This annual program offers high school seniors with a unique opportunity for personal and practical growth. As a history teacher, I hope to bring alive to students the Rwandan story, so that students can learn about the Genocide, and how Rwandans have forged ahead and found ways to heal their country. I will be working with the students as we travel to memorial sites and try to grasp the significance of this atrocity and to help them form an understanding of their role in the world. Going to where history took place is a very valuable tool for students to realize that historical events had an effect on regular people and that being an aware, mindful, and active citizen is a responsibility we all must share.
This year we are traveling with five students, two alumni, who are enrolled in college, two 2019 graduates and one 2019 graduate from Latin Academy, all of whom will be attending college in the fall. It is my hope through this opportunity to help guide these young people into opportunities that are life changing, and to become change makers. I also look to learn and experience all that I can so that I can bring back stories and information to the hundreds of students I have that will not get to experience this trip.
Snowden International School
Boston Massachusetts
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