Calvert Hall has built a relationship with the De La Salle Blackfeet School, a middle school at the heart of the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, MT. Each year Calvert Hall sends 11 students and two teachers to the reservation to tutor at the school, which is run by the same order of Christian Brothers who run Calvert Hall. While on the reservation, students learn about life in the 21st century for the Blackfeet tribe, see presentations on Blackfeet spirituality and economics and learn about the issues the reservation faces in terms of poverty, abuse and alcoholism. While the trip is about service to a population in need and learning about the Blackfeet culture, it’s also about students learning more about themselves. Through intense reflections each night, students evaluate their own lives, strengths and weaknesses through the things they are experiencing on the reservation. Students keep an online blog that allows them to share their experiences with their family, friends, and school community throughout the week. This blog takes readers into their daily experiences and reflections, which often challenge all of us to be better in our own lives. This trip is a unique experience for the students, but also provides an opportunity through the blog for others to learn and grow. The group will fly from Baltimore to Spokane, WA on February 4th before traveling by overnight train to the reservation. They will spend the week working the Christian Brothers’ Community, tutoring students, touring the reservation and snow shoeing in Glacier National Park at the end of the week. For more information and to track the blog, please log onto www.calverthall.com/montana.