ESOL Service Trip to Najayo, Dominican Republic

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W&L/ESOL volunteers with San Diego players in Najayo

 

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ESOL LAUNCHES ALTERNATIVE FEB BREAK IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC! 

19 ESOL students, along with Professor Barnett, Coach Hathorn, and Professor Mayock, will embark upon a one-week service trip to the San Diego Padres’ baseball academy in Najayo (Dominican Republic) for the week of February break (February 14-21), 2009.  The trip is co-sponsored by the San Diego Padres and Washington and Lee University.

The group will work with baseball players and elementary school students from Najayo’s Escuela La Playa to address their English-language needs, such as travel, business, food, daily conversations, and culture.  In addition, the group will complete other service projects (e.g. building, clean-up) as needed.  

 

APPLICATION (pdf)

 

TRAVEL PLANS:  See e-mails from Professors.

 

FUNDRAISERS

·        Dominican Night at Sweet Treats Bakery:  FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD!

·        W&L/D.R. Baseball Caps

·        W&L/D.R. T-shirts

 

WORKSHOPS TO PREPARE TEACHING MATERIALS:  Students will meet on Sundays:  January 11, 18, 25, and February 1 and 8,  1-3pm.   Elrod Commons 116.  These meetings are mandatory.

*One of the Sunday meetings will consist of a health and safety orientation for the trip. 

 

VISIT OF JULIO RODRIGUEZ, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT RANDOLPH COLLEGE:  Sunday, January 25, 12-2:30 p.m.  Professor Rodriguez will meet with the group to discuss sports culture in the United States and masculinity issues in the Dominican Republic.  Students will work on teaching materials from 12-1 and then meet with Professor Rodriguez from 1-2 or 1-2:30.

 

BASEBALL MITTS AND BALLS:  If you have gently-used baseball mitts or balls, please let us know.  We would like to have each traveler bring at least one mitt to donate to the Najayo community.

 

USEFUL LINKS:

·         ESOL-D.R. Project Description

 

·         W&L News Story on ESOL Service Trip to D.R.

·         Same piece in Baseball World

·         Same piece in Rockbridge Weekly

 

·         State Department Information on the Dominican Republic: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1103.html#medical

 

·         StudentsAbroad.state.gov  offers essential travel information for all students traveling abroad, including

  • travel document information: passports, visas, registering with the U.S. Embassy
  • health information specific to your country
  • emergency information: what to do, where to go, whom to contact
  • Embassy information
  • traveling smart: insurance, local laws, drinking & drugs
  • News and alerts

·         Dominican Republic and Haiti.  Country Studies.  (Federal Research Division, 2001).

·         The CIA World Factbook:  Dominican Republic

·         San Diego Padres

·         MLB Alliance with D.R. NGO’s to Help Dominican Poor (MLB-DDA)

·         AP Photo of Padres Baseball Academy

·         Padres’ press release about academy

·         Baseball Vocabulary (English-Spanish)

·         Related article:  “Major League Teams Help English-Learners Adapt”

·         Interview with Jesse Hofnung-Garskof, Author of A Tale of Two Cities.  Santo Domingo and New York after 1950 (Princeton UP, 2007).

·         Slide Show of ESOL’s trip to Najayo from February, 2009.

 

*Check out the ESOL shelves in Elrod Commons 116 for print and video resources on the Dominican Republic and the San Diego Padres.

Website maintained by Ellen Mayock.

Last updated 11/15/09.