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The group was accompanied on the trip by BHS staff members Filomena Carretero; Dr. Joseph Castagnola and his wife; Dr. Timothy Conway; Dr. Brittany Kozlenko; Alfredo Mazzotta; Jeannine McTigue; Thomas Mullane; and Terry Schumacher.
During the district's spring break, students indulged in the local culture of Rome, Florence, Barcelona and Madrid. The students were finally able to use their foreign language skills in real life as they ordered their own meals and talked to local youth.
Their vocabulary also came in handy as they questioned the tour guides who brought them around famous monuments such as the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, the Pantheon, the Vatican, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Las Ramblas, the Prado, and Las Plazas Mayor y del Sol amongst other sites.
"Our students were rewarded for their dedication to languages from seventh grade to twelfth grade,” Franze said. "They enjoyed a 10 day tour with their closest friends while experiencing cultures from across the world. This trip was an opportunity to open their eyes to what our world has to offer. It is important that our youth realize that the world is bigger than our town limits and we only hope that this was a taste of what their future may hold. Travel is the best gift a parent can give to a child, it not only educates them on another level, but it showcases lifestyles that are so much more different than our own.”
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