Ayudar y Aprender in the Peruvian Highlands
	Given the success of our trips to Costa Rica during the last two summers, this year GFA is offering a second Latin American service learning trip in partnership with the World Leadership School.  A small group of students will travel to the heartland of Incan Empire, a group of communities near Cusco which is known as the Sacred Valley.  They will stay with host families in the town of Ollantaytambo, raft the Urubamba River, complete an overnight hike in the Andes and learn indigenous cooking and weaving techniques. Students will also get to spend an entire day exploring the ancient ruins at Machu Picchu.  Like the program in Costa Rica, this trip will have three main focuses: community service, development of leadership skills and exploration of a global problem in a local context (in this case, access to education).  While there will be no formal language classes offered during the program, the expectation is that the students on the trip will speak only Spanish for the duration of the program. Students who sign up for this program should be prepared to fundraise throughout the school year in order to fund the service project that they will undertake once we arrive in Peru.   Dates: June 13-27, 2012 Head Chaperone: Jason Cummings Group Size: approx. 6-12 Approx. Cost: $4,500-$5,000 Prerequisites:  Any current 9th, 10th or 11th grade Spanish who is committed to language immersion and service learning.   Interested students should submit the following forms to Dr. Cummings no later than November 1, 2011. Please assemble all forms in a single folder.  Also, please do not fold these materials.  We need to scan them all to PDF format, and folded forms slow down the scanning process.   1. World Perspectives Trip Application 2. Student Contract/Parent Consent 3. A clear photocopy of the student's passport 4. Statement of Understanding for Costa Rica/Peru 5. A non-refundable deposit of $600 made out to Greens Farms Academy.       6. Signed Financial Aid agreement (If applicable this form will be mailed to your home) 7. Also, please click here to fill out the World Leadership School's online application materials.  When the site prompts you for a school code, you should put "GFA."