5th Grade Trips Abroad
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Anonymous
| I see on the internet that Yu Ying goes to China and DC Bilingual goes to Puerto Rico, and Key Elementary (Arlington) goes to El Salvador. Any other schools travel abroad in the fifth grade? Thanks |
Anonymous
| Puerto Rico is not abroad. |
Anonymous
| Private schools do. |
Anonymous
| DCI plans to have two trips abroad - in the 8th grade and in the 12th grade. But, that's in future, of course. |
Anonymous
Oh. Which state is it then? I can never remember if Alaska or Hawaii is #50. Is Puerto Rico #50 or #51? |
Anonymous
Then my kids live abroad. In DC. |
Anonymous
Puerto Rico has a Member in the US Congress. You don't need a passport to travel to Puerto Rico. People born in Puerto Rico are natural-born U.S. citizens. Puerto Ricans pay most US taxes. |
Anonymous
| I know some of the elemtary schools do overnights - but I am unaware of other larger scale trips than the ones you mentioned. |
Anonymous
It's a U.S. territory. (Protip: Snark works a lot better when you know what you're talking about.) |
Anonymous
| I'm stuck at a DC-based poster arguing that Puerto Rico must be abroad because it's not a state. You can't make up this stuff |
Anonymous
| Stokes goes to Martinique and Panama and LAMB goes to Costa Rica. I think it's imperative that language immersion schools include a travel abroad option!!! |
Anonymous
PR pays mosts US taxes? |
Anonymous
| The 7th graders at Oyster have an exchange program with a school in Spain. Plus, Oyster's 8th graders take an annual trip to Costa Rica. |
Anonymous
Right? did that actually happen? |
Anonymous
The OP said 5th grade. It's more common in MS. |