Travel Opportunities

Not only does Baylor boast a challenging and enriching curriculum, it is also a community committed to developing in students an awareness of an increasingly complex world. Part of that awareness comes from a number of travel opportunities specifically designed to broaden a student's world view through personal experiences. The trips build on a program that is already rich with academic and extracurricular offerings: Advanced Placement courses in 22 subjects including art and language, ethics and world religion courses, and widely recognized outdoor education and community service programs, to name a few.

Liz Aplin Trip: Florence, Italy and Yellowstone National Park
Every other summer, a lucky group of Baylor art students get to take their talents to the next level. "We learn techniques we would only learn if we studied in Italy or France," says art instructor Laura Yann, "It's invaluable to our students."
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David M. Abshire Leadership Fellows Program, Washington, DC
The David M. Abshire Leadership Fellows Program is an intensive eight-day experiential course of study in Washington D.C. with an emphasis on national leadership, ethics, honor, and service. Any rising senior is able to apply, but only twelve students are selected for the honor.
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Jim Pearce Leadership Trip, Aspen Colorado
The purpose of this trip is to honor Baylor students of admirable character whose selfless efforts might otherwise go unrecognized by the school or by their peers. Each year a group of students is nominated by students and faculty and selected to travel (all expenses are paid) to the snowy peaks of Aspen Colorado for nine days of backpacking, mountaineering, and trout fishing in late July.
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Walkabout: Sikkim, India
Baylor students who participate in the biannual trip to India have the rare opportunity to experience traditional Tibetan religion and culture before it completely disappears. For 35 days, students find themselves immersed in the culture – studying Tibetan religion, hiking trails bordering Nepal and the Himalayan mountains, and participating in a service project.
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Community Service Trips: Asheville/Cherokee, N.C., Jamaica
During fall and winter breaks, Community Service students travel to Asheville and Cherokee, N.C., where they work in a homeless shelter and with a family and children services agency. For spring break, they travel to Jamaica to work with abused children, a squatter's community, and the elderly. "We do a lot of reflection and share conversations that build on what our students have learned in the classroom. These experiences bring humanity to the pages of their textbook." says Joli Anderson, Baylor's Community Service Director.
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Eighth Grade Class Trip, Washington, D.C.
Highlights of this trip include visits to the Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Smithsonian's Air and Space, American History, Natural History, and National Gallery of Art museums, and the World War II, Vietnam and Korean War Memorials. "Students gain an appreciation for the U.S. government and are able to see firsthand what they have been taught in the civics and ethics classroom."
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Freshman Trip
The freshman year is a transitional time in developing relationships with classmates, faculty, and older students. During the Freshman Trip, 35 older students guide the freshman class through two days and nights of outdoor adventures, square dancing, and most importantly – the profound opportunity to relax together.
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Senior Trip
"The Senior Trip grew out of our motivation to find a way to pull senior classes together and promote an understanding of what it means to be part of a team and all that comes from that" leadership, compassion for others, and an appreciation and respect for the outdoors," says Dr. Chris Moore, who helped develop the program.
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