Category Archives: Education

I love how they make a ritual out of registering.  I dont ever remember having to do any of this when I was a kid.  We just go to school and go to our classroom!

 In fact James and I are enjoying this tremendously – especially James 🙂  How he wished he had the chance to go to boarding school when he was younger.  I think he is the one more excited! 🙂

I just had to take a photo of the police…. How cool 🙂

 First step is to go to this building to meet the head master

And It’s a tradition for the students to go to this desk…..

….to officially sign their name that they are a student of this school!  

 Then proceed to the tents by the chapel

They give each student a CFL bulb!  

 Beverage station 🙂

Entering again the chapel

A big brother or sister ( for the girls ) will be assigned to each new student. During registration they personally take you around and bring you to your house.  This is Chris di Giacomo – form VI and big brother of Jaime.  He is in the football team 🙂

Beautiful Choir room behind the chapel.  It’s rare to see old buildings and old historical places.  I am hoping my son will learn to appreciate these things!

The old chapel.  Some school rituals and traditions are still held here.  Students spend their first and last night here 

 As the number of students increased, this became small to have their morning chapel

The clinic!  It’s a building on its own and I was so happy they had this.  This gave me more peace of mind!  The school has a full time clinic for the kids

The nurse said that the kids can call the clinic anytime for anything!! They even told the kids not to call their parents but to call them first!  and they will be the one to call the parents 🙂

I’m so glad they had this poster up!

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 Arrived at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire!  WOW!! So far, among all the boarding schools we have visited, I like this campus the most!  Beautiful greenery, layout of buildings, and interiors.

Previous entry:  Philips Academy, Andover August 10, 2010

Philips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire August 10, 2010 

 The map of the campus!  It’s a whole world in itself.  The kids just stay inside the campus and it is self contained

 The Library- one of my favorite spots in campus

 View from the library

 Walking towards the chapel

 All students meet here 5 days of the week in the mornings to gather and listen to different speakers or to other students sharing their experiences

 They are assigned a space already in the chapel where they will sit

Post office

Art center

Kids running around campus

The newest building on campus which is a LEED building

visit their website for more information

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 Heart2Heart is a believer in having as many extra curricular activities for the kids aside from their daily school routine.  Thanks to CISV for expanding the horizons of young children at the age of 11 years old and giving them the experience of travelling, training the kids to be more independent and having the chance to meet people from different parts of the world.  I featured my friends’ kids last January 

Previous entry:   CISV January 18, 2012

And here is a TEDx video of one of the kids, Enrique Chuidian, who talked last December.  Congratulations Enrique!!!!

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The next batch of CISVers will leave starting in June this year.  The CISV QC chapter alone is sending delegations to Mexico, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg, USA, including a delegation to a Philippine camp!  Jaime (Enrique’s younger brother) is going to Mexico and Franco (his cousin) is going to Norway

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