Tanzania Pre-Trip Orientation
Yesterday was our Pre-Trip Orientation and a chance to bond and connect, answer questions, and get pumped up about the trip! We heard first from Mr. Brown, Mr. Gelb, and Ms. Marks addressing: What are the trip’s purposes and goals? What are the expectations about student engagement and behavior? What health precautions are needed while we are there? Then we launched into some fun “get to know each other” activities: In pairs, we created a “special handshake” and performed it for the group and performed a Disney song that best expressed how we were feeling about going to Tanzania. In groups of 4 we posed for an “awkward family holiday photo.” We shared our personal goals for the trip and discussed the day-to-day itinerary for the trip. As a group, we established our “community norms” using a stoplight metaphor: Red = Behaviors we DO NOT want on the trip. Yellow = Behaviors that might be CAUTIONARY (such as types of humor or comparisons) Green =...