Lawrenceville's Harkness Travel Program uses creative and holistic approaches to experiential learning in order to promote the development of responsible leadership, global citizenship, self-awareness, and interdisciplinary knowledge in our student travelers.
Programs are led by dedicated faculty members who share their expertise as facilitators of our experiential learning objectives. The intention of Lawrenceville's travel program is not to lead students through a place and tell them what to know; it is to empower them to make sense of the experience for themselves by turning the world into another Lawrenceville classroom.
Students explored locations which mark major milestones in the life of Renaissance revolutionary, Galileo Galilei. This exciting trip offered the travelers a personal experience: tracing the journey of Galileo from his humble beginnings as a professor of Mathematics in Pisa through to his final years under house arrest in Florence.
In this program, Lawrenceville students traveled to the United Kingdom - both England and Scotland - as a participating theatre ensemble in the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The event was held in August, allowing the travelers to explore and perform in beautiful and historic Edinburgh, Scotland.
In March, 2019, students traveled to the backcountry of northern Arizona for 10 days. The trip began in the red rocks country near Sedona before exploring the area along the south rim of the Grand Canyon and numerous side canyons, all with the wondrous Colorado River below.
In partnership with the Janada L. Batchelor Foundation for Children (JBFC), Lawrenceville students had an exciting opportunity to work alongside humanitarian Chris Gates (JBFC founder) and the students of JBFC’s vibrant orphanage and school. JBFC is located in Kitongo, about 30 miles east of Mwanza, Tanzania’s second largest city.
Bahamas
Sustainable Living at the Island School
Feb 28 - Mar 9, 2025
Southern California
Service Learning and Global Migration on the Border
Feb 28 - Mar 7, 2025
Greece
Classics, Philosophy, and Cultural Studies
Feb 28 - Mar 12, 2025
Morocco
A Journey Beyond the Ordinary
Feb 28 - Mar 12, 2025
Nepal
Traditions of the Himalaya
Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2025
New Zealand
Leadership and Backcountry Expeditionary Skills
Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2025
China
From the Ancient to the Modern
Jun 5 - 20, 2025
Iceland
Sagas and Myths, Fire and Ice
Jun 6 - 15, 2025
Japan
Keio School Exchange
Jun 2 - 15, 2025
Peru
Andes and Amazon, Then and Now
Jun 8 - 22, 2025
Lawrenceville partners with a number of semester and year-long programs that immerse students in a particular area of study while providing them with the tools they need to prepare for college, including standardized testing and college counseling.
While traditional classroom instruction is important, we recognize the unique benefits of experiential study programs. Students who study in these immersive programs return transformed to better meet global challenges, to speak another language, to grasp pressing socio-economic concepts, and to become informed and seasoned citizens of the world.
Students must declare their intent in January to study away for a semester or for a year in order to receive School approval in support of their program application. There are a limited number of approvals awarded each year.
Students and families must be mindful that semester programs do not align with Lawrenceville’s trimester calendar. Students choosing semester study away programs may be required to change their projected academic plans, take summer courses, and/or repeat courses that are not offered by the study away programs.
Our membership in the School Year Abroad (SYA) program allows students to experience another language and culture through total immersion in France, Italy, or Spain. Participants live with host families and pursue a course of study in both English and the language of their host country under the guidance of SYA’s experienced teachers. SYA provides academic credit in addition to college testing and guidance, enabling students to graduate from Lawrenceville with their own class while helping to prepare them for selective colleges and universities. Students apply in their third or fourth form year to attend SYA in the fourth or fifth form year. The SYA year ends in time for fifth formers to return for their Lawrenceville graduation. Lawrenceville prefers students to attend the full year SYA program, but may allow semesters to be chosen.
The HMI Semester is a 17-week academic, wilderness, and residential program open to Fourth Formers. The HMI curriculum focuses on building connections to the natural world and leadership skills while preparing students for college with a rigorous academic course load. The semester is divided between the HMI campus in Leadville, Colorado, and five weeks of wilderness expeditions in Colorado and Utah. Students are guaranteed one semester of transferable academic credit. HMI offers fall and spring semester programs and a summer program.
The Island School offers an intensive, 100-day semester program that focuses on real-world research, problem-solving, and sustainable living practices in Eleuthera, Bahamas. Using the island and ocean as their laboratories, students study history, literature, culture, ecology, and mathematics, guided by scientists and graduate students at the world-class Cape Eleuthera Institute research facility. Students explore the framework of Eleuthera's cultural and environmental landscape through student-centered academic, outdoor and community outreach programs. The Island School offers fall and spring semester programs and a summer program.
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