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| Congratulations to our students who planned and executed another healthy, fun teen dance for the community! |
| Congratulations to all students who attended & passed our spring SCUBA certification course in Bocas del Toro. |
| Students who will be graduating in June went on a "community service Aventura" to work on their transition plans while giving back to the community that has supported them this past year. Check out pictures here! |
| Aventuras! |
| Students completed another successful Aventura trip... some trekking and rafting through the cloud forest... & others hiking & camping through Corcovado National Park! |
| Weekend recreation is fun, healthy, and exciting! |
| Students who will be graduating in June went up Mt Chirripo on their final Aventura as hope this "top of the world" experience will start you off on the right foot! |
| Check out great pictures from our picnic to thank the wonderful Costa Rican families who welcome our students into their homes every Sunday. We enjoyed football, soccer, swimming, Bingo, a concert & great food! |
| We celebrated Tree Day by planting over 20 trees homegrown by our Environmental Science class. A local public elementary school joined us for the planting and a presentation created by our students. |
| Congratulations to students graduating on June 27th from high school or those transferring successfully to another school. We will miss you! |
| Taking a break from school, students biked, hiked, swam, checked out all sorts of animals, went horse-back riding and Guanacaste region. Enjoy the pictures! |
| free time on the weekends! |
| Students cooked, served & enjoyed a Mother's Day dinner with their homestay mothers... Check out these beautiful pictures! |
| Take a look at these amazing pictures from our trip to the Galapagos Islands in July. It was an experience neither our staff nor our students will forget! |
| Check out pictures from our documentary premiere about the all-school trip to the Galapagos Islands. The actual DVD is available upon request! |
| Before embarking on our Galapagos Islands Adventure, we spent a lot of time researching, learning, and having fun "understanding" what we would soon see... |
| dance for our families and friends in the community. It was a lot of fun! |
| Nov 08 Thanksgiving Family Workshop Weekend |
| As usual, our Thanksgiving Family Workshop Weekend was a huge success with 19 families attending and celebrating with us! |
| Congrats, Joaquin and Robbie. We'll miss you! |
| Oct 08 Halloween Dance |

| We celebrated Mother Nature by planting 31 trees with a local elementary school class. We got our hands dirty and had fun! |
| Check out these photos of just some of the ways we actively spend free time. |
| The entire school trekked through Peru to Machu Picchu for an unforgettable 11 day trip. Check out our newsletter! |
| Check out these cool pictures from the Aventura that went to Corcovado National Park. All these pictures are taken by students! |
| Congrats to our 9 graduates, some of who will be going to college and some who will be transferring back to another high school. |
| Our home stay families joined us for Father's Day as we cooked out great local Costa Rican food, played Bingo, rocked a concert, and busted a pinata!! |
| Here are some pictures of basketball, community service, classes, and other daily happenings at NSA! |
| September is a busy month in Costa Rica--Kid's Day and Independence Day lend itself to lots of fun celebrations for our students to enjoy in Atenas! |
| The group split up and some went kayaking around the Golfo Dulce, and others went hiking and rafting in the cloud forest. Check out these great pictures! |
| The students split up this weekend--half going to the beach for fun in the sun... and the other half going to learn about the Borukan tribes of Costa Rica. |
| To celebrate Halloween, NSA put on a great costume ball for local homestay pictures! |
| Congrats to Derek, Kevin, & Adam for graduating both high school and the NSA Program! Also congrats to all the students who won awards this quarter. |