# @shippensburgu on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-02-24T18:33:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Shippensburg University (@shippensburgU) — https://gondola.cc/shippensburgU

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Sydnee Lynch, a Spanish major with a certification in secondary education and an Honor’s College ambassador, participated in Reach Out: Enhancing Education in the Dominican Republic (DR). This weeklong study abroad program takes place annually each summer. The program provides students the opportunity to gain hands-on teaching experience while also experiencing the culture of the DR.

“When I first heard about Reach Out my freshman year at Ship, it sounded perfect for me,” Lynch said, a member of the Wood Honors College. “I love working with kids, I’m studying Spanish, and I would get to lesson plan and teach while traveling. This program perfectly aligns several of my passions and interests in an incredible opportunity I wouldn’t have access to anywhere else.”

While Lynch and two other Ship students were in the DR, they were placed in kindergarten and first-grade classrooms. Their tasks was to keep the children engaged in the classroom. Lynch and her co-teachers incorporated learning through songs and games. Familiar games such as Simon Says (Sìmon dice) and Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (Cabeza, Hombros, Rodillas, Pies) were go-to for Lynch and her co-teachers. 

Even though Lynch wishes she could have spent more time in the DR, the trip has inspired her to continue global service work, and encourages students like herself to take on international learning opportunities.

“The best piece of advice I have on studying abroad is to DO IT!” she said. “No matter what doubts or thoughts may be holding you back from experiencing an international trip like this, they can be negated. The money will always come back and friends will still be there when you return, but the opportunity to take that trip may not! It is absolutely worth it, and absolutely everyone would benefit from any form of international educational trip, no matter what major, age, or background you are coming from.”

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shiphappens, studyabroad, shippensburg, reachout, ship, shipisit, honorscollege, internationalstudies, international, spanish, shippensburguniversity, dominicanrepublic

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