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Get back to experiencing the world this summer! Enjoy unforgettable travel to locations like our nation’s capital or some of our most majestic national parks. Or get hands-on experience in careers from medicine to national security and so much more.

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As a previous WorldStrides traveler you should feel totally confident registering for a summer program through our WorldClass Flexibility Guarantee. Any qualified participant who signs up for a summer 2021 trip by March 31, 2021 and enrolls in an automated payment program (or pays in full) will receive a full refund if the program has to be canceled due to Covid-19. Call 844-320-0393 to learn more.

*In order to qualify you must have previously traveled with or been registered for a WorldStrides group travel program between January 2019 and January 2021.
Washington, D.C. & Colonial Virginia ×
Day 1: Welcome to the Historic East Coast!
  • Arrive in Washington, D.C
  • Travel to Williamsburg, VA, and hotel check-in
  • Evening Program with costumed interpreters.
Day 2: Colonial Perspectives
  • Hotel check-out
  • Jamestown Settlement
  • Colonial Williamsburg
  • Return to Washington, D.C. and hotel check-in
Day 3: Be a part of history
  • Walk Old Town Alexandria
  • Mount Vernon
  • Holocaust Museum
  • World War II Memorial
  • Washington Monument
  • Jefferson Memorial
  • FDR Memorial
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial
Day 4: Continue your adventure in our nation's capital
  • Arlington National Cemetery
  • Iwo Jima Memorial
  • Pentagon Memorial
  • Capitol Hill
  • National Archives
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Korean War Veterans Memorial
Day 5: Continue to explore Washington, D.C.!
  • Hotel check-out:
  • White House
  • Ford’s Theatre and Petersen House
  • Smithsonian Institution and National Mall
  • Depart Washington, D.C. for home
New York City ×
Day 1: Explore Lower Manhattan!
  • Arrive in New York City
  • Explore Chinatown and Little Italy
  • Empire State Building Observatory or Top of the Roc
Day 2: Explore Lower Manhattan!
  • Statue of Liberty
  • Ellis Island
  • Wall Street and the Financial District
  • National 9/11 Memorial
  • Walking Tour of Times Square
Day 3: Experience Midtown Manhattan!
  • Today Show
  • Rockefeller Center
  • Radio City Music Hall
  • St. Patrick’s Cathedral
  • Fifth Avenue Walk
  • Broadway Show
Day 4: Discover Upper Manhattan!
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art or American Museum of Natural History
  • Central Park
  • Grant’s Tomb
  • Upper Manhattan Motorcoach Tour
  • Cathedral of St. John the Divine
  • Depart New York City for home
Grand Canyon, Bryce & Zion Parks ×
Day 1: Hello Las Vegas
  • Meet your tour director
  • Travel to Utah
  • Valley of Fire State Park visit
Day 2: Zion National Park
  • Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park visit
  • Zion Human History Museum guided visit
  • Zion National Park hike
  • Virgin River hike
Day 3: Bryce Canyon—Grand Canyon
  • Travel to the Grand Canyon via Bryce Canyon
  • Bryce Canyon National Park orientation
  • Bryce Canyon hike
Day 4: Grand Canyon
  • Grand Canyon Visitor Center visit
  • Grand Canyon South Rim hike
Day 5: Grand Canyon—Las Vegas
  • Travel to Las Vegas
  • Hoover Dam guided tour
  • Optional Theater Show $70
Day 6: Start rafting extension
  • Breakfast
  • Colorado River rafting excursion
  • Dinner
Day 7: End tour
  • Travel home

D.C., NY, & National Parks

Washington, D.C. & Colonial Virginia

Locations: Washington, D.C. and Williamsburg, VA
Program type: Travel
Age range: Middle & high school
Days: 5
Dates: 7/18-7/22
Price: $1,899 $1,599*
Program highlights: Arlington National Cemetery, Governor’s Palace, Jamestown, MLK Memorial, The White House.

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New York City

Locations: New York City
Program type: Travel
Age range: Middle & high school
Days: 4
Dates: 7/18-7/21
Price: $2,199 $1,899*
Program highlights: Statue of Liberty, 9/11 National Memorial, Wall Street and the Financial District, Times Square, Central Park.

