Tag Archives: Student Writing
Patronus Memory: Essay from Excel Amherst College
Emily, a current junior at Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, New York, participated in our pre-college enrichment program at Amherst College last summer. She recently shared this new writing project of hers, inspired by her wonderful friends and … Continue reading
Teaching Pants: A College Essay by Ghana Alumna
Gabby, a senior at Fox Lane High School in Pound Ridge, New York, traveled with us on two different summer community service programs abroad. She spent the summer of 2011 on our summer community service program in Vietnam and … Continue reading
College Essay: Community Service in Costa Rica
Aliya, a senior at Weber High School in Atlanta, Georgia, traveled on our high school community service program in Costa Rica this past summer. She submitted a collection of excerpts from her summer journal as one of her essays for … Continue reading
College Essay: Volunteering in Senegal
Roderick traveled with us on our high school summer community service program in Senegal in 2011. A current senior at Camden High School in Camden, South Carolina, he will be attending Wofford College in the fall. The essay below, about … Continue reading
Assumptions: An Essay from Our France Program
Daniel, a sophomore at Trevor Day School in New York City, traveled with us on our high school language program in France in 2012. He recently shared this essay with us about his experience with his French homestay family.
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Gender in Cambodia: A College Essay by Hailey
Hailey traveled with us on our high school summer program in Cambodia in 2012, focusing on gender and the arts in a country recovering from the devastating effects of genocide. She recently shared this college essay she wrote about her … Continue reading
Volunteering in Costa Rica: A College Essay By Lea
Lea, a senior at Chase Collegiate School in West Hartford, Connecticut, traveled on two of our summer programs abroad. She spent the summer of 2008 on our program in Costa Rica for middle school students and 2012 on our … Continue reading
We Imagined Mud Huts: Student Poetry from Rwanda
Timur, a junior at St. Ann’s School in Brooklyn, New York, traveled to Africa with us this past summer on our high school summer program in Rwanda. Focusing on public health access and development, he wrote several poems and … Continue reading
Student Spotlight: Hiking in Argentina
Take a look at these moving words from Charlotte, an alumna of two of our summer community service programs abroad. Charlotte participated in our high school summer program in Argentina in 2011 and in our summer community service program … Continue reading
Pre-College Excel Leader Henk in The Paris Review!
Henk Rossouw taught writing on our Pre-College enrichment program at Amherst College this past summer and will be directing the program in 2013! We recently caught up with Henk, who is a poet and PhD candidate at University of Houston,… Continue reading