Student  Expeditions

During the summer, the Field Academy runs a multi-week travel program for students ages 15-18.  Each year this trip takes place in a different area of the United States and students have the opportunity to study a critical issue in that region.  Click on the below links to find out more about past Field Academy expeditions in:

• New England
• Appalachia
• The Southwest
• Upper Midwest

The Prezi presentation to the right contains photos, videos, descriptions, and student testimonial about what it feels like to spend a summer with the Field Academy. 

To find out what some past students say about their experience with the Field Academy, click here.

And to see some of our favorite classes from prior years, look below.

Click on the above image, turn up your computer volume, and get a sense of what school feels like at the Field Academy.

Learning about the history of the Civil Rights Movement at the Highlander Center where Rosa Parks studied.

Presenting original song lyrics and poetry at Howard University.

A hip-hop dance workshop in downtown Boston.

Learning about lobstering from a multi-generational lobstering family in Maine.

Understanding traditional Zuni irrigation methods for growing food in semi-desert conditions.

Forging metal at a blacksmith and banjo-making studio in central Virginia.

Studying geologic history at the Grand Canyon.

Pulling lobster traps in Casco Bay, Maine.

Learning audio editing and interviewing skills from documentarians in eastern Kentucky.

Learning to read maps and navigate in the wilderness of southern Colorado.

Navigating public transportation in Boston, MA.

Exploring a demonstration mine in West Virginia.

A lesson about the geology of the Green Mountains atop Mt. Philo, Vermont.

Working on assignments in the National Galleries, Washington, D.C.

Watercoloring workshop with artist Ellen Elmes in Jewel Ridge, Virginia.

Learning to make homemade pasta with a family in Burlington, Vermont.

Sharing reflections about the natural world after setting up camp alongside the Piedra River, Colorado.

History class about the ancient Puebloan tribes in their historical dwellings at Mesa Verde.

Learning to DJ and host our own radio show with Appalshop in eastern Kentucky.

Practicing reading a river and understanding the physics of water while rafting the Rio Chama, New Mexico.

Studying species adaption in the Ponderosa Pine while backpacking in Colorado.

Catching sheep and clipping their hooves in northern Vermont.

Learning to read architectural drawings at Arcosanti, an experimental city in the desert of Arizona.

Discussion of the role of the work in modern American society, facilitated by guest faculty from Sterling College, Vermont.

Presenting what we've learned to professors and doctoral students at a civic studies conference at Tufts University.

Investigating the inner workings of a wastewater treatment plant in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Learning about water, land, politics, and spirituality in the Zuni community by traveling with the Zuni tribal hydrologist.

An afternoon discussing grassroots organizing and national politics with lobbyists on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C.