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Attention Teachers, Administrators and Program Directors!  Friday is the last day to nominate a K-12 student for a Road Scholarship through the SYTA Youth Foundation!    Learn more about this unique opportunity to assist student travelers in financial need.  

Teachers, Administrators, and Program Leaders now have the opportunity through November 15, 2019 to nominate students in grades K-12 for the Student and Youth Travel Assocation's (SYTA) Youth Foundation's Road Scholarship.  Learn more about this opportunity to assist student travelers in financial need.  

School trips provide invaluable learning opportunities, but they also are an investment of both time and financial resources. Traveling during the fall months of October and November provides many benefits that will help your school group save both time and money. 

Here are five, great reasons to take a student trip during fall.

Affording student travel can be one of the biggest roadblocks for students and their families.  But did you know that teachers can apply for travel scholarships on behalf of their students?

One of NationsClassroom’s teacher trip leaders has been featured in the latest issue of the Student and Youth Travel Association’s (SYTA) publication Teach and Travel.  The article highlights Atkinson’s experience using SYTA student scholarships and the impact that access to travel has had on her students over the past 22 years.

Next to safety, the most common question on the minds of parents when it comes to a school trip is, “How much is it going to cost?” It doesn’t matter if you teach in the wealthiest zip code in the country, price is always part of the conversation. There are so many competing interests for a family’s financial resources, so it makes sense that the investment in a school trip be worthwhile and understood.

Let’s walk through five ways to explain the price of an educational or performance tour and three ways to make sure the value of the experience is understood by families.  

Teachers who lead student trips want to make sure every child has access to the opportunity, which means being resourceful when it comes to finding financial support for families in need.

Scholarships and crowdfunding are great resources for raising the money needed to ensure everyone has the chance to participate.

No school trip has ever taken off without the support of parents. Thinking ahead about their concerns will help you, as the trip leader, answer their questions and provide the reassurance families need to support the trip you’re planning for their children.

Here are ten things a trip leader can do to reassure families about the many benefits of a school trip.