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Focus Week (FW) 
"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. "              --Miriam Beard
 

Focus Week Dates

Selections are not made on a "first-come first-served" basis. Forms are due to the office by Oct. 21.

No
group, i.e.seniors, gets priority in the selection process.

Deposits (50%) are required and are non-refundable. Deposits are due to the office by Dec. 2.


Focus Week is designed to encourage students to explore concepts outside those normally encountered in schools. Students select the FW based on their interests and are placed in a group based on availability and various criteria. The groups begin meeting with their FW advsor. The outcome is one week in which instructors and their students take their learning off campus. Programs range from marine biology aboard a research ship in the Galapagos Islands, touring the Gettysburg battlefields, visiting local art galleries, to studying auto mechanics or downhill biking. Whether the destination is Greece, Paris, or a local gourmet kitchen, the students work together--and take learning beyond the classroom walls.

 

                               

2010 FW Deadlines

October 14

FW descriptions will be distributed in homerooms

October 21

Student decisions are due

December 2

50% deposit is due; no refunds

January 27

FW homerooms begins

May 24—28 (ish)

2010 FW!