To encourage continuing education and adventurous travel, we offer periodic alumni trips for three different groups of alumni: recent alumni not yet at college, college-age alumni, and alumni out of college.

In the summer of 2008, we offered an exciting alumni adventure to Europe: De la Terre à la Table: a trip to the Cotes-d’Armor region of France with Chewonki French teacher, Marjolaine Whittlesey. Alumni worked with young farmers and artisans on service projects, explored French culture and cuisine, and practiced new skills and old, from language to farming, carpentry to biking. The trip began with two weeks in the Cotes-d’Armor region of Brittany, and concluded in Paris.

In 2009, Abby Holland, our Spanish teacher, took a group of alumni to Guatemala to volunteer with Safe Passage, an organization that works with the poorest at-risk children of families working in the Guatemala City garbage dump. The group also worked on an organic macadamia nut farm and visited Lago Atitlan, where they practiced yoga and their Spanish speaking skills.

Check back soon for updates on future alumni trips!