Chinese Language Trip to Nanjing & Beijing

Lawrenceville has developed an exchange relationship with the Nanjing Foreign Language School, one of the best high schools in China. This summer’s trip will be our third trip to this institution, and we have hosted students from this school for the past few years at Lawrenceville. We have also just created a new exchange relationship with one of Beijing's top schools, Beijing High School # 4. The exchange program provides students an opportunity to speak Chinese, attend classes, stay with students from both of the schools in a home-stay environment, and experience Chinese culture first hand. Arriving in Shanghai, and spending the first night there, students will then travel via high speed train first to Nanjing, and after one week, will proceed to Beijing for the final week. In both locales, besides the experience with the schools and homestay families, small tourist excursions are planned.

Trip Dates
Thursday, June 7 - Saturday, June 23, 2011

Chaperone
Chinese Master Yangyang Daniell

Target Student Population
Students who finish level 6 can take the trip, but those who finish higher levels have priority. Please note that students who graduate this year are not eligible for the trip.

Cost
If 6 students go = $3400
If 10 students go = $3250

The cost includes the price of flights at time of trip research. There is the potential for this to change. Participants will be alerted to any changes at time of trip sign-up.
A list of required vaccinations for this trip will be sent home to all families.
If students do not provide records of having these vaccinations by their return to campus after the Winter break, arrangements will be made for the vaccinations to be administered on campus.

Note: All passports must be current six months past the return date of any school sponsored trip. Please check and plan accordingly.

Sign-up Instructions
To sign-up for spring trips, please have housemasters or advisors complete the House Master/Day Advisor Recommendation and submit to Louise Wright by Friday, November 11, 2011.