This Summer’s Mission Trip to Panama Was a Rich Experience


Sophomore Ellen Smith (third from left) and junior Carly Baker (far right) loved the mission trip and service project experience. “It’s so much different than just talking about different cultures in history class. Really being there and living it was just awesome,” Baker said. Photo contributed.

By Kelsey Schnieders

This summer, three PHS students and one of PHS’s own Spanish teachers, Mrs. Delia Gadziola, traveled to Panama for a service project and mission trip.  Emily Gadziola, freshman; Ellen Smith, sophomore; and Carly Baker, junior; applied for the trip and greatly enjoyed the rich, two-week-long experience.

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