~Costa Rican Dinner~

I just wanted to inform all of you that the Costa Rica class will be hosting a Costa Rican dinner at our school, Robert J. Lister Academy. This school is located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. We will be hosting this dinner on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 6:30 pm. If you plan on attending this dinner, leave a comment saying that you will be attending and how many others you will be bringing if any. By the way we have seven days until we leave for Costa Rica. Thank you for everyones help. We couldn't do it without all of you. P.S. If you would like to support me, our efforts, and/or our class, please visit our Facebook page or send a check made payable to the Robert J. Lister Academy/ Costa Rica trip attention Bryan Mascio - 35 Sherburne Rd. Portsmouth, N.H. 03801 or you can visit our PayPal account and donate there

~Even more Information on my Topic~

I have changed my research project, yet again. Now I am researching the differences between Stonyfield Yogurt in New Hampshire to the Moteverde Cheese Factory in Costa Rica. I will be learning about how they make their products and the history behind these two factories. I will be visiting both the Monteverde Cheese Factory and Stonyfield Yogurt to recieve the information as well as looking these two places up online. This is all I know abouut my research project but I will keep you updated. P.S. If you would like to support me, our efforts, and/or our class, please visit our Facebook page or send a check made payable to the Robert J. Lister Academy/ Costa Rica trip attention Bryan Mascio - 35 Sherburne Rd. Portsmouth, N.H. 03801 or you can visit our PayPal account and donate there

More Information on my Topic

I know some more about what I am doing for my research project. I will be comparing the grocery stores, restaurants, and homes, as well as a local food producer in Costa Rica versus New Hampshire. I am doing the cheese factory for Costa Rica and Stonyfield Yogurt for New Hampshire.

In the book Walking with Wolf it talked about the Guidon family helping to start a cheese factory. When we go to Costa Rica in April, we will be going to the cheese factory so I can do some research on it. I might compare the cheese factory to Stonyfield Yogurt but I’m not sure yet.

Last year we went to Stonyfield Yogurt as a school field trip. It was so fun and interesting. I loved it. We might go there again to refresh my memory and so I can learn even more about Stonyfield Yogurt. Ever since that field trip I asked my family to switch our yogurt to Stonyfield Yogurt and they did.

That is all I know so far about my research project. I am so excited that I will be able to use Stonyfield Yogurt as part of it. I am also excited to go to the cheese factory that we have been reading so much about. I can’t wait to find out what I am doing for my final research project.

P.S. If you would like to support me, our efforts, and/or our class, please visit our Facebook page or send a check made payable to the Robert J. Lister Academy/ Costa Rica trip attention Bryan Mascio - 35 Sherburne Rd. Portsmouth, N.H. 03801 or you can visit our PayPal account and donate there

My Plans for the Research Project

My topic for the research project is the difference between how people eat here, in New Hampshire versus there, in Costa Rica. As part of this I will look at the grocery stores, homes, and restaurants. I honestly don't know how to turn it into a final project afterwards but I will keep you posted on any new information I recieve or create.

P.S. If you would like to support me, our efforts, and/or our class, please visit our Facebook page or send a check made payable to the Robert J. Lister Academy/ Costa Rica trip attention Bryan Mascio - 35 Sherburne Rd. Portsmouth, N.H. 03801 or you can visit our PayPal account and donate there

Earning Money

In the book walking with wolf, we learned about the ways that they built industry and an economy in Monteverde. A thing that they had built that relates to its industry and economy is the dairy farm. There were three reasons why they decided to create a dairy farm. They were because they needed a way to make money on their new land, it was a good use of farmland, and also because Wolf grew up on a dairy farm.

My way of earning money is by having a job at McDonald’s and making handmade earrings to sell. I have been working at McDonald’s for a year now and I have never been written up or never called out for anything, not even once. I have been making earrings since July of 2010 and will be continuing to create them for this fundraising until we arrive in Costa Rica. I will then be selling them throughout a different blog. I will keep you updated so you know when and where to check out my new creations.

If you would like to buy any of these wonderful earrings that I have created then you can contact me through commenting on the blog or sending an email to me at bnewell.student@gmail.com.

P.S. If you would like to support me, our efforts, and/or our class, please visit our Facebook page or send a check made payable to the Robert J. Lister Academy/ Costa Rica trip attention Bryan Mascio - 35 Sherburne Rd. Portsmouth, N.H. 03801 or you can visit our PayPal account and donate there.