Lauren Bradeen traveled to South Africa with 11 girls and 3 teachers from Branksome Hall in 2008. The Queenstown Get Ahead Project School was a remarkable experience for her. She graduated from The University of Western Ontario in 2013 and is now working in marketing at Scotiabank. In 2008, 14 of us traveled to South Africa where we […]
Over the March break, 17 Branksome Hallgrade 11 students travelled to Queenstown, South Africa. They taught one-week literacy, science, physical education and leadership programmes to classes at Get Ahead. A great feature of the visit was participating in the “sisters” program. Each Branksome student was matched with a grade 11 Get Ahead “sister”. Together, the […]
This past March break, sixteen girls from Grade 11 had the honour of participating in the annual Branksome Hall community service trip to South Africa. While there, we toured the beautiful city of Cape Town, learned about the history and culture of South Africa, and later traveled to Queenstown, where we taught at our partner […]