2015 TASIS Spring Academic Travel by The American School in Switzerland

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Images by TASIS Photography Students The American School in Switzerland Spring 2015

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Happiness We had just arrived and gotten off the bus. I liked how happy the kids were to see us. It was always a pleasure to feel welcomed in any place we went. This picture is a representation of those emotions that we were hoping to bring to these kids. They were excited to see us and very happy to spend some time with us. And capturing those real emotions made me understand that we somehow brought a little piece of happiness to their lives.

Global Service Learning - Morocco Photo by Kristina Bulasheva â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16

The Poseidon Temple After a long bus ride we arrived to the temple of Poseidon when the sun was setting. Mr. McKee took us for a hike down to the beach, and from the beach we could see the sunset behind the temple. It was unbelievably pretty.

Ancient and Medieval History â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Greece Photo by Elly Ramos â&#x20AC;&#x2122;18

Being Challenged “I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” (Og Mandino)

Outward Bound - Germany Photo by Rain Hosni-Bey ’16

Submerged While submerged in an underground cultural pool with people from all over the world running to make their train, I stopped to capture this moment of madness.

US History - Normandy

Photo by Samantha Falong â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16

Waiting Still life of tools in a printing studio in Granada

Visual Arts - Spain Photo by Micol Zardi â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16

On Our Way Far from our usual commodities we see unusual beauty. The everyday view from our exceptional German destination.

Outward Bound - Germany Photo by Santiago Gavaldón ’17

Precious During the academic travel I went to Morocco with my service-learning group. We visited different schools, an orphanage, and a free daycare center for children. Our visit to the daycare was especially emotional for me as these children were about to be abandoned. This little girl is Janet, and she is four months old. Her mother was banished from her family for getting pregnant. To get back into the family this woman had to leave her child. However, she found help in this organization in Agadir, where she was provided with psychological help, food, and a place to live. People at this organization worked with Janet’s mother trying to develop an attachment between her and her child. This is how they usually work with women who find shelter with this organization. However, fathers usually refuse to acknowledge the existence of their children. That is why these kids take their mothers’ surnames, which makes their life very difficult in the future. In their culture it is considered to be shameful to have your mother’s surname. Janet is a wonderful child, who deserves a caring family with both parents. It is terrible that she will pay for the mistakes of her parents.

Global Service Learning - Morocco Photo by Valeriia Bezbogova ’16

French Fries When we went to Belgium, we ate French Fries with every single meal. Belgians claim that French Fries are not originally French, but are instead their own invention, like waffles. Unlike most people, Belgians eat their fries exclusively with mayonnaise and do not even serve ketchup with them. Of course one can ask for ketchup and most restaurants will serve it, along with a judgmental look of a Belgian waiter who dislikes the Americanization of their culture.

Art History - Belgium Photo by Anton Alyakin â&#x20AC;&#x2122;15

You who live safe In your warm houses, You who find, returning in the evening, Hot food and friendly faces: Consider if this is a man Who works in the mud, Who does not know peace, Who fights for a scrap of bread, Who dies because of a yes or a no. Consider if this is a woman Without hair and without name, With no more strength to remember, Her eyes empty and her womb cold Like a frog in winter. Meditate that this came about: I commend these words to you. Carve them in your hearts At home, in the street, Going to bed, rising; Repeat them to your children. Or may your house fall apart, May illness impede you, May your children turn their faces from you. By Primo Levi an Italian writer who was imprisoned in Auschwitz

European History - Poland Photo by Mariavittorio Avino â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16

On Guard! On our way to the hut.

Outward Bound - Germany Photo by Alexander Lebedev â&#x20AC;&#x2122;17

It didn’t matter It didn’t matter where you were from; you would be sent to Auschwitz

European History - Poland Photo by Anna Prokofieva ’16

WISER - Kenya Photo by Bridget Larson ’10

Ready for Adventure Ready to go hiking in the snow...little did we know the work that was ahead!

Outward Bound - Germany Photo by Sergey Lebedev â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17

Marrakech We visited a rural orphanage in Marrakech, Morocco in our Service Learning Trip. We went there to play with the kids, make them feel accompanied and build a gym so they can play there full-time. We spent the whole day there and bonded with them in many ways. This particular kid was very welcoming during our visit there.

Global Service Learning - Morocco Photo by Pablo Tello Pardo â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16

Hidden Walls don’t fall without effort. ( Neal Shusterman)

US History - Normandy Photo by Adam Osgood ’16

Omaha Beach Omaha Beach is known as the bloodiest beach fought on during D-Day on June 6, 1944. This sand was walked on by soldiers fighting for their country and their lives, and 70 years after the tide comes in day in and day out as if it never happened.

US History - Normandy Photo by Samantha Falong â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16

The Excavator By the time we arrived the museum in Heidelberg, two of our guys were interested in about how excavator works.

Science - Germany Photo by Cheng Chi â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16

On Top of the World A great number of stairs were climbed to get to one of the towers of this beautiful cathedral. Unfortunately, some didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it to the top because they were scared of heights. They missed a beautiful sight!

Homestay - Salamanca, Spain Photo by Matilde Bozzi â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16

Man and Fire This man was part of a traditional Moraccan circus, but it reminded me of our photography adventure back at TASIS when we burned steel wool at night!

Global Service Learning - Morocco Photo by Arlette Urbancic â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16

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Like a Prison It was a very emotional visit.

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European History - Poland Photo by Zakaria Rostamitehrani â&#x20AC;&#x2122;16

Tracks to Nowhere “I was five years old when the doors of Auschwitz were opened. I walked away from my nightmare, I survived, yes, but Auschwitz never left me”. The words of Lydia Maksymowicz, a survivor of the Holocaust, were resounding in our heads while visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau.

European History - Poland Photo by Luisa Weinberg ’16

Afternoon Light It almost seemed like a movie set with the golden light of the sun and hitting the ruin with the dark blue clouds behind

Ancient Medieval History - Greece Photo by Ely Ramos â&#x20AC;&#x2122;18

Taking Aim Most of the students had never shot a bow and arrow. It was a great experience for them.

Ancient and Medieval History - Malta Photo by Jim Shields, Faculty

Walking through History The gray skies matched the place, and everywhere we walked we felt the presence of those who had been here before.

US History Normandy, France Photo by Sofiana Safi â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16

The Grand Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Palace Students visited the armory and its large collection of cross bows, cannons and suits of armor

Ancient and Medieval History - Malta Photo by Jim Shields, Faculty