Question about Pyle and Whitman

[Anonymous]

Hi! My son is transferring to Pyle next year for 8th and my daughter to Whitman for 10th. Do either of the schools offer student trips abroad like to Spain or France? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

There used to be a lot of exchange trip options. 6 weeks in Japan, an exchange to England, I think one to Germany, an annual trip to Breckenridge, etc. But the county may have cracked down on those trips because there were some issues (not at Whitman that I recall).

[Anonymous]

I hope they did. I think it just exacerbates the inequality at some schools and it's basically a way of parents bribing teachers since they are funding their free trips.

I would be ok with it if allowed they required the teachers to chaperone different schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope they did. I think it just exacerbates the inequality at some schools and it's basically a way of parents bribing teachers since they are funding their free trips.

I would be ok with it if allowed they required the teachers to chaperone different schools.

blah blah blah. The bonus of one large school system. Free trips? At my hs, the teacher paid her own way, as did we (international families hosted us, so we paid our own plane tickets).

[Anonymous]

Ok anyways I’m looking for an answer not a debate. Are there or aren’t there? Like spring break in Spain opportunities etc?

[Anonymous]

Whitman parent here. Not sure about Spain or France, but we just got an email today about upcoming service trips to Costa Rica, Peru and Ecuador. I think the applications were due today, but they may make an exception for new students. There may be other trips as well, but I’m not positive. I would call the school next week to ask.

[Anonymous]

I think at least in MS and maybe HS the teachers would organize trips thru EF Educational Tours, say over spring break. Sometimes they were service oriented.

IIRC they could hold an info session at the school and most/all of the kids on the trip would be from the school but it wasn’t really a school-sponsored trip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope they did. I think it just exacerbates the inequality at some schools and it's basically a way of parents bribing teachers since they are funding their free trips.

I would be ok with it if allowed they required the teachers to chaperone different schools.

blah blah blah. The bonus of one large school system. Free trips? At my hs, the teacher paid her own way, as did we (international families hosted us, so we paid our own plane tickets).

You sound kind of gross. Teachers at DC's school had their trips fully funded by the feeds the families paid.

[Anonymous]

So no answers? From actual Pyle parents?

[Anonymous]

Whitman kids who take Spanish can sign up for trips to Ecuador or Peru or Costa Rica. I am guessing there are other language trips too but not sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi! My son is transferring to Pyle next year for 8th and my daughter to Whitman for 10th. Do either of the schools offer student trips abroad like to Spain or France? Thanks!

Most MCPS schools have this. Overall schools here seem uniform and interchangeable.

[Anonymous]

WWHS parent here. Yes - last summer the Japanese teacher did a trip to Japan after a few years off for COVID. Italian teacher doing Italy trip over 2023 spring break. As PP mentioned, there's a service trip to Latin America. My kids were at Pyle mostly during COVID - I don't remember any international trips but may have forgotten.

[Anonymous]

Does Pyle still do the overnight camping trip or the new york one?

[Anonymous]

No to answer the question but your kids would be eligible for Landon trips if they continue to do them I think to China and Costa Rica. Lots of these kinds of programs stopped with Covid.

[Anonymous]

Why would they be eligible for Landon trips?