Group Blog Post 6: Virginia

Students from the Virginia homeroom shared some interesting information about the state of Virginia and about their classroom activities.

Anja, Alisa, Julia, Raimond and Darina created a Virginia-and-American-camp-themed crossword puzzle.

                                                      

Group Blog Post 5: California

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Group Blog Post 4: Wisconsin

The Last Day

Today is the last day of camp and it hardly seems possible that it is over for another year. We ended today with a rousing Sing-a-Long in the morning, led by Arizona. This afternoon we came together for the camp-wide talent show. Campers, Latvian and American helpers shared their talents in song, dance, rhythm, English and Russian. Tomorrow campers will graduate and say farewell to their American friends until next year.

 
 

 

Merry Christmas!

Yesterday afternoon we celebrated Christmas at camp! Campers made Christmas tree ornaments and received their present, the t-shirt they helped the American high school students to tie dye. Campers also received permanent markers, and spent the rest of the Christmas party creating memories.

 

Sunshine Day

On Sunshine Day, campers spent the afternoon  learning about and discussing positive character traits with the American teachers. We talked about the meanings of the words determination, enthusiasm, attitude, loyalty, humility, responsibility, self-image, and choices. Campers learned how these words can be transferred into actions and how these actions impact their goals. With their homeroom classes, campers thought about which traits are most important for him or her.

Russian-Latvian Day

On Friday, July 6, our Russian and Latvian hosts took the reins to teach their American guests about Russian and Latvian culture. They dressed in traditional Latvian clothing. We were treated to a delicious Latvian lunch, and for dessert, Nika taught us how to make thin waffles with caramelized milk. 

Each homeroom prepared a presentation with their Latvian helper to teach the Americans about Latvian and Daugavpils history, Gzhel painting, Ligo flower wreaths and Latvian dance.                 

                                          Later, we came together to learn Russian games. At the close of Russian-Latvian day, we danced our new dance in unison. Thank you again to our Latvian and Russian hosts for a beautiful experience.