Years ago, an Alabama high school teacher led a student travel program for her students. When she left the school, the trip ended and several teachers struggled to reorganize a program. That is, until Program Leader Michaela Young introduced a new idea: a WorldStrides DiscoverNow! Costa Rica program. Young followed each step of our Recipe [...]
When Program Leader Prudence Lamar referred her friend and co-worker, Logan Carstensen, to travel on a WorldStrides DiscoverNow! science program in 2010, neither teacher thought they’d be where they are today. Not only are other teachers in their community beginning to travel with WorldStrides, but Carstensen is starting a new school tradition and has nearly [...]
In the past, Program Leader Rod Foley organized his school’s annual trip to Washington, D.C., on his own, but three years ago he made the decision to begin traveling with WorldStrides. After his WorldStrides experience earlier this year, he couldn’t be happier that he did. Foley was on the last day of his tenth trip [...]
At the school where he works in Mississippi, John Thibodeaux wears many hats. He serves as the Director of Advertising, Admissions, and the school’s English as a Second Language (ESL) summer camp and as a WorldStrides Program Leader for students far from home! This interesting WorldStrides DiscoverNow! program came about because of John’s association with [...]
Have you ever wondered exactly how much you walk on your WorldStrides DiscoverNow! program? First time Program Leader Carrie Kroetz and her group of 7th and 8th graders from Wisconsin expected to do a lot of walking on their trip to Washington, D.C., last October, but had no idea just how much that would really [...]
