The Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School Peru trip will take place over April vacation. Forty students and their chaperones will travel to various exciting locations in Peru including Lima, Cuzco (the historic capital of the Inca Empire), Lake Titcaca and Machu Picchu, immersing themselves in the culture and lifestyle of this fascinating country.
Although traveling to Peru will certainly be a vacation, an important part of studying South American culture is exposure to the extreme poverty present in third world countries. Through a student-run outreach program, the high school students will see how the impoverished people of Peru live and have an opportunity to give to those less fortunate than themselves. Donating both recreational and educational items will help show Hamilton-Wenham students the positive and life-changing effects of charity, and be the most fulfilling part of the Peru trip.
Donations have been gathered from all students in the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District. Principals at all grade levels, kindergarten through 12, at Cutler, Buker, Winthrop, Miles River and the Regional High School, have successfully collected items to fill suitcases with age appropriate material for every grade level. Those traveling to Peru will personally travel light, but bring 42 suitcases with them filled with school supplies, clothing, shoes, socks and much more in order to share some of their wealth with children from far away.
For further information, or if you would like to donate materials for the trip, please contact Kevan Sano, Foreign Language Department, Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School.
Resource: wickedlocal.com
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