Arrivals -
Welcome 2018
HSVA
participants!
Lunch
Settle in as more
HSVA
participants
arrive!
Breakfast
Ice Breaker
Activity and Game
Cartago City Tour
Lunch
Orientation
Rest and regroup!
`
Dinner!
Teen Icebreaker
Unpack & Relax -
tomorrow is a big
day!
Dinner!
Walking Tour: Cartago
at night
Group Activity: Design
T-Shirts
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Visit a local high
school - conversational
English practice
Canopy Tour of La
Carpintera Mountain
Dinner!
Movie Night
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for
volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with
brown bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Lecture: Costa Rica and
the environment
Costa Rican Dance Class
Reflection Session:
Culture & Impressions
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Campfire smores &
Costa Rican legends/
table games
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Hike Irazu Volcano
Dinner!
Desert Out: Costa Rican
bakery treats
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer Project with
Brown Bag Lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest and relax
Cooking Class:
Empanadas de queso y
frijoles
Reflection Session:
Sustainability & the
Environment
Rest & Relax
Dinner
Spanish Class
Game Night - Costa
Rica table games
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for Volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with
brown bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Relax and Rest
Travel to San Jose
Arts & Crafts Market -
San Jose
Dinner out in San Jose
Return from San Jose
Pack for the weekend
ahead!
Travel to Uvita
Beach
Check into hotel
& swim time
Lunch at hotel
Hike with
naturalist
Breakfast & sleep
in
Ziplining
Lunch
Snorkeling trip
Dinner out
Evening walk of
town
Relax & unwind
at hotel
Depart Uvita Beach
with Dinner Out
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with
brown bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Coffee Farm tour &
tasting
Dinner!
Movie Night
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Trip to market for snacks
Costa Rican Dance Class
Reflection Session:
Culture & Impressions
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Campfire smores &
Costa Rican legends/
table games
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Visit to Ujarras Ruins
Soccer Game
Dinner!
Costa Rican treats: baking
class
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer Project with
Brown Bag Lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Visit local cathedral and
talk with priest/nun
Reflection Session:
Religion & Family in
Costa Rica
Rest & Relax
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Ice Cream or Costa
Rican desserts out
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for Volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with
brown bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Travel to San Jose
Driving tour of San Jose
sights
Dinner out in San
Jose: street food!
San Jose Night Market
Return from San Jose
& Relax for weekend
trips
Arrivals: Welcome 2018
HSVA participants! (&
departures for participants
leaving)
Continuations:Breakfast
Tapanti Rainforest
National Park
Lunch
Arrivals:Settle in
as more HSVA
participants arrive!
Continuations:Visi
t Territorio De
Zaguates- Land of
the Strays
Breakfast & sleep in
Ice Breaker Activity
and Game
Arrivals: Cartago
City Tour
Continuations:
Charrarra Pura Vida
Park with picnic
lunch
Arrivals: Orientation
Rest and Regroup
Continuations:
Afternoon swim at
Charrarra Pura Vida
Park
Return to the Home-
Base
Rest & Regroup
Dinner
Icebreak: All Teens
Arrivals: Unpack &
Relax - tomorrow is a
big day!
Continuations: Relax
& Get to know your
fellow teens
Dinner
Walking Tour: Cartago
at night
Group Activity: Create
group norms & banner
for experience
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Try your hand at making
chocolate at a Costa
Rican cocoa farm
Dinner!
Night out at movie
theater at Costa Rican
mall
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Trip to market for snacks
Costa Rican Dance Class
Reflection Session:
Culture & Impressions
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Campfire and smores
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Visit to market to learn
about (& try!) Costa
Rican fruits
Cooking class: Make
fresh fruit juices
Dinner!
Evening Out: Ice cream &
soda
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Depart for Orosi Valley
- Picnic Lunch
Visit farm in the Orosi
Valley with work on
the farm
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Rest and relax
Breakfast
Depart for Volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer Project
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Soccer game
Reflection Session:
Where does my food
come from?
Rest & Relax
Dinner out on the way
back to Cartago
Ghost stories: An
evening at Sanatorio
Duran
Pack up for weekend
trip!
Breakfast
Drive to Manuel
Antonio National
Park
Lunch
Beach Day
Breakfast
Morning surf lessons
Day hike in rainforest-
monkeys and sloths
Lunch in Manuel
Antonio
Drive back to Cartago
Rest and regroup
Dinner
Night hike in
rainforest
Rest and relax in the
rainforest
Dinner!
Ice cream in Cartago
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Afternoon at Orosi Valley
Hot Springs
Dinner!
Movie Night
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Trip to market for snacks
Costa Rican Dance Class
Reflection Session: Culture
& Impressions
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Campfire & smores
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Spanish language practice
at local high school
Soccer game
Dinner!
Cooking class: Rice
pudding
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Lunch
Depart for San Jose
San Jose cathedral and
artisan market (learn to
make something!)
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Evening out: Costa Rican
bakery
Rest and relax
Breakfast
Depart for Volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer Project
Return from
Volunteer Assignment
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Tour of area of Cartago
with daycares - social
issues perspective
Reflection session: Socio-
economic status in Costa
Rica
Rest & Relax
Dinner out in San Jose
Try street food
desserts in San Jose at
night market
Rest & relax and get
ready for the
weekend!
Arrivals -
Welcome 2018
HSVA
participants!
Lunch
Settle in as more
HSVA
participants
arrive!
