2024-2025 Service Learning Trips

Service and experiential learning has been woven into the George School curriculum for 75 years. Students travel around the corner and around the globe to experience cultures, study societal issues, and think about how they can best use their unique strengths in service to their community.

In each course, students spend time engaged in academic learning to understand the history and context of particular cultures, societies and issues they face. Following this academic preparation, they begin experiential learning and work. Whether travelling and volunteering abroad, taking regular local field trips to work with members of our own community, or designing and implementing independent projects related to course content, students learn through experience and inquiry.

Sample schedule (over the course of a five-week term):

• Weeks 1 & 2: In-classroom learning provides academic context for what’s ahead.
• Weeks 3 & 4: Two weeks of a local, domestic, or global immersive experience.
• Week 5: Time to reflect on the experience as a group and share what’s been learned with the larger community.

Application Process & Timeline

Students must apply for any trip on which they wish to go on. To apply, students must write a 1-2 page essay or record a 1-2 minute video of themselves responding to the following questions:

• Why do you want to participate in this specific trip?
• What are you hoping to learn from this course and experience?
• What skills or experiences do you bring to the group, which you believe will enhance the experience for the whole group?
• Is there anything else you would like the trip leaders to know about you and your interest in this trip?

Applications and a Parental Consent Form should be submitted electronically to servicelearning@georgeschool.org by Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Financial aid grants are available for students currently receiving financial aid.

Students applying to multiple trips should submit a separate application for every trip to which they apply.  In the case of multiple applications, students must indicate their order of preferences for trip enrollment.

All application materials are due by Wednesday, November 15, 2023. Students will be notified of trip enrollment by Friday, January 5, 2024. The first payment and enrollment agreement is due by Thursday, February 1.