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Grand Canyon, Bryce & Zion Parks

Locations: Las Vegas, NV; Zion National Park, UT; Bryce Canyon, UT; Grand Canyon Village, AZ
Program type: Travel
Age range: Middle & high school
Days: 7
Dates: Dates: 7/23-7/29
Price: $1,349 $1,199*
Program highlights: Valley of Fire State Park, Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Grand Canyon South Rim Hike, Hoover Dam.

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Junior National Young Leaders Conference ×
Day 1: Voices of Leadership
  • Registration and Check-In
  • Orientation
  • Leadership Focus Groups
Day 2: Voices of Freedom
  • Leadership Focus Groups
  • Field Study Experience: Influence and the Power of Communication
    • Planet Word Museum, Ford’s Theater, White House
  • Field Study Experience: Voices of Freedom Memorials
    • Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
    • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Day 3: Voices of Change
  • Leadership Focus Groups
  • Introduction to the Voices of Change Project
  • Simulation: Facing the Music
Day 4: Voices of Courage
  • Field Study Experience: Leadership and Government
  • Capitol Hill Experience
  • Field Study Experience: Leadership and Change in U.S. History
    • National Museum of American History
  • Field Study Experience: National Memorials: Tributes to Freedom and Sacrifice
    • Lincoln Memorial
    • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
    • Korean War Veterans Memorial
  • Simulation: My Day in Office
Day 5: Voices of Triumph
  • A Call to Action: Closing Keynote Speaker
  • Voices of Change: Project Showcase
  • Sleepover and Leadership Activity at the Maryland Science Center
Day 6: Voices of the Future
  • Leadership Focus Groups
  • We, the Future: Continuing the Voice of Leadership
  • Closing Commencement Ceremony
  • Departure
Civil Rights in the South ×
Day 1: Welcome to Atlanta!
  • Arrive in Atlanta
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Park
  • Centennial Olympic Park
Day 2: Birmingham
  • Depart for Birmingham, AL
  • 16th Street Baptist Church
  • Kelly Ingram Park
  • Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark
  • Vulcan Park
Day 3: Selma—Montgomery
  • Depart for Selma, AL
  • Selma Interpretive Center
  • Edmund Pettus Bridge
  • National Voting Rights Museum and Institute
  • Depart for Montgomery, AL
  • Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
  • National Memorial for Peace and Justice
Day 4: End tour
  • Depart for Atlanta, GA
  • National Center for Civil & Human Rights
  • Depart Atlanta for home

Leadership & Civil Rights

Junior National Young Leaders Conference

Location: Washington, D.C.
Program type: Career exploration
Age range: Grades 5-8
Days: 5-6
Dates: Multiple sessions in June & July
Price: $2496 $2195*
Program highlights: Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean War, FDR, and MLK Memorials; Ford’s Theater; Leadership Simulation; Keynote Speaker.

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Civil Rights in the South

Locations: Atlanta, GA; Selma, AL; Montgomery, AL; Birmingham, AL
Program type: Travel
Age range: Middle & high school
Days: 4
Dates: 7/25-7/28
Price: $1,499 $1,349*
Program highlights: MLK National Historical Park, Selma Interpretive Center, National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, National Memorial for Peace and Justice.

