UA Brazil Sciences Class 2011

Tomorrow we will depart Dallas with a group of 5 young UA scientists to Brazil. We invite you to follow our UA Brazil Sciences blog at http://www.uabrazilsciences2011.blogspot.com/ .....

GYLI's Living in a Flat World Global Conference, Costa Rica

Last weekend, we had the honor of presenting some of Ursuline's Experiential Learning opportunities at the GYLI (Global Youth Leadership Institute) "Living in a Flat World" conference in Costa Rica. It was a marvelous event which brought together global educators from all over the world. We were so happy to see many of our old friends who have visited us at Ursuline as well as to make new friends among the many distinguished attendees including the GYLI board members and the leadership of NAIS (National Association of Independent Schools).

In addition to sharing information about our Brazil Sciences class and our Cape Cod Sea Camp, we also presented information about how to prepare students for traveling to Africa. Of course, the setting on the campus of Earth University was perfect for our own experiential learning. GYLI made sure to give us special experiences including visiting a banana plantation, a dairy farm and a swine farm. As you might imagine, there were some unforeseen challenges (such as ant piles and lost luggage) but the many positive encounters (including one with a giant grasshopper and another with a tree sloth) made it all worthwhile.

A million thanks to our friends at GYLI for the invitation to beautiful Costa Rica!!

Summer Happenings...

We'd like to remind everyone that all sorts of wonderful things are happening over the summer .. We just welcomed back to Dallas our first-ever delegation to our sister school in Wimbledon, England. Today, students are participating in leadership conferences through GYLI (Global Youth Leadership Institute) in New Mexico and Costa Rica.

If you'd like to read more aboout the adventures of our Wimbledon delegation, please check out Ms. Alexander's blog at http://www.twoursulines.blogspot.com/

More summer updates coming soon! Please stay tuned....