During our breaks, we travel around, getting a taste for different cultures, like in Guanacaste, the Caribbean and the city life of San Jos . The center supports reforestation, forest protection and promotes agroforestry systems. The school offers an interesting mix of lectures, field trips, Spanish lessons, chores, and sports. In addition to their academic and field activities, students are expected to put significant energy into group living. The program spends time talking about cooperation and individual responsibility to encourage teamwork and leadership.
Community service is also a part of the curriculum.
Students patrol protected areas of Atenas, teach scholars how to prepare compost and to recycle, and spend time giving swimming lessons to abandoned children from the Atenas orphanage. Beyond that, we are looking for scholarships to coeducate foreigners and Costa Ricans to help them become immediate and future contributors to the sustainable management of Costa Rica s natural resources.