Berkeley Carroll Students Explore the World Through Spring Intensive Travel

Berkeley Carroll students have returned home after immersive and transformative experiences in this year’s Spring Intensive Travel Programs. These programs go beyond sightseeing, challenging students to engage deeply with language, culture, history, and pressing global issues. Through hands-on learning and reflection, students developed a greater understanding of the world and their role in shaping its future.

In Cap d’Ail, France, students enhanced their French language skills while exploring contemporary French culture, history, and the environment. Mornings were spent in language and culture classes at CMEF, while afternoons brought real-world opportunities to practice their skills.

In Granada, Spain, students lived with local host families, attending language classes at Itaca Centro de Formación. This full immersion experience encouraged language learning through daily interactions with native speakers, cultural visits, and exchanges with Spanish students.

In Mexico City, Mexico, students built on their Spanish curriculum by exploring the city’s history, art, and activism. Engaging with locals, they practiced their language skills while learning about Mexico’s rich cultural diversity and traditions of social change.

In Panama City, Panama, students studied the region’s unique biodiversity and conservation efforts. They learned from the Embera and Guna communities, as well as Panamanian nonprofit organizations, about initiatives to protect rainforests and coastal ecosystems.

A stateside trip took students on a powerful Civil Rights Journey through the U.S. South. Traveling from Atlanta to Memphis, they visited key landmarks and met activists to gain a deeper understanding of the civil rights movement and Black American history. Highlights included the Equal Justice Initiative Museum in Montgomery, walking the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, experiencing the vibrant culture of New Orleans, and visiting the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.

Another group headed west for an outdoor adventure, backpacking through Utah. In partnership with High Mountain Institute, students explored the complex history and geography of the American West, using the landscape as a lens to examine how it has shaped the U.S. identity, and our current understanding of the West.

Welcome home, travelers!

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