Watkinson School's Commitment To Service In Cambodia

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Submitted by Katie Novak on 2009-04-14.

Jenni French Front Row: (left to right) Maggie Blackburn '11, Lauren Freisinger '10, Sage Hess '11, Seng Song, Haleigh MacCloy '11, Karen Bovard. Back Row (left to right): Dan Hunt '10, Patrick Owens '10, Rebecca Ross '10, and Ryan Sitner '11. 2009 marks the fifth year that volunteers from Watkinson School will visit the village of Poum Knha, Cambodia to continue important service work through the school's Global Studies Program. This year eight students will work with Seng Song and the Cambodian Living Arts program to continue teaching English and developing the arts. Cambodian Living Arts is run by Charley Todd, Watkinson's former Head of School. Previous Watkinson volunteers helped to build a friendship hut for English lessons, a new latrine and shower, and planted fruit trees to provide missing nutrients for the villager's diets. This service learning trip is an integral part of Watkinson's Global Studies Diploma Program, whose mission is to develop in students the power to be knowledgeable and effective world citizensacting locally and globallyand to foster respect for diverse people and cultures. Watkinson's next open house is April 28 at 6 p.m.