DSU President’s cabinet has decided the DSU students will not be traveling to Belize due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Neither the US or Belize have issued a no travel advisory. Belize has ZERO confirmed cases of the virus. The Dallas Airport and the total of four American Airlines airplanes are our greatest risk. A very, very, slight risk of a DSU student bringing the virus to a SD school was the primary concern of the administrators. As with any campus, many students will leave for spring break and travel in airplanes and through airports. Any one of those students are just as likely to bring the virus to campus and their field experience sites. I am still going. I bought my ticket and was traveling as a volunteer consultant. DSU did not offer to pay for my airfare or other expenses. I will still post a few pictures and descriptions of my experiences.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
DSU has postponed / canceled the Belize Service-Learning in Education - sad day.....
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Hi Everyone!
Another adventure to Belize will be starting soon. There are 9 amazing DSU students set to broaden their horizons by growing professionally and personally through this service-learning opportunity. We will work side-by-side with classroom teachers at Victorious Nazarene Primary School in San Jose Succotz during the morning. Our afternoons will be filled with teaching reading strategies in small groups. We hope to share some reading intervention strategies with our Belizean teaching partners while providing a little extra instructional time for the students. One of our DSU student teachers will be a certified 6-12 math teacher. She will teach small groups utilizing some math interventions such as games and activities incorporating math skills. Keep a lookout for many posts as our trip starts with a 3 day weekend on the island of Caye Caulker in just a couple of days!
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Bound for Sioux Falls
In the Atlanta airport.... waiting for our flight to Sioux Falls. Back to school in the morning for these ladies.
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Leaving Belize
Bittersweet day..... leaving the island of Caye Caulker and headed to the airport in Belize City. Last picture on the island.....
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Monday, March 18, 2019
All three
Our last night on Caye Caulker we ate supper at Maggie’s Sunset Kitchen. What an amazing adventure. We leave on the water taxi at 8 to make our 12:30 flight from Belize City to Atlanta.
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Sunday, March 17, 2019
All three again
North of the split there is a new hotel and beach area. We snorkeled above the reef, swam with the nurse sharks and rays went north of the split for the rest of the afternoon. We are getting ready to go out for supper. The plan is roasted pork at La Cubana.
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On our way to Caye Caulker
If you look closely you will be able to pick out Alexis, Ashley and Maggie on the water taxi. My birthday meal was ice tea and shrimp Ceasar salad. Yummy!
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Last night in Succotz
Our last night in Succotz we had supper with the Lucas family to celebrate Lurdis’ birthday. They are a terrific family who graciously adopted us during our stay. When we arrived home we had a new friend in the doorway. Welcome to the subtropical region!
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Friday, March 15, 2019
Miss Maggie
Miss Maggie and her Standard III friends discussing how heat can change items.
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Friday morning chapel
Singing praises to the Lord and giving thanks through prayer
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Last Day at VNPS
Bittersweet when it is our last day. We want to come home to be with family and friends but will miss the Belizean lifestyle and our new friends.
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
Miss Alexis
Using 4 tablets to do research on different science topics... Miss Alexis is explaining translucent and transparent.
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Miss Maggie
Her classroom teacher needed to go to a different room. Miss Maggie taught a lesson on telling time and had extra time. A quick decision to read a folk tale, reinforce fiction and nonfiction, teaching some new words while modeling context clues and making predictions.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Miss Alexis
She is sharing the snow. Many of the children are saying they want to live in the snow!!
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