Ursuline Academy's Global Education Program is excited to officially open the application window
for three travel opportunities for our students this year.
PERU
2016
In
June 2016, we will travel to our sister school Colegio Santa Ursula in Lima,
Peru for a week-long exchange.
Throughout the week in Lima, students will have the opportunity to
experience life in Peru as an Ursuline student by living with her Peruvian
sister and family. While in Lima,
students will attend classes (which will give them a wonderful opportunity to
practice their Spanish) and will also be treated to some amazing cultural
experiences as hosted by Colegio Santa Ursula.
After
departing Lima, students will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tour
Machu Picchu by way of the VistaDome train.
Situated on a mountain ridge above the
Sacred Valley,
archaeologists believe
that Machu Picchu was built as an estate for the Inca emperor
Pachacuti (1438–1472).
Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian
Historical Sanctuary in 1981 and a
UNESCO World
Heritage Site in 1983.
In
2007, Machu Picchu was voted one of the
New Seven
Wonders of the World in a worldwide Internet poll.
Following
this 3-day excursion, the delegation will spend a week in Piura, Peru
participating in a service project with Santisimo Sacramento Parish. In 2011, a group of students from Ursuline
Academy led by Mrs. Kane-Smith participated in the same program and were
forever changed by their experience.
Students will truly have the opportunity to practice our Serviam motto
by giving back to some of the poorest communities in South America.
NEW
ORLEANS 2016
In
March 2016, a delegation of five students and two faculty from Ursuline Academy
in Wilmington will travel to our sister school in New Orleans, Louisiana for a
6-day exchange. Ursuline Academy of New
Orleans, founded in 1727 by twelve Ursuline nuns from France, enjoys the
distinction of being both the oldest, continuously-operating school for girls
and the oldest Catholic school in the United States. The opportunity to experience life as an
Ursuline student in New Orleans provides our students a wonderful chance to
become a part of the community of the first Ursuline school in the United
States. While in New Orleans, students
will attend classes and activities with their “sisters” and will have the
opportunity to participate in service projects and other cultural outings in
unique New Orleans.
UNITED
NATIONS CSW60
Ursuline
students will have the opportunity to participate in the United Nations 60th
session of the Commission on the Status
of Women (CSW), which will take place at UN Headquarters in March. The UN Commission on the Status of Women is
the principal world wide body dedicated exclusively to the promotion of gender
equality and the empowerment of women. It was established in 1946 by the
Economic and Social Council, making the March 2016 session the 60th
time CSW has met.
Students
will have the opportunity to hear from women around the world who are engaged
in efforts to make life better for women and girls who suffer the effects of
poverty, violence and a lack of education. Students who attend the conference
will learn ways that they can be in solidarity with women and girls around the
world in their search for a better life. Ursuline Academy of Wilmington will be participating alongside 5 other Ursuline network schools - just another example of how the Ursuline bond grows through cultural exchange and travel.
