by Orion Haas | Apr 21, 2023 | Educators, Global Education Squad, Global Health Squad, Impacto Global
The Basketball Court is Finished! From March to April, 2023, nearly 60 volunteers from 3 high schools in the U.S. supported the construction of a new basketball court and community gathering area in the small town of Chijancinto in Tecpan, Guatemala. This space will...
by Alexa Schmidt | Oct 31, 2022 | Educators, Global STEM Squad, In the News
STEMCivics students travel as volunteers for Squads Abroad, a worldwide effort that connects students to improving communities while enjoying a culturally-enriched journey. “Thirty-two PURPLEfect people, representing grades 8-12, will volunteer in refugee shelters in...
by Ashley Farhat | May 2, 2022 | Educators, Global STEM Squad, Uncategorized
Martha Keeley, a high school engineering teacher at John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri, sat down with us to reflect on her experience integrating a water project into her class through our virtual global STEM Squad program. Keeley teaches an Engineering...
by Ashley Farhat | Mar 3, 2022 | Educators, Home Feature
This February, Squads Abroad’s president, Erik Werner, sat down alongside teacher Serena and students, Grace and Patrick, from EDGE Global Microschool in Liberty, Missouri for a feature on the VoiceAmerica Empowerment Radio’s “The Power of Young...
by Sydney Colbert | Jun 23, 2021 | Educators, Global Health Squad, Global STEM Squad
Published: June 23rd, 2021 Written by: Former Program Associate, Jodi Suckle A Rare Opportunity for High School Students Health TeleSquads offer high school students a rare opportunity to shadow local medical professionals to deliver critical health services to...
by Erik Werner | May 12, 2021 | Educators, Home Feature, In the News
Prior to COVID-19, Squads Abroad — which was founded five years ago as the high school division of Global Brigades — was annually organizing dozens of in-country school volunteer programs. In the summer of 2019, they launched TeleSquads as a way to continue supporting...
