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A place-based high school semester program.

The Traveling School amplifies student voices through transformative education to ignite positive change.

Place-Based Education

An inclusive, collaborative learning environment allows students to focus on academic growth and leadership skills in a supportive community.

Global Perspective

Living out of backpacks and duffels, students engage in communities, learning firsthand about the real-life impacts of global issues such as climate change, indigeneity, race, power and privilege.

Next Generation Leaders

Empowering our students to take action and spark positive change. When young people build leadership skills, they become tomorrow’s changemakers.

The semester continent is up to you.

Fall

Southern Africa

Zambia | Botswana | Namibia | South Africa

Travel across the sun-kissed terrain of southern Africa, experiencing all it has to offer. Float Botswana’s Okavango Delta, explore Namib desert’s diamond ghost towns and engage in local communities throughout the region.

Spring

South America

Ecuador | Peru | Bolivia

Delve into the jungle with naturalists to explore plants, animals and waterways of the Amazon Basin. Watch as your classes are brought to life through field visits, community projects and multi-day backpacking trips.

Fall

Southern Africa

Zambia | Namibia | Botswana | South Africa

Travel across the sun-kissed terrain of Southern Africa, experiencing all it has to offer.  Float Botswana’s Okavango Delta, explore the Namib deserts’ diamond ghost towns and engage in local communities throughout the region.

Spring

South America

Ecuador | Peru | Bolivia

Delve into the jungle with naturalists to explore plants, animals, and waterways of the Amazon Basin.  Participate in community projects with indigenous Quichua families.

Semester Options

Student-to-Teacher Ratio

Alumni

My Traveling School semester is the single, richest, experience that I have ever had. It built my confidence, channeled my curiosity, encouraged me to consider my impact on the world and empowered me to make that impact positive. It launched me into my adult life and the person I had always wanted to become.

Shannon - The Traveling School Alumni
Shannon, Fall & Spring 2010 Alumna

The Traveling School

Journal

Inspiring Uncommon Paths

An interview with Chloe Loeffelholz, Development ManagerMaggie O'Brien (she/they) is a TTS21, Spring 2013 Traveling School alum. Today, Maggie is a queer writer, artist, educator, and college essay counselor, helping the next generation follow uncommon paths for the...

Take the Leap of Faith

An interview with Chloe Loeffelholz, Development Manager In the spring of 2009, Charly was a student with The Traveling School’s 13th semester in Central America. Today, Charly is based in the Italian Dolomites and works at a research center focused on renewable...

Know a Student Who’s Ready for Adventure?

It’s not too late to join a Traveling School semester this school year. We need more students to round out our spring term in South America. Do you know any 10th, 11th, or 12th graders looking for a unique high school experience? Just a few reasons to join TTS this...

TTS Sparked My Love of Spanish

An interview with Chloe Loeffelholz, Development Manager In the spring of 2015, Sadie embarked on a journey as a student with The Traveling School’s 25th semester in Central America. Today, she is a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Dominican Republic, where she promotes...

Open Hearts and Wide Perspectives

An interview with Chloe Loeffelholz, Development Manager Tate (she/her) is a freelance photojournalist and travel, hiking, and cycling guide. Tate’s homebase is Mozambique and she attributes her love for the region to her first TTS semester in the fall of 2011. If...

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