B3 trip forms lasting relationships through philanthropic community service
Karina Murray ’22, Staff Writer
March 5, 2020
While February break brings a time for exotic vacation, time to spend with the ones you love or time to grow individually as a person, for Builders Beyond Borders (B3) participants, it combines all three. B3 students spent a week in Costa Rica over February break serving and constructing buildings in...
Mission trip participants compare experiences
Grace Livecchi '21 and Annabelle Iannone '21
March 4, 2020
Builders Beyond Borders ventures to Guatemala
Elliot Kaufman '19, Web Managing Editor
March 1, 2019
Stepping off the plane in Guatemala, the Builders Beyond Borders (B3) student participants were eager to begin their community service trip. Between building schools, active excursions and creating bonds with each other, the B3 groups had a packed week ahead of them. This February break, B3, a non-profit...
Builders Beyond Borders reflect on trip to the Dominican Republic
March 14, 2018
Allie D’Angelo ’20 ...
Builders Beyond Borders immerses students in new cultures
March 15, 2017
By: Francesca Truitt '17 Over February break, students could be found on various trips; some ventured out west to ski, others traveled south to bask in the heat, and another group of students traveled seven hours to Nicaragua with the organization Builders Beyond Borders. Builders Beyond Borders...
Digging into students’ excitement for Ecuador
Jane Schutte, Breaking News Managing Editor
February 9, 2016
Builders Beyond Borders is meant to build, share and inspire both friendships and communities. This year the organization is headed off to Ecuador for nine days in February to work in classrooms, build homes and immerse themselves in South American culture. “I'm really excited to work in a n...
Builders Beyond Borders breaks native hardships
Eliza Goldberg, Staff Writer
March 2, 2015
If one were to look at Builders Beyond Borders (B3) member’s Facebook albums, they would see photos of members smiling as they stand in a home they were building, making funny faces with members of the community, and seemingly posing for hundreds of casual photos. Because of the silly nature of the...
Snow days break up spring break
Justine Seligson, Staff Writer
March 5, 2014
Westport Public Schools have had six school cancellations this year, which is one day over the allotted five. As a result, April Break could potentially be reduced by a weekend and that first Monday, making the vacation six days long instead of nine. The general response from students toward this a...
Builders Beyond Borders volunteers pitch in at Wakeman Town Farm
Rachel Treisman, Staff Writer
November 4, 2013
On the crisp, sunny afternoon of Oct. 27, Wakeman Town Farm was jam-packed with 200 eager high school volunteers shoveling leaves, clearing paths and digging up rocks. Volunteers from Staples and other nearby schools devoted over three hours of their Sunday to various improvement projects at Wakeman a...
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Claire Redmer '21, Editor-in-Chief
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont issued an executive order closing public schools on March 15, beginning an unprecedented time of completely online schooling. While this se...
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