Madeira in the World Blog
Through travel student can better understand and appreciate cultures, see topics -- like history and art -- from a new perspective, and put their education into practice through "hands-on" learning like participating in archaeological digs or practicing a language they have learned. Madeira students have many opportunities to experience the benefits of stepping outside their routine environments. As American writer and painter, Henry Miller said, “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
On this blog, students and teachers share what happens on their journeys -- the unexpected surprises and things they have learned -- so that you can travel along with them.
The French exchange takes place in Rueil-Malmaison, 10 miles west of Paris. For ten days in April, students from Centre Madeleine Danielou, an all-girls…Featured Post
Summer in Paris . . .
Conquering Costa Rica
One of the amazing experiences that Madeira offers is the opportunity for students to travel abroad and learn about different countries and cultures through...
Challenging Chile
This summer, Soleil Ephraim ’17 spent six weeks at the Villa Maria School in Santiago, Chile through Madeira’s Global Initiative exchange programs. Upon...
June 7: Farewell Peru!
Today was our last full day in Peru. We all got the chance to sleep in after the excitement of Machu Picchu yesterday. The whole day was dedicated to the...
June 6: Machu Picchu at Last!
Today we hiked to one of the Seven Wonders of the World. We began the day eating breakfast and then taking a bus to the peak. The bus ride was pretty scary...
June 5: Final Day at Kusi Kawsay
Marina, Ingrid, Virginia, Kelleen, and I went up to the school for the last time. Marina focused on setting up Dropbox on all school computers and teaching...