April 2009 Newsletter Contents

Costa Rica Outward Bound Teams Up With United World Colleges

By Shawn Pendergrass

Sixty Costa Rican high school students applying for a spot at one of the world's renowned United World Colleges spent the weekend with Outward Bound participating in teambuilding activities, hiking, and waterfall rappeling with a main focus on leadership development among peers.

Canterbury School CRROBS Reflection

By Sheena Neece

Sheena Neece, a Spanish teacher from the Canterbury School, dissects her custom course experience and talks about moving her classroom to the warm waters of the Pacific.

Letter to a Future Student

Get pumped about your upcoming course after reading a letter from a student writing to you straight from the trail.

Instructor Profile: Joe Ewing

From the mountains of Colorado, CRROBS' newest instructor Joe Ewing will get you amped for your upcoming course river phase.

CRROBS Gets Social

Need a tweet? Find your favorite instructor on facebook? Show your friends the rapid that threw you out of the raft on YouTube? Post course photos on Flickr? Get connected through LinkedIn? CRROBS has taken the internet by storm.

The New CRROBS Blog

 Alum, students, parents and potential students: click over to our new and improved blog to share in the experiences of past students, past instructors, current students and instructors, and current and past staff. 

Colorado Seniors Make a Difference in Central America

By Shawn Pendergrass

Two groups of Colorado high school seniors made a difference through Leader's Challenge. One group helped the Guaymi indigenous tribe on the Isla Solarte in Bocas del Toro, Panama while the other volunteered at an environmental turtle refuge in Playa Tulin, Costa Rica.

View our April 2009 Leader's Challenge Photo Gallery

Check Out our Upcoming Summer Courses

From semester courses to summer camps, find the right fit for you.

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