Student Travel

An opportunity to build capacity, confidence and community

Travel builds CAPACITY

“Traveling has given me the ability to view things with a

wider perspective. I am more open-minded and

conscientious about other cultures, and traveling

introduces these to new cultures to you and allows

you to experience them first hand, rather than reading about it in a

textbook. Those concepts can then be applied to

anywhere you go or anything you do.” – Shelby,

London 2014

“I think the more people travel, the more understanding and tolerant they may become. History, science, religion and geography all come alive and become relevant. We were so happy with her experience, and are now sending our second child on a school trip this year.” – Laurie (parent)

“I was constantly learning new things,

about myself, the world, other people,

and science of course, but it was in an

environment where I didn’t really feel like I was learning (like in a classroom), it just felt like I was having fun

and at the end o every day I would realize that I actually had learned so much.” – Eugenie,

Florida 2014

“The workshops at Columbia

definitely helped me to forge a career path. Without yearbook or NYC, I don't

know if I would have considered journalism as a career.” Lauren,

NYC 2012

"My favourite part about

going on school trip is that you learn real life

applications of concepts you've learned in ways you would have

never imagined!” –

Mannat, Florida 2014

Travel builds CONFIDENCE

“In my opinion, the biggest blessing of student traveling is taking the students out of their comfort zones. It gives us an opportunity to be really hands on and up close and personal with our learning. Traveling kind of forces us to take risks and make connections with people – which I love.” – Kaitlin, Florida 2014

“The biggest benefit in my opinion would be the sense of responsibility that comes. When you travel with school groups, you are responsible for your own money, spending, and you make decisions that normally your parents would make.” – Harleen, London 2014

“Being independent and making

my own decisions while on a

school trip has made me a much more responsible and orderly person.” –

Rashid, California

2014

Travel builds COMMUNITY

“I think the biggest benefit for me, was the ability to met and get close with people I never even know, much less have had a conversation with. The trips themselves had crazy influence on my perspective growing as a person, but its meeting new people which I enjoyed the most.” – Anika, California 2014 and Florida 2014

“Once of the many benefits I find from traveling in a group is team building. I feel that I created such strong relationships with my peers, that we were able to communicate better and also gained skills on how to work together better.” – Jennah, California 2014 and Florida 2014

“I got to build amazing relationships with some pretty rad teachers, and now I have another positive influence in my life that I can go to for advice, support, of just to chat.” – Eugenie, Florida 2014

Traveling is rewarding…and exhausting

Discussion Question

• What travel adventures would you like to share with your students?

OR• What do you or can you do outside of the

traditional classroom setting to build confidence, capacity and community?