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National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): Explore STEM ×
Day 1: Arrival of Scholars and Program Welcome
  • Registration and Check-in
  • Program Orientation
  • Personal Success Planning Workshop: Prepare for Launch Setting SMART career goals
Day 2: Explore Robotics Programming
  • Keynote by Former NASA Astronaut
  • Engineering Simulation: VEX EDR Robotics Design and Programming Challenge
  • Personal Development Workshop
  • Galaxy Lab Session 1
Day 3: Explore Medicine and Health Care
  • Emergency Medicine Simulation
  • Galaxy Lab Session 2
Day 4: Explore Forensic Science
  • Forensic Science Exploration
  • Forensic Science Simulation: Laboratory & Investigation Challenge
Day 5: Explore Engineering Design
  • Career Exploration Panel
  • Civil Engineering Exploration
  • Civil Engineering Simulation
  • PAIRIN Survey Strengths Assessment
  • Galaxy Lab Presentation
  • Personal Success Planning Workshop: Chart Your Course
  • Looking Forward: Closing Address and Certificate Presentation
Day 6: Farewell and Departure
  • Final Group Meetings
  • Departures
Game & Technology Academy ×
Day 1: Registration and Orientation
  • Registration
  • Orientation
  • Evening Social/Ice Breakers
Day 2: Introduction to Course Topic and Core Concepts
  • Morning Lectures and Project Work Time
  • Afternoon Lectures and Project Work Time
  • Core Programming Concepts Conditionals and Boolean Operators
  • Evening Activity: Understanding Leadership–Team Challenges
Day 3: Programming, Scripting, Materials, and Character Development
  • Morning Lectures and Project Work Time
  • UI Programming
  • HUD
  • Afternoon Lectures and Project Work Time
  • Platformer
  • Third Person Controller
  • Guest Speakers, Special Topics Lectures, and Group Work
  • Evening Activity: College Planning Seminar: Admissions
Day 4: Development Process Continues and Templates
  • Morning Lectures and Project Work Time
  • Applications: Enemy AI
  • Afternoon Lectures and Project Work Time
  • Ray Casting
  • Evening Activity: Personal Branding and Networking Mixer
Day 5: Custom Tutorials and Specialization
  • Morning Lectures and Project Work Time
  • Custom Tutorials: Racer games, Entering/Exiting vehicles
  • Afternoon Lectures and Project Work Time
  • Custom Tutorials: Creating specialized scripts
  • Evening Site Visit: Virginia Serious Gaming Institute (VSGI)
Day 6: Launch, Polish, Publish
  • Morning Lectures and Project Work Time
  • Level Design/Level Building
  • Afternoon Lectures and Project Work Time
  • Playtest/Publish
  • Group Presentations
  • Departure
STEM in San Francisco ×
Day 1: Welcome to San Francisco!
  • Arrive in San Francisco
  • Depart for Silicon Valley
  • Apple Park Visitors Center
  • Computer History Museum
  • Photo Stop at Googleplex and Android Lawn Statue
Day 2: Explore Yosemite National Park
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Yosemite Valley Tram Tour
  • Engineering of Climbing
Day 3: Monterey Bay and beyond
  • Depart for Monterey Bay
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Beach Stop
  • Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Day 4: Discover San Francisco's Iconic Sites
  • Exploratorium
  • Alcatraz Island
  • Fisherman’s Wharf: Pier 39
  • San Francisco Sightseeing
Day 5: Continuing Exploring San Francisco
  • California Academy of Science
  • Golden Gate Park
  • Golden Gate Bridge
  • Marine Mammal Center
  • Chinatown
  • Cable Car Ride
Day 6: Bon Voyage!
  • Depart San Francisco for home
National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): Medicine ×
Day 1: Arrival of Students
  • Welcome to NYLF Medicine
  • Opening Plenary
  • Medical Education Discussion (MED) Session: Introduction to NYLF Medicine and Patient History
Day 2: New Frontiers in Medical Education
  • MED Session: Lessons in Leadership
  • Guest Speaker: Leadership in the Field of Medicine
  • Outdoor Emergency Medicine: When Care is Hours Away
  • MED Session: The Path to and Thru Medical School
Day 3: Medical School Experience
  • Site Visit: Medical School Exploration
  • MED Session: MED Showcase Intro and Prep
  • Guest Speaker: Life as a Resident—An Insider’s Perspective
  • MED Session: Social Emotional Learning: Behavior Workshop
Day 4: Success Skills in Health and Medicine
  • Surgical Video Broadcast
  • Workshop: Clinical Skills Rotations
  • Medical Ethics Intro and Ethics Scenarios
  • MED Session: Research Presentation Intro and Prep
  • Trivia Night
Day 5: Exploring Career Options in Health and Medicine
  • Site Visit: Medical Simulation Center, Firsthand Training
  • Guest Speaker: What’s Your Specialty?
  • MED Session: Research Presentation Final Preparation
Day 6: The Personal Dimension
  • MED Session: Research Presentation
  • Guest Speaker: The Personal Dimension
  • Workshop: Clinical Skills Rotations Part I
Day 7: Development Workshops & Excursion
  • MED Session: Health and Medical Workshops
  • Field Excursion Out and About
  • MED Session: Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine
  • MED Session: Social Emotional Learning: Mindset
  • MED Session: Departure Day Confirmation and Career Action Plan
Day 8: Simulation & Speaking Events
  • MED Session: Disaster Triage Simulation
  • Guest Speaker: Follow Your Dreams
  • MED Showcase
Day 9: Closing Sessions
  • Final MED Session: Debrief Forum Experience
  • Presentation of Certificates of Completion
  • Closing Event
  • Check Out & Departure
National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): Engineering ×
Day 1: Arrival of Scholars and Program Welcome
  • Campus Tours and Orientation
  • Program Welcome and Schedule Overview
  • Introduction of Capstone Impact Challenge and Goal Setting
Day 2: The Engineering Design Process
  • 3D Printing Workshop: Rocket Design and Printing
  • Keynote Speaker: Engineering in the 21st Century
  • Capstone Impact Challenge Workshops—Engineering Design Process
  • Building Leadership Presence Workshop Series: Communication, Collaboration, and Time Management
Day 3: Engineering Applications
  • University Admissions Information Session
  • Helicopter Electronics Workshop
  • Engineering Practical Workshop
  • Student Panel and Discussion
  • Engineering Exploration Lab
Day 4: Design and Build
  • Building Leadership Presence Workshop Series: Ethics in Engineering
  • Capstone Impact Challenge Workshops—Ideating Solutions & Testing Prototypes
  • Engineering Exploration Lab
Day 5: Engineering Project Management
  • Capstone Impact Challenge Workshops—Testing Solutions
  • Engineering Exploration Lab
  • Off-Site Excursion
Day 6: Explore Careers in Engineering
  • Career Immersion Experience
  • Capstone Impact Challenge Workshops—Final Design and Build
  • Building Leadership Presence Workshop Series: Resume Building and Career Preparation
  • Engineering Exploration Lab
Day 7: Engineering the Future
  • Capstone Impact Challenge Final Presentations and Showcase
  • Closing Celebration
  • Finalize Maker Documentary
Day 8: Farewell and Departure of Scholars
  • Program Debrief and Closing Address
  • Student Certificate and Photo Distribution
  • Student Travel and Departure Assistance

