Lawrenceville's Harkness Travel Program uses creative and holistic approaches to experiential learning in order to promote the development of responsible leadership, global citizenship, self-awareness, and interdisciplinary knowledge in our student travelers.
Harkness Travel is back! Here's where we're going this year...
See ancient robots, read about water organs, and attempt to square the circle! (Spoiler: You can't do that last one.) Come explore the contributions of the ancient world to mathematics, astronomy, engineering, and music.
Investigate how Icelanders connect and adapt to their unique environment and the reality of climate change within the evolving landscapes and geothermal impacts of the tectonic plate boundary in southern Iceland.
Experience the history of central Italy and reimagine the lives of the people of Ancient Rome! Enliven the places and figures of classical antiquity by exploring the primary Latin texts, structures, and artifacts in which their accounts survive. A background in the Latin language is welcome but not required!
Gain a deeper understanding of the science, craftsmanship, design and engineering of sports cars, motorcycles, boats, and race cars at the factories and laboratories where the next generation of performance breakthroughs are being developed.
Challenge the way you think about sustainability and conservation by investigating the complex relationships within human, land, and wildlife interactions in order to build deeper connections to our natural environments.
Develop your leadership skills and better understand how humans interact with the environment while backpacking, kayaking, and caving through national parks famed for their natural beauty.
Roll up your sleeves for service-learning projects while exploring the rich kaleidoscope of island culture, beautiful landscapes, and current issues impacting the complex relationship between colony and colonizer.
Trek on the paths of medieval pilgrims within the natural beauty and romantic lore of the Alps, while looking out on the world from 7,500 feet, swimming in glacial lakes, exploring turrets and dungeons of castles and traversing a Stone Sea.
Journey through the fascinating history and elegant culture of the feudal samurai, its ideological Imperial period, and on to a harmonious modernity found in both the scenic countryside and atmospheric cities. As part of that journey to modernity, learn about how Japan commemorates its involvement in World War II.
Participate in a school exchange program, providing students from both Schools the opportunity to experience life abroad in the host country and within the respective institutions.
Look back in time at what life was like during the Middle Ages when the three Abrahamic faiths coexisted during a period of cultural splendor and exchange.
Lawrenceville partners with a number of semester and year-long programs that immerse students in a particular area of study while providing them with the tools they need to prepare for college, including standardized testing and college counseling.
While traditional classroom instruction is important, we recognize the unique benefits of experiential study programs. Students who study in these immersive programs return transformed to better meet global challenges, to speak another language, to grasp pressing socio-economic concepts, and to become informed and seasoned citizens of the world.
Students must declare their intent in January to study away for a semester or for a year in order to receive School approval in support of their program application. There are a limited number of approvals awarded each year.
Students and families must be mindful that semester programs do not align with Lawrenceville’s trimester calendar. Students choosing semester study away programs may be required to change their projected academic plans, take summer courses, and/or repeat courses that are not offered by the study away programs.
Students must complete a Lawrenceville Study Away application for next Fall '24, Spring '25, or School Year '24-25 by January 8, 2024.
Our membership in the School Year Abroad (SYA) program allows students to experience another language and culture through total immersion in France, Italy, or Spain. Participants live with host families and pursue a course of study in both English and the language of their host country under the guidance of SYA’s experienced teachers. SYA provides academic credit in addition to college testing and guidance, enabling students to graduate from Lawrenceville with their own class while helping to prepare them for selective colleges and universities. Students apply in their third or fourth form year to attend SYA in the fourth or fifth form year. The SYA year ends in time for fifth formers to return for their Lawrenceville graduation. Lawrenceville prefers students to attend the full year SYA program, but may allow semesters to be chosen.
The HMI Semester is a 17-week academic, wilderness, and residential program open to IV formers. The HMI curriculum focuses on building connections to the natural world and leadership skills while preparing students for college with a rigorous academic course load. The semester is divided between the HMI campus in Leadville, Colorado, and five weeks of wilderness expeditions in Colorado and Utah. Students are guaranteed one semester of transferable academic credit. HMI offers fall and spring semester programs and a summer program.
The Island School offers an intensive, 100-day semester program that focuses on real-world research, problem-solving, and sustainable living practices in Eleuthera, Bahamas. Using the island and ocean as their laboratories, students study history, literature, culture, ecology, and mathematics, guided by scientists and graduate students at the world-class Cape Eleuthera Institute research facility. Students explore the framework of Eleuthera's cultural and environmental landscape through student-centered academic, outdoor and community outreach programs. The Island School offers fall and spring semester programs and a summer program.
