11/30/12 - Students and staff at the Navigator School in Pinckney will be getting a global learning experience next week. Waves of Friendship is an organization of Navigator staff and community members that work to improve the lives and education of the children at its sister school in Santa Cruz la Laguna, Guatemala. Navigator Principal Stacey Urbin says the relationship began almost a decade ago between Waves of Friendship and the foundation they work with in Guatemala, Amigos de Santa Cruz. A teacher exchange eventually morphed into a student scholarship exchange and educational mission trip program. Every year, students from the high school Spanish class apply for the summer trip while students from Guatemala apply for a scholarship to visit Pinckney during their summer vacation, which is in December. Urbin says the ancient Mayan village is located on what is noted as the most beautiful lake in the world and with all of the lakes in Pinckney area, they made a connection. She adds that in a global society, the experience helps to expose their students to other cultures along with ways to communicate and learn from each other. She adds that during the welcome assembly, the guests will teach Navigator students about the true meaning of what December 21st, 2012 means in the Mayan calendar. Contrary to popular belief, she says it is not the end of the world but the beginning of a new age of wisdom and goodness in the Mayan calendar - The Age of Enlightenment. To learn more about the work between Waves of Friendship and Amigos de Santa Cruz, click on the attachment or link below. (JM)
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