Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Another great trip to Guatemala

On May 8, I traveled to the Guatemalan Highlands with 5 SUU students and one former Cedar City resident to teach arts integrated lessons in the public schools.  Our team worked with students at La Cumbre and Sector Dos, teaching dance, music, visual art, theatre, English, math and social studies.  We designed lessons around the current curriculum at each school, and had a blast creating and learning together.  My personal favorite experience was teaching students at Sector Dos about West Africa and seeing them perform Funga Alafia, a West African welcome dance.  Because welcoming people to your village through dance is still a common practice for the children, they understood the importance of such a dance in a way that many children in the States are unable to fathom.  We had a blast dancing together.  If you want to see the kids in action, check them out in this video:


The Guatemala project continues to grow.  I am already planning for next year.  Check out the organization that makes this possible at http://www.highlandsupportproject.org/.