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Three BPSD Teachers Study in Ghana Three Bethel Park School District Teachers: Neil Armstrong Gifted Support Teacher Lisa Machado, Franklin First Grade Teacher Cheryl Wagner and BPHS English Teacher Charles Youngs, spent a month in Ghana, West Africa with a group of nine other Western Pennsylvania teachers as part of a Fulbright Scholars program, sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh. During their stay in Ghana, the group studied at the University of Ghana and traveled throughout the country to learn more about the culture and politics of this country. Please click here to read a synopsis of the trip, and scroll down to see photos from their travels.
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 Accra Mall |
 An Andikra artist shows his wares |
 Andikra cloth |
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 Signs were posted everywhere to welcome President Obama |
 Anthill Mountain |
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 Basket weaving |
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 The Ghanans used their heads to carry many items. This boy is carrying yams. |
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 Cape Coast Castle |
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 The Slave Dungeon at Cape Coast Castle |
 Cape Coast fishermen sing songs while pulling in their catch. |
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 The African Chiefs at Panafest
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 The Linguists at Panafest |
 Crocodile |
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 The Door of No Return at Cape Coast Castle |
 The El Mina Fish Exchange |
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 El Mina Salt Ponds |
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 Ewe Kente Center |
 Kente Cloth |
 Kente Loom |
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 Cocoa Farm |
 Cape Coast Fishermen |
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 The Ghana National Theater |
 The Presidential Palace |
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 Giant trees in the Volta Region |
 Hawkers weren't shy about coming up to stopped cars in traffic to sell their wares. |
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 Independence Arch |
 Kakum Canopy Walk |
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 The view of the Rain Forest from the Kakum Canopy Walk |
 Kente Weaving Center |
 Lake Volta |
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 Leaving the Cape Coast Slave Dungeon |
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 Wi Falls |
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