Travel Program
The Sage School Travel Program
Grades 5, 6, 7, and 8
“Adventures are the best way to learn.” -Anonymous
The answer to the question of why we embrace student travel is a complex one that encompasses everything from academic connections, social-emotional growth, independence, to global and community awareness, and more.
At Sage, it all starts during the first week of Upper School. In order to get to know their classmates, teachers, and advisors as individuals, Sage 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders leave the confines of campus for a variety of team-building adventures. This fall’s outing to Boundless Adventures is one example, as are our annual hikes to the Blue Hills (5th/6th grades) and Mt. Monadnock (7th/8th grades). These experiences allow Upper School students and teachers to create connections while encouraging each other to face new challenges (just like they’ll do throughout the school year).
An important extension of Sage’s curriculum since 1999, our students also take a trip with their advisors/teachers each school year. 5th and 6th grade students travel to a New England camp setting where they climb, build, and explore together. Past destinations have included Outward Bound’s Thompson Island in Boston Harbor, YMCA’s Camp Becket in western MA, and Camp Susan Curtis in ME. As a group, they share challenges, set goals, build a team dynamic, and create memories. They return to school as a united team; they have close friends, teachers who know them well, and a readiness to tackle new challenges.
Seventh and eighth grade students also extend their learning experiences each spring to destinations outside of a typical classroom. Trips often include opportunities to further language study and to engage in meaningful service learning, as well as to reinforce or enhance humanities or STEM studies. Destinations have included: Costa Rica, Germany, London, Paris, Spain, Czech Republic, Puerto Rico, Philadelphia and Lancaster, New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, and a Civil Rights Tour to Alabama and Georgia.
The availability of travel opportunities for our oldest students represents just one way in which we inspire the bright minds here at Sage. Student travel is transformative. Shy students who were once reluctant to speak up in class experience newfound self-confidence. Opportunities for independence and self-reliance are fostered safely under the guidance of caring adults. Lifetime friendships and connections are forged in the memories, and students expand their appreciation and understanding of the world around them, as well as of themselves. That is why we travel.
Grades 5, 6, 7, and 8
“Adventures are the best way to learn.” -Anonymous
The answer to the question of why we embrace student travel is a complex one that encompasses everything from academic connections, social-emotional growth, independence, to global and community awareness, and more.
At Sage, it all starts during the first week of Upper School. In order to get to know their classmates, teachers, and advisors as individuals, Sage 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders leave the confines of campus for a variety of team-building adventures. This fall’s outing to Boundless Adventures is one example, as are our annual hikes to the Blue Hills (5th/6th grades) and Mt. Monadnock (7th/8th grades). These experiences allow Upper School students and teachers to create connections while encouraging each other to face new challenges (just like they’ll do throughout the school year).
An important extension of Sage’s curriculum since 1999, our students also take a trip with their advisors/teachers each school year. 5th and 6th grade students travel to a New England camp setting where they climb, build, and explore together. Past destinations have included Outward Bound’s Thompson Island in Boston Harbor, YMCA’s Camp Becket in western MA, and Camp Susan Curtis in ME. As a group, they share challenges, set goals, build a team dynamic, and create memories. They return to school as a united team; they have close friends, teachers who know them well, and a readiness to tackle new challenges.
Seventh and eighth grade students also extend their learning experiences each spring to destinations outside of a typical classroom. Trips often include opportunities to further language study and to engage in meaningful service learning, as well as to reinforce or enhance humanities or STEM studies. Destinations have included: Costa Rica, Germany, London, Paris, Spain, Czech Republic, Puerto Rico, Philadelphia and Lancaster, New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, and a Civil Rights Tour to Alabama and Georgia.
The availability of travel opportunities for our oldest students represents just one way in which we inspire the bright minds here at Sage. Student travel is transformative. Shy students who were once reluctant to speak up in class experience newfound self-confidence. Opportunities for independence and self-reliance are fostered safely under the guidance of caring adults. Lifetime friendships and connections are forged in the memories, and students expand their appreciation and understanding of the world around them, as well as of themselves. That is why we travel.