Global Mindset & Travel
Exploring major global issues requires a broader, interdisciplinary perspective. Ensuring our students have a global mindset is a priority for us; it’s crucial for developing deeper learning and promotes cultural awareness and competencies that will serve our students well beyond their educational careers.
Our teachers are committed to partnering with outside experts and organizations to create these learning experiences for Beaver students. From course-connected (i.e., the classes they are taking) to co-curricular (i.e., clubs or groups they are members of), our students have many options and opportunities to travel to a wide range of locations.
Course-connected travel
By integrating travel into our academic courses, we are able to connect the content to an experience in real time. We are continuously looking for opportunities to open our classrooms to immersive experiences so that we can delve deeper and explore even further with our students.
Co-curricular travel
Beyond the classroom, our students also have the opportunity to travel with the clubs or groups they are members of—from Model UN to RoboSub—as well as conferences and programming opportunities through the Hiatt Center.
Our transdisciplinary approach fosters a deep dive in the classroom, partnerships with institutions and experts, and local and global travel opportunities to allow our students to transfer their knowledge into hands-on, authentic experiences. They don’t just explore the world, they can read it, too.
Kader Adjout, Director of Teaching, Learning, and Innovation
Course-connected travel: where we’re going
In addition to our decade-long, bi-annual signature programs in both Havana, Cuba and China, we are thrilled to be expanding our course-connected travel. During the 24-25 school year, Beaver will go to Cuba and Spain; in 25-26, students will travel to Quebec and China. Read more about the courses and trips below.
Travel is also a key-component of many of our BVR Accelerator sessions. Dedicated to deeper learning opportunities, Accelerator puts trans-disciplinary collaboration— and learning in a real-world context— front and center. During this time each year, students are able to leverage dedicated time, partnerships, and faculty resources to focus on one topic. Read more about the 2025 BVR Accelerator here.
A big part of the immersive experience was to inspire us and teach us about different urban issues and how to solve them. Had we not gone, it would be a lot harder to understand how to identify those problems around us
Student reflection, Urbanism + The Built Environment class, Savannah, Ga.
Co-curricular travel
In addition to our course-connected trips, we are excited to continue to add co-curricular opportunities for our students to travel and explore together outside of their classroom work. From traveling with the Hiatt Center to sending the RoboSub club to its annual competition to representing themselves and our school at conferences like the NAIS Civil Leadership Summit, we invest in the work our students are doing in and out of the classroom.
