SIS NICARAGUA ‘14 Homestay Language Study program Student and parent meeting Tuesday, October 15 th 7:00-8:00 pm

July 21 – July 28, 2014

DÍA 1 MEET YOUR HOST FAMILIES provide all meals speak Spanish 2 students in each home GRANADA, NICARAGUA

DAILY LANGUAGE SESSIONS NICARAGUITA LANGUAGE SCHOOL native speaker teacher for 3 to 5 students structure, conversation and practicalities personal attention and language practice

DÍA 2 Centro Historico walking tour Boat ride on Lago Cocibolca view isletas visit a local elementary school

DÍA 3 Mombacho Volcano Hike the crater trail Volunteer at the Nicaragua Libre Community Project

DÍA 4 Pueblos Blancos Catarina Flower Market Pottery and Bamboo Artisans Afternoon language session overlooking Laguna de Apoyo Crater Lake

DÍA 5 Coyotepec Fortress, waterfront Hammock workshops Mercado de Artesanías Evening Verbena: fokloric dances, music, traditional Nicaraguan food

Día 6 Mercado Municipal Cooking lesson with host families Dance lesson including Merengue, Reguettón, y Palo de Mayo

DÍA 7 Visit a local project for a full day of volunteering

DÍA 8 Farewell to host families Early morning transfer to Managua’s International Airport to return to the USA

COSTS AND DUE DATES Initial deposit due Monday, November 4, 2013 $ nd payment due March 4 th, 2014 $ Remaining balance due May 4 th, 2014 $ TOTAL $ ADDITIONAL COSTS Passport if you don’t have onespending money bus from SIS to O’Hare and O’Hare to SIS