Student Travel and Hosting Programs

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• Grade 5: Keio Yochisha Student Exchange

  Over the course of eight days, a group of Punahou 5th graders travel to Tokyo where they live with a host family and attend Keio Yochisha School alongside their host buddy. In turn, Keio students visit Punahou school for a similar experience with our Punahou 4th graders. The program provides students an opportunity to experience Japanese education and culture.
  
  

  Starting in the 2024 – 2025 school year.

• Grade 7: Aotearoa (New Zealand) Curricular Travel

  The Aotearoa curricular exchange builds on existing partnerships with the Villa Trust Charter Schools in Auckland and Southwell School in Hamilton.  Students build relationships and collaborate with partner classrooms prior to travel, and then Punahou students share their final projects during the in-person school visits.  Included in the itinerary are cultural experiences and visits to sacred places to deepen appreciation for cultural similarities and differences throughout the Polynesian Triangle.

• Grades 7 – 8: Tamagawa Student Exchange

  The Punahou-Tamagawa exchange intertwines the development of  global consciousness and competencies throughout a curricular project and student exchange experience. Prior to the in-person exchange, Punahou and Tamagawa students use an online platform to meet one another and collaborate on a global issue project. Tamagawa students share their projects when they visit Punahou, and Punahou students share when they visit Japan. While in Japan, Punahou students homestay with a Tamagawa family and participate in their annual ski camp.

• Grades 7 – 8: Soong Ching Ling Student Exchange

  As part of Punahou School’s partnership and cultural exchange with High School Affiliated to Renmin University Of China and Soong Ching Ling School, students in seventh and eighth grade have the opportunity to travel to Beijing and Shanghai. On this trip, students visit historical places and partake in cultural experiences with our sister schools. A homestay with students from Soong Ching Ling school provides students with a full cultural immersion experience.
  
  Program will resume in the 2024 – 2025 school year.

• Grades 9 – 11: Summer Immersion Language Program France

  This three-week study program in Antibes, France, focuses on French language acquisition at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels with particular emphasis on oral and written communication. Students will attend the French Language School and will stay with host families.The program also includes excursions to places of cultural interest, such as Monaco, Cannes, and Montecarlo.

• Grades 9 – 11: Summer Immersion Language Program Spain

  This five-week study program in Salamanca, Spain, focuses on Spanish language acquisition at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels with particular emphasis on oral and written communication. Students will attend the University of Salamanca and  will stay with host families. Upon completion of the five-week program and some additional online work, students can apply to receive college credit through the UC California system. The program includes excursions to places of cultural interest, such as Santander, Segovia, Madrid, and Portugal.

• Grades 9 – 12: Spring Break Travel

  In the Academy, students have the opportunity to embark into week-long experiences to different corners of the world.  These travel experiences include trips to: Cuba, Mexico, Singapore, Korea, Okinawa, Japan, Taiwan, Washington D.C., Detroit, California, Seattle, Boston and more.

• Grade 12: Summer Capstone Travel

  This travel version of the Senior Capstone course is an opportunity to apply the Punahou Mission and Values in a new setting. Capstone experiences all include a service and culture component. Past locations include Iceland, New Zealand, Alaska, China, and Bhutan.