, for a group of our seniors, a dream became a reality. The embarked on a journey that began in Chicago and was going to take them to Moshe, Tanzania, where they are going to be able experience first hand the growth of a school which they raised funds for.
Last year, as [...]
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Turning a Dream Into Reality
May 19th, 2008 · No Comments · kilimanjaro, teaching and learning
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The Power of the Words and Blogs
January 9th, 2007 · No Comments · kilimanjaro
Blogging is a very powerful tool. All of you who do it already know this. We have all heard of examples where this medium has made the world smaller, especially Will Richardson’s and his student’s experience with Sue Monk Kidd and Eric Langhorst’s experiences with Guerilla Season.
I have my own experience to share. I am [...]
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200 More Reasons to Invest in the Future
December 14th, 2006 · No Comments · kilimanjaro
I was having a conversation with a group of juniors who were getting ready for their read-a-thon which is this Sunday to raise funds for the Kilimanjaro English Nursery School when they shared something which astonished me. The man who runs the school who is known as”Teacher”, Edward Lazaro cannot run the school full-time. In [...]
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How Three Cups of Tea Changed my Life
December 9th, 2006 · 6 Comments · kilimanjaro
Being a student advisor is one of the roles at school that I enjoy nearly as much as teaching teachers and students about how to integrate technology into their lives. Every summer, I tryto read one of the selections that my advisees are asked to read for their summer reading project so that we can [...]
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