The Staten Island Academy School Trip Program is a school-wide itinerary of trips for students and teachers.

These off-campus field trips are designed as age-appropriate educational journeys that begin close to the Academy campus in the earliest years of learning and take students as far as Europe and South America in their late teens. The Academy believes that all students -- no matter their age -- should become active citizens of Staten Island, New York City, the country, and the world.

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Upper School (Grades 9-12)
Students in all four Upper School grades have overnight trips that are curriculum-based. They also attend a number of cultural events in New York City and New Jersey throughout the year. Below is a list of trips that students have attended in recent years:

• Grade 9 Overnight Upper School Orientation Trip (Annual)
  Various outdoor education and teambuilding activities
• Grade 9 London, England Trip (7 days/6 nights) (Annual)
  Various activities
• Ivy League Model United Nations Conference (Model UN Club)
  http://www.ilmunc.com/
• Grades 10-11 Broadway and City Excursion (Annual)
  Times Square and various locations in Manhattan
• Grade 12 Overnight Rafting “Senior Trip” (Annual)
  Delaware Water Gap

Middle School (Grades 5-8)

Students in all four Middle School grades have overnight trips that are curriculum-based. Grade 5 students travel to Philadelphia, PA, to study the nation's birth. Grade 6 students visit Boston, MA; Grade 7 students travel to Washington, DC, to study American government and history. Grade 8 students attend team-building workshops at Nature’s Classroom in Connecticut. All of these experiences help develop bonds among students and prepare them both for the travel experience in Grade 9 to London, as well as serving as a preparation for leaving home when they go away to college.

Grade 5

• American Museum of Natural History
  http://www.amnh.org/
• New York University Dance Performance
  http://dance.tisch.nyu.edu
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2 days/1 night)
  Various activities
• Staten Island Ferry Excursion (Grade 5-6 Writing Elective)
  http://www.siferry.com/

Grade 6

• Action Center to End World Hunger (Art Trip)
  http://www.actioncenter.org
• Boston, Massachusetts (3 days/2 nights)
  Various activities and historical tours
• Staten Island Ferry Excursion (Grade 5-6 Writing Elective)
  http://www.siferry.com/

Grade 7

• Grade 7-8 Delaware River Rafting Trip
• Washington, DC (3 days/2 nights)
  Various activities
• Packer Middle School Model Congress (Grade 7-8 Debate Elective)
  http://www.packer.edu

Grade 8

• Nature’s Classroom, Charlton, Massachusetts (3 days/2 nights)
  http://www.naturesclassroom.org/
• The Anne Frank Center USA, Manhattan
  http://www.annefrank.com/
• Packer Middle School Model Congress (Grade 7-8 Debate Elective)
  http://www.packer.edu
• Six Flags Great Adventure
  http://www.sixflags.com

Lower School

In the Lower School, school trips vary year-to-year based on each grade’s respective unit of study. The Lower School takes advantage of the expansive variety of museums and historical landmarks that New York City offers. These excursions complement and enrich the classroom curriculum. Recently, students have visited:

On Staten Island

• The Conference House
  http://www.theconferencehouse.org/
• Alice Austen House
  http://www.aliceausten.org/
• Snug Harbor
  http://www.snug-harbor.org/
• Staten Island Zoo
  http://www.statenislandzoo.org/

Off Staten Island

• The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
  http://www.moma.org/
• New York Aquarium
  http://www.nyaquarium.com/
• American Museum of Natural History
  http://www.amnh.org/
• Ellis Island
  http://www.ellisisland.org/
• New York City Tenement Museum
  http://www.tenement.org
• Fraunces Tavern
  http://www.frauncestavern.com
• The Brooklyn Bridge