In the Hill Country of Thailand We Found Our Self-Identity

By Chrysalis School / April 25, 2017 / Comments Off on In the Hill Country of Thailand We Found Our Self-Identity

At Chrysalis, we engage in intensive work discovering and building our self-identity. There are few better ways to find out who one really is than by serving others. Making connections with, and finding the strengths of individuals in another culture halfway around the world helps to heal one’s own wounds and strengthens ideas about who…

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Costa Rica Adventures, November 2016

By Chrysalis School / November 22, 2016 / Comments Off on Costa Rica Adventures, November 2016

Students and parents embark on a week-long Costa Rica adventure Arriving late in the day we pull into our cabinas in Nosara, Costa Rica. Our students are all exhausted from leaving Eureka 24 hours earlier but jazzed to get out to the beach and get into the ocean. Swimming and watching our first sunset in our…

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The Healing Power of Service

By Corey Hickman / May 12, 2016 / Comments Off on The Healing Power of Service

Over the last 18 years, Chrysalis Therapeutic Boarding School has conducted dozens of international service trips with our students. It is hard to imagine a service opportunity more meaningful than what we experienced at Casa Hogar Alegre. All of our hearts were touched as we bonded with and improved the living conditions for the children.…

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Beyond our Borders (part 3)

By Kenny Pannell / September 23, 2015 / Comments Off on Beyond our Borders (part 3)

There are some things in life one has to see to believe. Pictures and video recordings can both be altered, oral tradition stories can be exaggerated or twisted beyond belief, and the visual memories of our elders begin to fade as time goes by, rendering some of them not much more than rich fantasies. This…

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Beyond our Borders (part 2)

By Allison Kerns / August 18, 2015 / Comments Off on Beyond our Borders (part 2)

There are many things in life that we dream about doing someday that never materialize, despite our best intentions and plenty of substantial effort, both directed toward those goals. When one of those dreams suddenly become attainable, it can be life-changing for those involved. Such was the case when we headed toward Tanzania, and Kilimanjaro…

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Beyond our Borders: Part One

By Kenny Pannell / June 16, 2015 / Comments Off on Beyond our Borders: Part One

As many of you know, Chrysalis has invested heavily in international travel with our students since our inception, and by this point, we’ve traveled all over the planet. It’s felt very important to get our kids beyond our borders in a regular way to allow them to discover that other cultures are quite different, rich,…

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Chrysalis Explores Costa Rica!

By Kenny Pannell / April 21, 2015 / Comments Off on Chrysalis Explores Costa Rica!

Dear Friends, Seven students, six parents, and a handful of Chrysalis staff met in San Jose, Costa Rica, in early April with great expectations about the adventures at hand. The whitewater sections of the Pacuare River provided class 3 and 4 rapids through beautiful rain forest on day one of the trip. Further north, the…

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