Peace Corps

You've searched:

All Collections
  • All fields: schools
(577 results)



Display: 20

    • Giant Chess

    • Giant Chess

    • Youth development; Schools; Secondary Projects

    • This picture was taken just after we finished painting a giant chess board on the gravel lot outside my school attachment. We decided to make the pieces out of recycled bottles. In the picture is me and the youth and sports teacher.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • They Don't See Many Farangs

    • They Don't See Many Farangs

    • Teachers and students; Schools

    • On my first visit to my village's school, the moment the kids saw me, they went nuts. The ones in the photo did not have an supervision, so they stormed out of the classrooms to look at the tall American who just came to their small school in...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan

    • Thanksgiving in Kazakhstan

    • Teachers and students; Camps and clubs; Schools; Celebrations

    • This photo was taken in November 2009 shortly after I arrived at my site in Kazakhstan. This was one of the first English Clubs I held in the local Kazakh school. The photo shows myself and the children, and their completed Thanksgiving turkeys...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Life Skills

    • Life Skills

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Youth; Education

    • This is a photo of a class doing life skills at my school attachment. The principal and I worked together to get the classes started.
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Close Crocodile Race

    • Close Crocodile Race

    • Schools; Children; Education; Games

    • José Maldonado leads the crocodile race by seconds! The photo is taken in my town's Kindergarten in Honduras. In an effort to promote literacy, I started "Story Time" there, showing teachers the importance of telling stories and how to tell them...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • See through to me

    • See through to me

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • While serving in Jamaica (05-07) I worked at Mocho Primary School (what we would call an elementary school). I went through the school when I was first there and took many photos of the students, including several striking portraits. In this...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Piercing Stare

    • Piercing Stare

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • This is a photo of an elementary school boy. In the afternoons some students would come to my house, which was across from the school. In this photo this fourth grade boy is standing in front of my door, looking directly and probingly at me. The...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Triptych

    • Triptych

    • Schools; Children; Education

    • This photo was taken in a little alcove in the yard of the primary school where I served. The enclosure is made by heavy foliage overgrowing a barbed-wire fence. The students had taken in some chairs, in various states of disrepair, to sit on and...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Think Fast

    • Think Fast

    • children; schools

    • Taken at Liceo San Jose del Rio Sucio in La Colonia, Costa Rica, this photo shows my husband, Chris Hall, working with a group of eighth grade boys. During their free period the boys took Chris up on his offer for an English review session; the...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Last Bell Ceremony

    • Last Bell Ceremony

    • Schools; Teachers and students; Work; Celebrations; Traditional dress

    • This picture was taken on May 31st, 2007 on the last day of school at Zhovkva Secondary School Number 1 in Western Ukraine. These three girls have just finished first grade and are wearing traditional Ukrainian clothing. They're holding flowers...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • Chilly English Class

    • Chilly English Class

    • Schools; Climate; Teachers and students; Work

    • These 7th-grade students in Samtredia, Georgia are working on their English assignments in full winter gear. We had a small wood heater in our classroom, which was more than what the other classrooms had, but often the heat was not enough to warm...
    • Volunteer Photos
    • The First World Map Project Map in the Peace Corps

    • The First World Map Project Map in the Peace Corps

    • Children; Education; Work; Schools; Teachers and students;

    • This is the first World Map Project Map in what was to become a standard Peace Corps activity worldwide. It is in the school in Hondo Valle, Dominican Republic. Volunteer Barbara Jo White is working with two high school students on the map. It was...
    • Volunteer Photos

QuickView

Display a larger image and more item information when the pointer pauses over a thumbnail
on off
 

Layout options:

Thumbnail with title
Grid with smaller thumbnails and more detail
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
 
OK