SERVICE LEARNING
IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY
SERVICE LEARNING IN TANZANIA
In 2009, Bronxville School Foundation Board member Peter Thorpe, drew the Policy Board’s attention to Thomas Friedman’s annual competition for an individual to travel with him on assignment, and asked if the model might be something the District could emulate. Bronxville guidance counselor, Jim Agnello, took up the challenge and soon established a partnership with the Janada Batchelor Foundation for Children (JBFC), an orphanage in Tanzania that was founded by members of a Bronxville family.
Since 2009, the Mr. Agnello has chaperoned an annual trip to the orphanage, and nurtured the development of a school on the site. Kim Ferguson, Sarah Lawrence professor, soon joined these efforts and has been instrumental in providing professional development for JBFC’s teachers and in including the College’s students in the service learning program. Members of the Bronxville Rotary club have shared their expertise with the students and faculty of both institutions, providing valuable insights into global service projects.
The annual trip to Tanzania is a life-changing, educational experience for participants. The roster of graduates includes:
2019
Ava Black
Michael Burstein
Eliza Elder
Fiona Jones
Andrew Mager
Kamil Mutlucan
Isabella Scagnelli
Vance Wood
2009
Ahmed Ebrahim
Nora Gerson
2010
Lucas Berger
Heather Bothwell
Allison Sher
John Timoney
2011
Abby Bond
Hanna Buendia
Steven Chrappa
Jack Deasy
Brian Forst
Daniel Guglielmo
Ellie Hanrahan
Kevin Reich
Patrick Tine
2012
Matt Adrian
Caroline Cahaney
Natasha Colvin
Caroline Cory
Libby Deasy
Timmy Donohue
Jim Grant
Bailie Jones
Nina McManus
Helen Parzick
Jackie Saralegui
2013
Cameron Adamiyatt
Matt Adrian
Caroline Cahaney
Elizabeth Frost
Maxim Izotov
Guy McKhann
Nina McManus
Chris Miller
Eloise Robert
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2014
Caroline DePaul
Gabby Markola
Chris Miller
Nina McManus
Sean Mooney
Danny vonAlbade
2015
Grace Burkee
Zoe Hutchings
Justin McCarthy
Chris Miller
Thomas Neville
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2016
James Ackerman
Harry Colvin
Laura Holland
Griffin Kiefer
Jack Kiefer
Justin McCarthy
Scott McGrath
Chris Miller
Olivia Scotti
Ellie Walsh
2017
James Ackerman
Mimi Buendia
Harry Colvin
Jackie Coquillette
Mac Crawford
Laura Holland
Colin McCloskey
Scott McGrath
Gabe Morato
Anna Normand
Nicholas O’Brien
Billy Ramundo
Sean Sullivan
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2018
Timothy Atkeson
Ava Austi
Caroline Brashear
Mimi Buendia
Michael Burstein
Jackie Coquillette
George Cooney
Eliza Elder
Peyton Kinon
Kunzang Namgyal
Anna Normand
Amelia Srebnik
Sasha Paradise
Cory Ramundo
Marguerite Scotti
Andreas Seralegui
Ashton Smith
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SERVICE LEARNING IN NICARAGUA
For over fifteen years, Bronxville Students have traveled to Nicaragua with Bridges to Community, building houses and classrooms and supporting villagers' in building a very successfully organic shampoo and soap business that creating eighteen jobs for local residents.
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While in Nicaragua, Bronxville students and teachers have the unique opportunity to work on sustainable development projects while living and working alongside the community. In one week, they explore the rich cultural traditions and natural beauty of the country, engage in meaningful discussions and reflections, meet incredible people, help a community in need achieve its goals, and be forever changed.
