Trip
Italy Language and Culture Journey, Saturday, June 12 to Tuesday, June 22, 2027
Group
20 students in tenth and eleventh grade from Italian II and III, and four chaperones, one adult for every five students
Program
Fourteen places in Rome, Florence, Siena, and Venice: the Pantheon, the San Cosimato market in Trastevere, the Vatican, the Colosseum and the Forum; three mornings at a language school in Florence, with the Baptistery, the Uffizi, and the Accademia; a day in Siena; the Doge's Palace, Murano, and a boat route students navigate in Italian
Travel
Flights from Cleveland through Newark to Rome and home from Venice, high-speed rail between the cities, and a private coach for the airport transfers and the Siena day
Lodging
Three nights in Rome, four in Florence, and two in Venice, each hotel a short walk from its station
School
Horizon Ridge School of Cleveland

The documents

Approving the trip

Telling families

Preparing the leader and chaperones

Connecting the trip to learning

Improving next year's trip

Other worked trips

The west front of the U.S. Capitol seen across the lawn from the National Mall.City · Washington, DCWashington, DCHorizon Ridge School of ClevelandSee the documents →The crater lake at Poás Volcano National Park, a turquoise pool in a gray basin with forest on the slope above.Service · Central AmericaCosta RicaHorizon Ridge School of ClevelandSee the documents →Forested Blue Ridge hills in early autumn color, seen from The Point Overlook on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park.Outdoor · VirginiaShenandoah National ParkHorizon Ridge School of PhiladelphiaSee the documents →Map of the four-day route from Lafayette Place in Franconia Notch past Greenleaf, Galehead, and Zealand Falls huts to Crawford Depot, each day drawn in alternating blue and brick.Outdoor · New HampshireWhite MountainsTideline SchoolSee the documents →Map of the five paddling days on Casco Bay, from the launch at East End Beach in Portland to the camps on Little Chebeague Island and Jewell Island, and back.Outdoor · Maine coastCasco BayTideline SchoolSee the documents →Individual Trip Reports →