For over a decade, Joshua Sholler has been teaching and leading the music program at Reading Community Schools. Sholler says he went on two student trips to Disney World with his band program while in high school, and it created life-long memories. “I knew that when I...

Inhaling a breath of fresh air and a tuft of sheep’s hair was all I needed to feel at home. Surrounded by ovine oddness — goats running amok, sheep searching for milk, dogs herding stubborn sheep searching for milk — I was instantly invested in the wildlife and...

By Dan Baker, Heart of America Productions. It was my third year as the Director of Choirs at Northridge High School, and the plan was to finish our competition season with an out-of-state trip, the first in 25 years. Both my assistant director, Catherine, and I were...

“Running a successful music program takes an entire community,” say Adrian Dyck and Paige Freeborn, longtime life and musical partners who, in 2004, took up the challenge of creating a unique music program for Brockton School, an International Baccalaureate School...

This past winter, Travel Unity’s 2022 Northeast Youth Summit took place in historic Auburn, NY, the chosen home of Harriet Tubman. From December 9-11, the nonprofit hosted 31 high school students from the Auburn public school district to the Carriage House, where four...

Today, travel is more important than ever. After two years of widespread global isolation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing crises such as climate change, war, and the struggle to protect human rights, travel can open our eyes and give us new...