Students Speak: Just Play
We arrived in Arizona with light baggage and heavy hearts. My mom, dad, and two younger brothers were all present, but someone was missing: my little sister-turned-angel, Mandy. She had been gone for just under a month when we piled into our Yukon XL (perfect for four...
Walking in Grandma’s Path at Ellis Island
You never know what connections across time and culture will be forged through student travel. Late 2022, the South Dakota State University’s Pride of the Dakota's Marching Band went to New York City with the help of Bob Rogers Travel. There, one student came...
Opening Eyes to Opportunities: Christine Lalande
Teaching for 25 years and traveling whenever her program can afford to, Christine Lalande of Ottawa’s Sir Robert Borden High School is excited to get back on the road and head to Toronto. While the school isn’t able to travel each year due to funding, Lalande has made...
Broadening Horizons at 5,000 Feet and Beyond
Deb Alsup, kindergarten teacher at Tok School in the Alaska Gateway School District, isn’t originally from “The Last Frontier,” but transplanted there after growing up in Ames, Iowa, getting her college education in Utah, and traveling to faraway destinations across...
Making Travel Possible with SYF
The SYTA Youth Foundation’s mission is to connect youth with the resources required for travel experiences, including scholarships to help cover the gaps between cost and affordability. Just one story of SYF making a difference is with Denver Community Schools out of...
Students Speak: Trial By Fire
This article was written by Kennedy Cole, 10th grader at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School in Bethesda, MD, for the World Is A Classroom Essay Contest. “Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground...
