Local Students Help Build School in Costa Rica

More than 50 eighth-grade students from RISE Academy, a public charter school at 21 Ashland St., recently visited Costa Rica for an educational journey with Chill Expeditions where they participated in research projects at biological reserves, engaged in community building projects and learned firsthand the importance of sustainability.

 Among other projects, the students revitalized a building that will become a “safe, comfortable and ...sustainable learning environment for the local students,” a Chill Expeditions representative said.

 Throughout the process of building a school for the locals, the RISE students painted the main building, dug drainage ditches, built school desks, painted play areas, made sandboxes out of tires, filled in low laying areas for water control, sanded and varnished school desks, chairs, and built two chalkboards.