A handful of our students had the opportunity to travel to Nicaragua for their service trip in January. Here they helped supervise coffee camps for children whose parents were away working in the coffee plantations.
Service Trip to Nicaragua
Students traveled to Boston for a 7 day service learning trip in January. They participated in homeless outreach projects, community projects in Cambridge on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and did some service at the Franklin Park Zoo.
Service Learning Trip to Boston (Jan. 2012)
Crows Path
New Village Farm
The Big Picture school in Rochester was affected by flooding from Hurricane Irene. Students from BPSB spent a day helping to build shelves, reorganize and paint the art room, and other small projects.
Service at Rochester
Called to action on their second day of the school year, BPSB students spent a day helping those devastated by Hurricane Irene in Moretown and Waterbury.
Hurricane Irene Service Work
Fall 2011 Camping Trip