ROSTER OF PARTICIPANTS
Beth Agarabi
Jim Agnello
Matt Fisher
Michael Marino
Anthony Miserandino
Joyce Myers
Justin O’Brien
Brian Senior
Anthony Vaglica
Christopher Ahern
Leila Ahmad
Marina Alfano
Charles Ambose
Robert Ambose
Michael Anagnostakis
Timothy Atkeson
Julian Bardin
Nico Bardin
Dan Barton
Bailey Barton
Ian Baxter
Lucas Berger
Sean Berney
Spencer Berry
Camila Blikstad
Kyle Bloomer
Charles Bogatryrenko
Abby Bond
Carter Bond
Max Boyd
Trey Brazill
Ines Bukhadra
Michael Burstein
Josh Burton
Tara Byrne
Sasha Capasso
Sarah Carbonaro
Meredith Carden
Natalie Carmel
Caroline Castano
Ava Chiang
Will Cioffi
Patrick Clarke
Sarah Conneally
Meghan Connors
Luke Connors
Grace Connors
Katharine Costamini
Spencer Cox
Sarah Crowley
Ella Crystal
Andrew Damhuis
Eva Dani
Petey DeJoy
Francesca DeLaRama
Clara Zhou deMagalhaes
Colin Dempsey
Brian DePaul
Elizabeth Detwiler
Edward Donohue
Jack Dougherty
Matt Dougherty
Joe Dougherty
William Doughtery
Margaret Duke
John Duke
Emma Estes
Marissa Farbos
Jack Fitzgibbons
Thomas Fitzgibbons
Jack Flanagan
Zach Flangos
Piper Fraser
Sydney Frayne
Luke Freeman
Emile George
Nora Gerson
Jacoby Goodson
Jim Grant
Francesca Guglielmo
Daniel Guglielmo
William Gunn
Robert Gunn
Sam Gusaftsson
Lilly Harblin
Betsy Harrington
Elaine Harris
David Harris
Anderson Hershey
John Hodulik
Andrew Horn
Grace Howard
Thomas Hudson
Samantha Huss
Zoe Hutchings
Christopher Hutchins
Paul Jones
Chase Judkins
Nancy Katz
Griffin Kiefer
Peyton Kinan
Alexandria King
Kathleen Knox
Will Knox
Charlie Knox
Sophie Kohlhoff
PJ Kratinski
Patrick Krestinski
Sally Kwok
Isabela Lamadrid
Will Larghoff
Georgia Lazaroni
Andrew Lemberger
Emma Lettiere
Sarah Lettiere
Chloe Lewis
Olivia Lewis
Kelly Lund
Patrick Lynch
Jessica Mack
Katherine MacMillan
Stephen Macmillan
Oliver Macmillan-Bell
Cole Madden
William Maher
Anabel Maldonado
Tommy Maldonado
Wilson Mathe
Justin McCarthy
Jack McDonough
Tommy Meade
Tim Mercurio
Ted Meyers
Tommy Miller
Eli Min
Liz Minter
Meghan Mitchell
Gabe Morato
Riley Morgan
Michael Moynihan
Hailey Alice Mullen
Sean Murphy
Yuka Nakano
Anthony Napolitano
Michael Natsch
Raleigh Near
Catherine O'Brien
Gordon O’Brien
Brenna O’Neill
Alexander Oman
J. P. Gunn
Julia Pabafikos
Jack Pagano
Chris Palermo
Henry Palermo
Sarsha Paradise
Tyler Pendleton
Annie Piper
Chris Poole
Harry Pyle
Andrew Pytosh
Matthew Pytosh
Ally Ramundo
Cory Ramundo
Carl Ranieri
​John Ranieri
Anna Reetz
Kevin Reich
Alex Rizzo
Matthew Rizzo
Evelyn Robert
Amanda Rodriquez
Jillian Rohr
Meghan Rossini
Dylan Ruddy​
Sean Ryan
Alex Saralegui
Mark Sellechia
Joe Shively
Luke Smyth
Mat Sokol
Will Stoeffhaas
Ella Stupart
Tim Sullivan
JJ Sunier
Nick Sutherland
Michael Swartz
James Swenson
William Swenson
Henry Szor
Alex Szor
Jess Tarangioli
Sarah Tarbell Littman
Julian Thomet
Ashley Toal
Katie Toal
Katherine Tyruin
Carter Via
Harry Villanueva
Harry Vollmer
Ben vonMehren
Will vonMehren
Ethan Waggoner
Sam Wagner
Gabriella Wall
Dylan Weber
David Weild
Kelly Weild
Mike Weild
Christian Welch
Robby Westerfield
Greg White
Avery Widen
John Yienger
Emmanuel Yimer
Eddie Yoo