Orcas Christian School took a group of students to Manzanillo, a town on the southeastern coast of Costa Rica, for a service project in early March.

Seventeen students and five staff members and parents traveled to Costa Rica for the mission trip.

The students did several projects in Manzanillo at the public elementary school.

They sanded desk tops and chairs and painted classrooms. The students also planted almond trees and constructed a drainage ditch for the runoff from roof tops. After spending a week on the school service project, the students toured Costa Rica from coast to coast, exploring the countryside and animal life during the day and having class in the evenings to learn about the Costa Rican Ecology.Students also visited La Fortuna and the Arenal volcano.

The last weekend of the trip was spent on the Pacific Coast at Manuel Antonio, where the students visited a national wildlife refuge.