New York Spring Break Program
We Do Everything At Experience America we make sure everything is covered from housing to technology and beyond to provide the best experience for our students. TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES INDUSTRY TOURS We provide a mixure of private and public transportation throughout the programs. All scheduled activities and experiences are inclusive of the cost. Our industry tours complement and enhance the curriculum we create for our students. HOUSING Students will be housed in a 3-star or higher hotel (quad placement) located near the heart of the city. FOOD Three meals per day breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the freedom to explore places locals love! EDUCATION We ll provide a bespoke educational program that inspires students while meeting their school s learning objectives. SUPPORT Our programs offer full-service 24/7 support there is always someone ready and waiting to help!
New York 9 Days One of the world s truly great cities, New York is the place where amazing things can happen at any hour of the day. From the Statue of Liberty to Tribeca, people around the world know New York before ever visiting thanks to how the city s many iconic locations and cityscapes regularly appear in film and TV. Students will experience this incredible city for themselves in person, from its world-class museums, culture and shopping to the vibrant urban life that it s famous for. New York has it all, and we ll help students to jump right in! We bring the city to life for students with a customized curriculum and schedule that tells the story of New York through the experiences of successive waves of Catholic and other immigrants. From the Great Hall of Ellis Island to the towering spires of St Patrick s Cathedral, students will learn how immigrants helped build the diverse and dynamic city we know today. Week 1 Day 1 NYC Bus Tour & Rockefeller Center Morning Afternoon Day 2 Day 3 Wall St. Walking Tour Federal Hall & Trinity Church Orientation & Lecture: Travel to New Immigration and New St. Peter s Church, York Battery Park Memorial York St. Patrick s Cathedral Mass Dinner at Times Square Evening Empire State building at Night Week 2 Day 7 Day 8 Morning St. Patrick s Cathedral Tour The Met Museum Afternoon Catholic volunteering or UN lecture Central Park Picnic Broadway Show Dinner at Eataly & 5th Ave. Shopping Evening Day 4 Day 9 Travel home Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Tenement Museum Attend Basketball game Day 5 National 9/11 Memorial & One World Observatory Day 6 Walking tour of Brooklyn Bridge and Brooklyn Catholic volunteering Tammany Hall, St. or visit immigrant Patrick s Old Cathedral rights group Lower East Side Walking Tour Dinner in Little Italy Dinner
Program & Services About the Program The Eastside Catholic spring break program introduces students to New York through the lenses of Catholic and immigrant experiences in the city. While Catholics in New York were once a marginalized minority facing anti-immigrant hostility, successive waves of immigration from Ireland, Italy and other nations during the 19th century slowly helped make the city and the nation more religiously tolerant and diverse. Today, New York and the United States is experiencing another surge of immigration, this time from across the globe. How does the experience of today s immigrants compare to that of their predecessors? How does the earlier Catholic immigrant experience inform the Church s and our own attitudes towards immigrants and immigration? These questions will guide the program as students explore this amazing city and its great landmarks, history and neighborhoods. Learning Outcomes and Final Project Through customized lectures, site visits and service learning, students will experience not only the famous sights of the city, they ll also come away with a deeper understanding of how migrants from different nations and eras have come to New York to build a new life. A final project will invite student teams to utilize their learning in New York to create short videos documenting the experiences and contributions of the city s different historical and contemporary immigrant groups. Services Included Mixture of classroom learning, service learning and site visits Accommodation in hotel Program includes breakfast, lunch and dinners Private transportation for airport pickup/drop off and most activities Activities as per calendar and contract (unless stated as optional) Closing ceremony dinner 24/7 standby support
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