Why Chicago?

• School educational trips provide practical learning experiences that go beyond the classroom.
• They allow students to engage directly with the topics they have studied, promoting a deeper understanding.

By visiting historical sites, museums, and cultural landmarks, participants can explore different cultures, traditions, and perspectives, which:
• foster global awareness and appreciation
• broaden their perspectives
• encourage them to respect and appreciate diversity

• School trips encourage teamwork, collaboration, and social interaction among students.
• They provide students with the opportunity to bond with peers, form friendships, and strengthen interpersonal skills.

• Students are encouraged to become more independent, adaptable, and flexible.
• Students navigate unfamiliar environments, solve problems, and overcome challenges, which in turn promotes personal development, encourages self-discovery, boosts confidence, and enhances adaptability to new environments.

• Educational trips include practical activities, workshops, and interactions with local experts, allowing participants to actively engage in the learning process.

• Participants create lasting memories, make new friends, and form strong bonds with their classmates, teachers, and host families through shared experiences.

Through the program, students become self-aware of their cultures, surroundings and learn to appreciate their own homeland and values.

Visiting a foreign country provides a great opportunity to increase acceptance and flexibility.

When embarking on a journey, one must adapt to the reality of living without many familiar comforts. This necessity often arises from the impracticality of bringing all personal belongings on a short international trip. Travelers are compelled to prioritize and select only the essential items to accompany them. Additionally, acquiring goods in a foreign country can present challenges, such as elevated prices and limited space in luggage for transporting new purchases. Consequently, one becomes adept at traveling with only the necessary clothing and essentials, embracing adventure while discerning between wants and needs.

Exploring a new, foreign landscape or country can be exciting and can make a person curious and focused. When you walk the busy streets of a new city, you have a natural tendency to look at everything around you, from the architecture to the people. This often leads you to notice the value in the "little things" in life.

Although the journey can seem very glamorous, it takes time to get to your destination. Travel involves a lot of waiting in airport terminals, riding buses, sitting on planes, etc. Once you accept that these are part of the travel experience, you can figure out how to entertain yourself during this (forced) downtime... For example, you can read more, or learn to slow down, look around and observe.