Breakfast
Ice Breaker
Activity and Game
Cartago City Tour
Lunch
Orientation
Rest and regroup!
`
Dinner!
Teen Icebreaker
Unpack & Relax -
tomorrow is a big
day!
Dinner!
Walking Tour: Cartago
at night
Group Activity: Design
T-Shirts
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Visit a local high
school - conversational
English practice
Canopy Tour of La
Carpintera Mountain
Dinner!
Movie Night
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for
volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with
brown bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Lecture: Costa Rica and
the environment
Costa Rican Dance Class
Reflection Session:
Culture & Impressions
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Campfire smores &
Costa Rican legends/
table games
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Hike Irazu Volcano
Dinner!
Desert Out: Costa Rican
bakery treats
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer Project with
Brown Bag Lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest and relax
Cooking Class:
Empanadas de queso y
frijoles
Reflection Session:
Sustainability & the
Environment
Rest & Relax
Dinner
Spanish Class
Game Night - Costa
Rica table games
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for Volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with
brown bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Relax and Rest
Travel to San Jose
Arts & Crafts Market -
San Jose
Dinner out in San Jose
Return from San Jose
Pack for the weekend
ahead!
Travel to Uvita
Beach
Check into hotel
& swim time
Lunch at hotel
Hike with
naturalist
Breakfast & sleep
in
Ziplining
Lunch
Snorkeling trip
Dinner out
Evening walk of
town
Relax & unwind
at hotel
Depart Uvita Beach
with Dinner Out
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with
brown bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Coffee Farm tour &
tasting
Dinner!
Movie Night
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Trip to market for snacks
Costa Rican Dance Class
Reflection Session:
Culture & Impressions
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Campfire smores &
Costa Rican legends/
table games
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Visit to Ujarras Ruins
Soccer Game
Dinner!
Costa Rican treats: baking
class
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer Project with
Brown Bag Lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Visit local cathedral and
talk with priest/nun
Reflection Session:
Religion & Family in
Costa Rica
Rest & Relax
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Ice Cream or Costa
Rican desserts out
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for Volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with
brown bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Travel to San Jose
Driving tour of San Jose
sights
Dinner out in San
Jose: street food!
San Jose Night Market
Return from San Jose
& Relax for weekend
trips
Arrivals: Welcome 2018
HSVA participants! (&
departures for participants
leaving)
Continuations:Breakfast
Tapanti Rainforest
National Park
Lunch
Arrivals:Settle in
as more HSVA
participants arrive!
Continuations:Visi
t Territorio De
Zaguates- Land of
the Strays
Breakfast & sleep in
Ice Breaker Activity and
Game
Arrivals: Cartago City Tour
Continuations: Charrarra
Pura Vida Park with picnic
lunch
Arrivals: Orientation
Rest and Regroup
Continuations:
Afternoon swim at
Charrarra Pura Vida
Park
Return to the Home-
Base
Rest & Regroup
Dinner
Icebreak: All Teens
Arrivals: Unpack &
Relax - tomorrow is a
big day!
Continuations: Relax
& Get to know your
fellow teens
Dinner
Walking Tour: Cartago
at night
Group Activity: Create
group norms & banner
for experience
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Try your hand at making
chocolate at a Costa
Rican cocoa farm
Dinner!
Night out at movie
theater at Costa Rican
mall
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Trip to market for snacks
Costa Rican Dance Class
Reflection Session:
Culture & Impressions
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Campfire and smores
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Visit to market to learn
about (& try!) Costa
Rican fruits
Cooking class: Make
fresh fruit juices
Dinner!
Evening Out: Ice cream &
soda
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from
Volunteer
Assignment
Depart for Orosi
Valley - Picnic
Lunch
Visit farm in the
Orosi Valley with
work on the farm
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Rest and relax
Breakfast
Depart for Volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer Project
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Soccer game
Reflection Session:
Where does my food
come from?
Rest & Relax
Dinner out on the way
back to Cartago
Ghost stories: An
evening at Sanatorio
Duran
Pack up for weekend
trip!
Breakfast
Drive to Manuel
Antonio National
Park
Lunch
Beach Day
Breakfast
Morning surf lessons
Day hike in rainforest-
monkeys and sloths
Lunch in Manuel
Antonio
Drive back to Cartago
Rest and regroup
Dinner
Night hike in
rainforest
Rest and relax in the
rainforest
Dinner!
Ice cream in Cartago
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Afternoon at Orosi Valley
Hot Springs
Dinner!
Movie Night
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Trip to market for snacks
Costa Rican Dance Class
Reflection Session: Culture
& Impressions
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Campfire & smores
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Spanish language practice
at local high school
Soccer game
Dinner!
Cooking class: Rice
pudding
Rest and Relax
Breakfast
Depart for volunteer work
assignment
Volunteer work
assignment with brown
bag lunch
Lunch
Depart for San Jose
San Jose cathedral and
artisan market (learn to
make something!)
Dinner!
Spanish Class
Evening out: Costa Rican
bakery
Rest and relax
Breakfast
Depart for Volunteer
work assignment
Volunteer Project
Return from
Volunteer Assignment
Return from Volunteer
Assignment
Rest & Relax
Tour of area of Cartago
with daycares - social
issues perspective
Reflection session: Socio-
economic status in Costa
Rica
Rest & Relax
Dinner out in San Jose
Try street food
desserts in San Jose at
night market
Rest & relax and get
ready for the
weekend!