Travel
Global education has long been part of the Shaker experience. Our students have performed atop the Great Wall of China, learned about the history of apartheid alongside students in South Africa, helped to build homes on floating villages in Cambodia and paved roads in Vietnam.
Middle School Travel
Travel opportunities start at Shaker Heights Middle School with opportunities for students to visit destinations within Ohio, Detroit, Washington, D.C., and Quebec (Canada) as a part of their studies and extra-curricular activities.
High School Travel
Shaker Heights High School has developed teacher and student exchanges with schools all over the world. The oldest of these is with the Ratsgymnasium in Goslar, Germany – the longest-standing exchange between a U.S. school and a German school. Other “sister schools” are located in Roven, France; Worthing, England; Takatori, Japan; Concepcion, Chile; and Shanghai and Hebei, China. Students may visit for three weeks or spend a semester or even a full year studying at a sister school.
Student groups participate in service trips to Latin America and Southeast Asia. High School students have also traveled to Cambodia as part of the Human Rights and Conflict course. In 2024, Shaker Heights High School and the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion sponsored the District’s first trip to South Africa.
To foster international relationships and learning, Shaker’s music department also sponsors international travel. The choir and orchestra travel abroad every three years, as does the marching band. Recent destinations have included Turkey, Italy, China, Austria, Spain and France.
Resources
Is your student participating in a District-sponsored trip? Use these quick links: