Ravenscroft’s Global Education program is restarting student travel for Upper School students — with some exciting new offerings that are thoughtfully connected to curriculum and/or service opportunities. 

The focus, an extension of the purposeful alignment of Global Ed priorities with Lead From Here and the school’s mission and values, means student travel now serves specific learning outcomes in addition to taking students to new places and new experiences. 

Explore the program’s mission and vision here.

“These offerings for the 2022-23 school year are all perfect examples of what we’re doing in Global Ed overall,” program director Melanie Spransy said. “The opportunities they represent are very intentional and have ties to an ethical travel framework that is very much in keeping with Ravenscroft’s commitment to cultivating global citizenship.”

The programs being offered are:

• Dream Project in Cabarete, Dominican Republic, Feb. 19-25, 2023. Interest meeting: Oct. 13, 6 p.m.

• MarineLab in Key Largo, Florida, Feb. 21-24, 2023. Interest meeting: Oct. 10, 6 p.m.

• Real Asia in New York, New York, April 12-16, 2023. Interest meeting: Oct. 19, 6 p.m.

• Global Volunteers in Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, June 17-24, 2023. Interest meeting: TBD

Please see the Global Education webpage about global experiences for more details about each trip, including chaperones and fees. 

Families of Upper School students who are interested in learning more about these travel programs should plan to attend the relevant virtual interest meeting(s) listed above. Zoom links and passwords are available in the Ravenscroft Weekly coming Oct. 7. Contact Spransy for more information.

Learn more about the many ways Global Education is embodying Ravenscroft’s mission and enhancing curriculum across campus in these recent stories from Ravenscroft Magazine:

• Seniors Are Visionary, Strategic in Getting the Most out of Ravenscroft (May 27, 2022) 

• Virtual Exchanges Deepen Learning, Expand “International Interconnectedness” (Feb. 4, 2022)

• Middle, Upper School Students Participate in Global Dialogue Series (April 30, 2021)

• Teachers Share Vision for Honors Digital Media for Global Learning (Feb. 26, 2021)