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World Peace Exchange enhances
the student exchange by providing excursions and field trips,
spread throughout the exchange year to enrich each students
experience and to provide a broader view of what America is all
about.
To find out more about each specific event,
click on the title.
These activities provide
more than a visit to some of the many fun and wonderful places
that make up America - traveling together and spending
time sharing experiences with Exchange Students from other
countries, provides the students an opportunity to learn a
little about these other cultures as well and help them realize
that they are part of a much larger community - the future
leaders of our small world.
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The
Great Los Angeles Expedition (5-Days) - We visit Disneyland,
Hollywood, The La Brea Tar Pits (Working museum for
dinosaur and other prehistoric animals), El Pueblo de
Los Angeles, the first settlement in California and
Universal Studios |
Disneyland at Night |
Universal Studios |
Grauman's Theatre -
Hollywood |
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Northern California Long Weekend (3 days) - we go north from
San Francisco almost to the Northern border of
California - We make a pilgrimage to the Northern
California redwoods and discover why these are more
than just the world's tallest trees. The California
redwood forests are like nature's cathedral - you feel
peace and reverence as you pass between the lofty
pillars, while high above the sunlight filters through
the canopy like a great stained glass window.
We stay
in the Ferndale, dubbed "the best preserved Victorian
village in California", and explore the old-fashioned
mercantiles, antique stores, art galleries, and
specialty shops, hear the clip clop of the Victorian
Carriage Company, the ringing of the blacksmith's
hammer, and talk with the friendly people. Watch fresh
candy being dipped by hand to whet your appetite for a
fine dinner and an evening of theatre |
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Hawaii
(7-days) -
Everyone is familiar with world-renowned Waikiki,
but few know the real beauty of the island, the idyllic and
tranquil North Shore. For this trip we stay in a very large
and beautiful home, right on the beach, with a pool and
Jacuzzi, opposite Waikiki on the north side of the island near Haleiwa.
With six bedrooms, six baths, a pool table and air hockey,
there is always something to do.
While our Hawaiian trip is designed for maximum fun, it
is also educational - a trip to Pearl Harbor is somber
reminder and a sad monument to the absolute
tragedy of war. We also go to the Polynesian
Cultural Center where the students are exposed to many
of the Polynesian cultures for the first time and of
course much time is spent on the legendary Sunset beach. |
Polynesian Cultural Center |
Waikiki |
Pear Harbor Monument |
Learning To
Surf Sunset Beach |
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Yosemite
National Park (4-days) - Yosemite National Park embraces
one of the world's most spectacular park of
mountain-and-valley scenery in the Sierra Nevada Mountain
Range. The park harbors a grand collection of waterfalls,
meadows, and forests that include groves of giant sequoias,
the world's largest living things. We spend a day getting
there and a day back, with two days in this most magnificent
of all the American National Parks.
Highlights of the park include Yosemite Valley, and its high
cliffs and waterfalls; Wawona's history center and historic
hotel; the Mariposa Grove, which contains hundreds of
ancient giant sequoias; Glacier Point's (summer-fall)
spectacular view of Yosemite Valley and the high country;
Tuolumne Meadows (summer-fall), a large sub-alpine meadow
surrounded by mountain peaks; and Hetch-Hetchy, a reservoir
in a valley considered a twin of Yosemite Valley.
We stay in Yosemite at luxury condos with hot tubs and
fireplaces at night and explore the valley by day.
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