STUDENT LIFE

Student Travel Opportunities

Here at Notre Dame, our students are offered many academic travel opportunities throughout the school year.

Central European Summer 2025 Tour

Exploring Vienna, Austria, Salzburg, and Munich

On our 2025 Central European trip, we will be exploring Vienna, Austria, Salzburg, and Munich on a specially curated tour designed specifically for Notre Dame, making us the only school participating in this particular tour. During our trip we will visit several historic locations such as Neuschwanstein Castle, the World War II concentration camp, Dauchau, Mozart’s birthplace, and cruising along the Danube river.

If you have any questions on itineraries, payment plans, or how to enroll, email Ms. Baston at baston@ndhs.org.

The deadline for our first early enrollment is Sunday, October 15. If you enroll before the deadline, you will not only reserve a spot on the tour but save $250 as well. Graduated ND students, as well as parents of current ND students, are welcome to join as well!

Space is limited, though, so make sure to reserve a spot before enrollment closes!

2024 London Theatre Tour

Students will spend almost 2 weeks in London, experiencing the sights and sounds of London and its surroundings:
  • Visit to the British Museum
  • West End Theatre Performance
  • Excursion to Bath and Stonehenge: Tour director-led walking tour in Bath, Visit to the Roman Baths and Pump Room
  • Excursion to Windsor Castle
  • West End Theatre Performance
  • Globe Theatre Workshop
  • Guided tour of the Globe Theatre
  • Fish 'n' Chips dinner
  • Excursion to Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon with RSC Performance: Visit to Oxford University and one of the colleges, Visits to Shakespeare's Birthplace and Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Dinner in Stratford-upon-Avon, Performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Ride on the London Eye

The trip will take place in the Summer 2024. Registration is closed. 


June 2024 Costa Rica Trip

Sponsored by the Modern & Classical Language Department, NDHS students will spend almost 8 days immersed in Costa Rica, experiencing the sights and sounds of the country and its surroundings, utilizing their Spanish-speaking skills. They will experience such places as:
    •    San José
    •    Coffee Plantation visit
    •    Arenal landmarks
    •    1968 Volcano View and Lava Trails
    •    Lake Arenal kayaking tour
    •    Hot springs visit
    •    Arenal--Coastal Puntarenas
    •    Horseback ride
    •    Crocodile Safari
    •    Beach Time
    •    Volunteer at a wildlife rescue center
    •    Manuel Antonio National Park guided visit
    •    Canopy zipline tour
    •    Folklore evening

The trip will take place in June 2024. Email info@ndhs.org for more information.


    • Dominican Republic Trip

International Service Learning Opportunity


When:  June 4 - 10, 2024

Who:  Notre Dame High School students

Where:  Dominican Republic

Cost:  $1,200 (includes roundtrip airfare, lodging, all meals)

Service activities include:  visiting schools, hosting a game day at an orphanage, delivering food to villagers.  Service hours completed on this trip will count towards the ND graduation requirement.


    • Le Mans

2023 French Student Exchange

Students from Notre Dame Sherman Oaks will travel to France, stay with French students, and attend Notre Dame de Sainte-Croix in Neuilly-sur-Seine (located on the outskirts of Paris.)

Notre Dame students traveling to France are either enrolled in the NDHS French program or have some familiarity with the French language, as we want our students to improve their fluency.
 
The purpose of the trip to France is to have our students experience France like a typical French teenager: they will attend classes at a Holy Cross high school, live with French families, and consume (literally and figuratively) French culture.  

Our students will also visit Paris—any trip to France must include The City of Light and Le Mans (where Blessed Fr. Basil Moreau founded the Congregation of Holy Cross.)     

Since we are hosting students and being hosted by families, the cost will be greatly reduced for our Notre Dame students and for their French pen pals.

The trip usually takes place during Spring Break. Stay Tuned for More Information.


2023 Spain Trip

AP Spanish students had the opportunity to visit Spain with Ms. Alicia Coffey. 

The trip usually takes place during the summer. Stay tuned for more information.


Possible Trips

San Francisco (Immersion Program)
Austin, TX (Holy Cross Leaders Program)
Africa (AP Learning Opportunity)
Dominican Republic (Immersion Opportunity

For more information, please email info@ndhs.org
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