Travel Opportunities for the 2022-23 School Year

For current and former Model UN students, conferences are a way to go out and experience debate and discussion with other schools while engaging with challenging and important current and historical topics. Current students are required to attend at least two. To estimate the grant request, each conference costs about $175-$200 plus food for the weekend.

Princeton: November 17-20 2022

Yale: January 19-22 2023

Boston University: February 10-12 2023

Dartmouth: Early April 2023

The Close Up trip to Washington D.C. provides students with the opportunity to make personal connections with the people and institutions that embody the nation’s past and present. Students will interact with students from all over the country, meet their Congressional Representative and Senators, and interact with the nation's capital in an experiential way. 

 

Led by Close Up Program Instructors, students learn about history and government while considering a variety of viewpoints. Close Up is designed to inspire and empower students to become active participants in their democracy. Student cost: $1900.00

 

Exchanges are open to students who have completed at least level 3 of the language by date of travel. 

Students will host an Ecuadorian student for two weeks in September then travel for three weeks to Ecuador in June.  We will spend a few days on the coast before going to Cuenca in the Andes Mountains where we will spend two weeks with host families.  Our final week will be spent traveling to the Amazon and the northern highlands to get a good overview of the country.  Approximate cost is $3,000.

Students participating in the German Exchange program will host a German student for two weeks, beginning in late September. We will travel to Germany in June of 2023. The trip begins in Koblenz, continues to Stuttgart where students stay with their host families, and ends in Munich. Students experience the German language and culture first hand - the trip brings to life everything that they have learned in the classroom. The cost of the trip is $3000.

This trip is planned in conjunction with EF Tours. We will fly overnight to Paris to see the cultural highlights of this amazing city with visits to The Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Monet’s home and gardens at Giverny, the Musee d’Orsay, and a Seine River cruise. From there we travel by train to the Provence region to visit Arles (once home to Vincent vanGogh), Avignon, the Amphitheatre in Nimes, the Pont du Gard, and the Château des Baux de Provence. Next stop is Figueres, Spain and the Dali Theater Museum. And finally, onto Barcelona to tour Park Güell, Casa Mila, walk along Las Ramblas, the Sagrada Familia, the Picasso Museum, and an evening of Flamenco dancing.This is open to any BBA student. 38 students max plus 6 chaperones. (we have 35 students now).Cost for students is $3,764 and includes all transportation, lodging, breakfast, dinner, and admission to all activities.

French and Food/Farm Studies students have priority, no language restriction (but knowledge of French is best because many residents don’t speak much English), but must be in good academic/disciplinary standing. A spirit of adventure is a must! This trip is planned through Students Love Travel and is a custom itinerary. The trip includes exploration of the island, learning about its rich history from the native peoples to colonialization and slavery to modern times. Located in the Caribbean (but a part of France), Martinique has a volcano, lovely beaches, rich biodiversity, and amazing food. We will visit places like the Jardins de Balata botanical garden, the Savane des Esclaves living history park to learn about slavery, and the plantation where Empress Euginie Napoleon grew up. We will snorkel and sail, hoping to see tropical fish, sea turtles, dolphins, flying fish, and iguanas. This will be a private tour for 12-15 students. Cost will be between $3200-$3500/student, TBD. Price includes transportation, lodging, 2 meals/day (lunch is on our own), plus all activities, guides, tips, and insurance.

Priority for this Science Department Research Trip will be given to upperclassmen and students who have taken Biology and maintained an A (General Level) and B (CP or Honors Bio).

This trip is planned with Ecology Project International and the Pacuare Sea Turtle Reserve. Students will travel into San Jose Costa Rica and travel to the research station at Pacuare- a remote island research station accessible only by boat.  While there, students will be working in small teams with the researchers to collect data on the Leatherback Sea Turtles which come onto the Caribbean side of Costa Rica to nest. This unique opportunity gets you working with the turtles. It is exhausting work as you will be hiking for 3 miles on the beach in the middle of the night rain or shine. During the day, students will engage in explorations of the rainforest as well as do their own mini research project. After three days on station, we will then travel to live and work at the Tirimbina research station. Students will get to hike through the rainforest and  learn about the unique ecosystems of Costa Rica. There will be tons of wildlife to view as Costa Rica is one of the Biodiversity hotspots on the plant. The cost will be between $3500- $3800. This would include airfare, all meals and lodging, research permits, travel in-country, and rafting or other excursions. Minimum of six students, maximum of 18.  Students must complete the application and meet the other requirements.