STUDY ABROAD

Visit the birthplace of Western Civilization with Kennedy Catholic in 2010. Join Dr. Nancy Dellamonte on an educational excursion of Athens and the Aegean that includes a four-day Greek island cruise, as well as tours of the Acropolis and the National Archeological Museum. All students interested in traveling with Kennedy this spring must complete the following:

As Confucius observed; "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." 

 

Exposing students to a variety of stimuli, which cannot all be achieved in the classroom, maximizes student development. Experiencing a site through the use of one's senses engraves it in the memory. Try explaining the cadence of the flamenco dancer's feet, the skill of the matador, the amber glow of the sandstone facades of Salamanca's buildings, the medieval city walls of Avila, or the mortar-less stone aqueducts of Segovia to your students; compare that with being there.

 

Travel allows students of all types to learn from an experience in an individualized way. A trip to the Valley of the Fallen can mean something different for various students. The mathematical student contemplates the 492-foot height of the world's tallest cross; another reflects and prays quietly for the 40,000 soldiers of the Spanish Civil War that are buried there; someone else is troubled by the agony endured by the 20,000 prisoners of labor who constructed the memorial; the art student is intrigued by the paintings and tapestries. In each of these situations, the students learn through participation and contemplation.

 

Travel allows students to experience another culture, making them more profoundly aware of their own. Living with a family enables a student to learn firsthand about the customs, foods, religious practices and traditions of others.

 

Travel through a study abroad program at the Colegio de Espana introduces students to internationally acclaimed teachers of Spanish who integrate classroom learning with outside experiences, such as scavenger hunts, so that the emphasis does not rest upon the vocabulary or the grammar, but on achieving a desired outcome. The opportunity to explore the city of Salamanca and communicate with the locals is part of the exercises that empower students as they achieve success and grow in self-confidence.

 

 

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