DaVinci Waldorf Students Off to Lakota Reservation in SD
Junior high students at Da Vinci Waldorf School in Wauconda go on service trip to South Dakota Indian reservation, the second poorest county in the U.S.
Da Vinci Waldorf School students have left the comfort of their suburban homes in Lake Zurich, Barrington and other northwest suburbs for a week service trip to the Lakota Nation Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. While there, students in sixth, seventh and eighth grade will help clean and repair homes on the reservation. The students will also provide service at the Lakota Waldorf School. The Pine Ridge Reservation is situated within Shannon County where the per-capita income makes it the second poorest county in the USA with an average annual income of $3,700 and an unemployment rate of 80 percent. Almost 50 percent of the residents on the Pine Ridge Reservation live under the poverty level. There are still residents on the …
