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Wayland High students ready for trip of a lifetime

Wayland Town Crier 2/5/10: Wayland High students ready for trip of a lifetime. When buying a cup of coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts, not many high school students stop to think about where that coffee actually came from – beyond the worker behind the cashier all the way to where and how it was grown. Jim Page, teacher of entrepreneurship and business management at Wayland High School, has made it his business to see that his students are educated consumers. Fourteen juniors and seniors will be accompanying Page to Chiapas, Mexico, during February vacation to learn about sustainable development and ethically traded coffee. "The driving factor behind the trip to Mexico is that I want students to understand there’s a story behind every product they use," said Page.

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