STEM

National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): Medicine

Locations: 9 universities, including Rice University, Emory University, and UCLA
Program type: Career exploration
Age range: Grades 9-11
Days: 9
Dates: Multiple sessions in June, July & August
Price: $3695 $3395*
Program highlights: Engaging seminars and keynotes, medical school visit, medical simulation center visit, true-to-life simulations.

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Game & Technology Academy

Locations: George Mason University
Program type: Career exploration
Age range: Grades 9-12
Days: 6
Dates: Multiple sessions in June & July
Price: $1995 $1845*
Program highlights: Lectures from leading game design experts, hands-on workshops, multiple course options, visit to the Virginia Serious Game Institute.

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STEM in San Francisco

Locations: San Francisco, CA; Silicon Valley; Yosemite National Park; Monterey, CA
Program type: Travel
Age range: Middle & high school
Days: 6
Dates: 7/24-7/29
Price: $2,199 $1,899*
Program highlights: Golden Gate Bridge, California Academy of Sciences, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Yosemite National Park, Apple Park & Googleplex.

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National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): Explore STEM

Locations: 11 universities, including Emory University, St. John’s University, and University of California, Berkeley
Program type: Career exploration
Age range: Grades 6-8
Days: 6
Dates: Multiple sessions in June & July
Price: $2695 $2395*
Program highlights: Engineering, medicine, and forensic science simulations; Mission to Mars theme; keynote address from former a NASA astronaut.

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National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): Engineering

Locations: Georgia Tech and University of California, Berkeley
Program type: Career exploration
Age range: Grades 9-11
Days: 8
Dates: Multiple sessions in June & July
Price: $3595 $3295*
Program highlights: Helicopter electronics workshop, site visits, lab tours, speaking engagements, Capstone Impact Challenge.

