Broadreach’s Academic Treks division offers college-accredited summer adventures abroad for high school students. The programs combine the finest elements of experiential learning, traditional classroom learning and service learning with wilderness adventure, international travel and cultural exchange to create extraordinary expeditions.
On each dynamic journey, students explore unique environments and cultures while studying marine science or a foreign language or embarking on an intensive community service adventure. Each course includes an important community service component, and several include a significant emphasis (up to 55 hours) on service work. Academic Treks students are fully immersed in an educational experience in a real world setting, gaining a global perspective and hands-on understanding of the topics studied. They also get a head start on college by earning college and/or community service credit and by building a host of skills they will use both in school and beyond.
Courses offered for 2008 include:
MARINE SCIENCE ADVENTURES
Discover our world’s marine environments and inhabitants firsthand – from amazing marine mammals to delicate coral reef systems – in some of the most spectacular underwater habitats imaginable.
- Marine Biology Adventure - San Salvador, Bahamas
- Caribbean Marine Reserves - Saba, Statia, St. Barts
- Sea Turtle Studies - Costa Rica
- Dolphin Studies - Belize
- Marine Mammal Adventure - British Columbia
- Shark Studies - Fiji
- Marine Biology Voyage - Saba, St. Barts, Statia, St. Kitts
LANGUAGE IMMERSION ADVENTURES
There is no better way to learn a language than to live, work and study amongst native speakers. Experience the culture, landscapes and lifestyles of another country on a remarkable journey.
- Immersion Ecuador - Spanish Language
- Immersion Mexico - Spanish Language
- Immersion Costa Rica/Nicaragua - Spanish Language
- Immersion France - French Language
- Immersion French West Indies - French Language
- Immersion China - Chinese Language
COMMUNITY SERVICE AND WILDERNESS ADVENTURES
Explore the land, heritage, wilderness and customs of extraordinary cultures while making a real difference in their communities. Intensive and meaningful service work fully immerses students in the unique places we visit.
- Windward Island Expedition - Community Service
in Dominica & Guadeloupe - Adventure Peru - Community Service in Peru
- Adventure Brazil - Community Service in Brazil
- Wilderness & Traditional Medicine - Community Service in Belize
- Primate Studies - Belize and Panama
- African Wildlife Conservation - South Africa
