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Abigail is a sophomore at Winchester High School.  This February she participated in her first trip with STW to Guatemala. This is an article Abigail wrote for her school newspaper about her experience.

Hannah Lacey is a sophomore at Winchester High School in Winchester, MA. She created this collage to represent her experience in Guatemala in February.

Ali Stackhouse is a sophomore at Winchester High School. She spent her February spring break  with STW and 17 classmates in Guatemala.

Carolyn Pine is a sophomore at Winchester High School. These are excerpts from her travel journal during her trip with STW in February.

Claudia Bacon is president of her junior class at Winchester High School. This is her second year traveling and volunteering with School the World. 

The most amazing part was how full of love the kids were. These three little girls danced with me on the day we opened and dedicated the fully completed school and every time I would let go of one of their hands, she would look at me and reach out for it again. It didn’t hit me until then that they really loved us, and we loved them. And that while we were happy to be there, they were even happier. We weren’t just some people who came for a week and then they would forget about. I know they will remember us, and it feels really good to have been able to spend a little bit of my life doing something to make theirs better.

Annie Kelly and Claudia Bacon are juniors at Winchester High School in Winchester, MA.  Annie and Claudia traveled with STW in 2013 with 4 other students. Both have continued to volunteer with STW; working in the office, sharing experiences at the annual Board meeting and participating at the annual area fundraiser. This year, they helped grow STW's Boston area trips to over 30 students who raised enough money to fund three  primary schools in Guatemala in 2014. 

 Abby Long is a freshman at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, MA. This is her second year traveling with School the World.