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National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): Law & CSI ×
Day 1: Welcome to the Fields of Law and Crime Scene Investigation
  • Registration
  • Judicial Activities Meeting: Investigating Leadership Skills
  • Keynote Plenary: Jonathan Turley, professor and legal analyst
  • Judicial Activities Meeting
Day 2: Law & CSI in Practice
  • Judicial Activities Meeting: Law & CSI Plenary Briefings
  • Keynote Plenary: Dr. Jason Kolowski, Principal Consultant, Forensic Insight Consulting, LLC
  • Judicial Activities Meeting
  • Law & CSI Plenary Debriefing; From Crime Scene to Trial Briefing
  • From Crime Scene to Trial Simulation
  • Law & CSI Career Seminars
  • Judicial Activities Meeting: From Crime Scene to Trial and Law & CSI Career Seminar Debriefing
Day 3: College and Career Experiences
  • The College Experience at George Mason University
  • Career Exploration
  • Mock Trial Activity
  • Judicial Activities Meeting: Mock Trial Simulation Debriefing
Day 4: Exploring Professions
  • Judicial Activities Meeting: Supreme Court Simulation Preparation or CSI Simulation Preparation
  • Self-Guided Visit of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • Judicial Activities Meeting: Role of Trials Plenary Debriefing
  • Justice Workshops, Petitioner & Respondent Workshops, and CSI Workshops
  • Judicial Activities Meeting: Supreme Court Simulation or CSI Simulation
  • The Innocence Project Briefing
  • Keynote Plenary: The Innocence Project
  • Evening Social
Day 5: American Judicial System
  • Supreme Court Simulation or CSI Simulation
  • Washington, DC: United States Treasures
    • Explore the National Monuments, National Mall, and Smithsonian Museums
  • Keynote Plenary: John Douglas, Legendary Profiler and FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit Founder
  • Closing Celebration: An Evening of Dining and Dancing
Day 6: Looking Forward
  • Judicial Activities Meeting: Forum Experience Debriefing
  • Closing Ceremony
  • Departure
National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): National Security ×
Day 1: Welcome to the Fields of National Security and Foreign Affairs
  • Registration
  • Orientation and Introduction to Simulation
  • Opening Keynote: Wade Townsend
  • Group Meetings
Day 2: Public Policy and Our Nation’s Security
  • Diplomacy Site Experience:
    • U.S. State Department*
    • Embassy of Japan
Day 3: Implementing Security Policy
  • Group Meetings
  • Defense Site Experience:
    • Pentagon*
    • U.S. Naval Academy
  • Intelligence Site Experience:
    • FBI Headquarters*
  • Focus on Careers: Launching Your Professional Network
  • Career Exploration Panels on Diplomacy, Intelligence, and Defense
  • Career Fair
  • Group Meetings: Debriefing and Simulation Preparation
Day 4: National Security in Action
  • Group Meetings
  • Cyber Security Panel
  • Group Meetings: A National Security Simulation
Day 5: A Day of Reflection
  • Keynote Plenary: The Wounded Warrior Project
  • Arlington National Cemetery
    • Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns
    • Wreath-Laying Ceremony (four students selected to lay the wreath)
    • Kennedy Gravesites
  • Smithsonian Museums
  • Tributes to Valor and Sacrifice: Night Tour of Our Nation’s Memorials
    • Lincoln Memorial
    • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
    • Korean War Veterans Memorial
    • National WWII Memorial
Day 6: Looking Forward
  • Program Review
  • Closing Ceremony: Path to New Beginnings
  • Departures

Law & Diplomacy

National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): Law & CSI

Locations: Washington, D.C.
Program type: Career exploration
Age range: Grades 9-11
Days: 6
Dates: Multiple sessions in June & July
Price: $2695 $2395*
Program highlights: Supreme Court & investigative simulations, keynote speakers, two career track options, college admissions workshop.

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National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF): National Security

Locations: University of Maryland
Program type: Career exploration
Age range: Grades 9-11
Days: 6
Dates: Multiple sessions in June & July
Price: $2795 $2495*
Program highlights: Keynote speakers, national security crisis simulation, career fair, site visits, including Arlington National Cemetery.

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*The discount will be automatically applied at the time of registration check out. Additionally, travel to and from the program is not included in the price.

Testimonials

"What an amazing experience! Everything was well organized and well done! This was a trip of a life time and my youngest will take this trip as well. I wouldn't even think twice."

- Nicole, parent of Washington, D.C. & Colonial Virginia participant

"I thought it would like a regular stem camp. But once I got there, I realized it was a camp I will never forget."

- John C.B., NYLF Explore STEM Alumnus

"I loved being put in a mock trial to experience what it would actually be like if I were to become a lawyer. It was refreshing to not have your typical school, textbook learning but hands-on instead."

- Jessyca S., NYLF Law & CSI Alumna