School-Sponsored Trips

 

A Trip to Snowy Quebec

By Lindsey Smith, 7th Grade

Il fait froid! Il neige! It is cold! It is snowing! Those are the two phrases we said over and over again when a group of 34 seventh and eighth grade French students and parents went to Quebec City, Canada. We flew to Montreal, Canada, where we met our awesome tour guide, Frank. We boarded the bus for a three-hour bus ride to Quebec City.

While we were in Quebec City, we went ice tubing, toured downtown Quebec City, and explored a copper museum where we got to make our own copper piece. We also visited a beautiful cathedral, Ste. Anne de Beaupre, and a very famous hotel that looked like a castle, Chateau Frontenac. We saw snowdrifts that were more than six feet tall. We were able to attend the Winter Carnival parade and get our picture taken with Bonhomme de Carnival, the mascot of the parade (a snowman). Everyone had a great time learning about the French culture and history of Quebec City.

7th Grade Goes to Hannibal, St. Louis

Each October, students in the 7th grade follow USJ’s tradition of making the annual trek to Hannibal, Missouri. The itinerary includes the St. Louis Science Center, lunch at Einstein’s, Omni-max Theater, St. Louis Arch, two overnight stays in Hannibal, Mark Twain Home and Museum, Twainland Express, Mark Twain Cave, Riverboat Dinner Cruise, and a visit to Union Station in St. Louis on the trip home. This year's trip is October 17-19.

The Hannibal trip includes a visit to Hannibal, above,	and to the St. Louis Science Museum.

Spanish Immersion Trip

Senor Jimmy Glosson is leading a group of 40 students and chaperones to Costa Rica for three weeks this summer. The trip provides the students with 40 hours of Spanish immersion study at Intensa. The group will also perform five hours of community service and will be staying in the homes of Costa Rican families. They will also take excursions to museums, volcanoes, beaches, waterfalls, tropical rain forests, and volcanic heated springs. The group leaves on May 29 and returns home June 18. Students in Honors Spanish II, Honors Spanish III and AP Spanish IV, as well as USJ tenth and eleventh grade Spanish II or Spanish III students and Madison Academic students also will be making the trip.