The Academy invests in institutional relationships and supports programs that allow our students to learn through travel and exchange experiences. Value and affordability are factors we consider when choosing our partners and building our programs; we want these opportunities to be available to all Academy students.

• All students participate in our annual Class Trips (learn more here) each spring.
• In some years, our language faculty lead culture and language immersion trips to French and Spanish speaking countries as well.
• Each year, we participate in an exchange opportunity for sophomore students with a Bavarian high school in Erding, Germany. German students spend two months with our community each fall, and in turn, their host students may visit them in Germany the following summer.
• Sophomores and juniors can request permission to take a semester or partial semester abroad through a program of their choosing.
• Students can participate in an annual Model United Nations Conference sponsored by Dartmouth College.

Network of Complementary Schools

Middle and upper school students can arrange short-term, low-cost educational travel experiences to destinations nation-wide through The Academy’s membership in the Network of Complementary Schools, an organization that invites students of participating schools to visit any fellow member school in North America for 1-3 weeks.

Students who participate can choose to follow the host school’s daily program or to take part in a wide variety of special programs (areas of opportunity may include performing arts, culinary arts, computer science, urban studies, global studies, agro-business, outdoor education, auto shop skills, and more). 

Accommodations are provided in host families’ homes or campus housing (for boarding schools). All students are eligible to apply, though some schools in the Network only take high schoolers. The cost to the student is usually limited to travel expenses, and grants are available through The Network to support families in covering airfare.

Learn more about each school’s location and program by visiting The Network’s website. Students interested in participating should contact The Academy’s Network advisor Katherine Anderson.