Where will you travel with Reach the World’s Travel Club this fall? Explore the world while paying your travels forward to the next generation of global citizens! From October 12 to 20, 2024, discover the natural wonder of the Amazon River Basin, Earth's most biodiverse ecosystem! This journey includes a guided river cruise with Gohagan Travel through the Peruvian Amazon and the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, the world's largest wetlands refuge. Join us on this thrilling adventure at bit.ly/RTW-TC. Space is limited, so reserve your spot today! #globaleducation #virtualexchange
Reach the World
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Bringing the World Into Classrooms
About us
Reach the World makes the benefits of travel accessible to classrooms, inspiring students to become curious, confident global citizens. Enabled by our digital platform, classrooms and college student travelers explore the world together. RTW is based in New York City and provides enrichment programming nationwide. The National Geographic Society Education Foundation named RTW a Model Program in Geography Education. Through Reach the World, educators select a college student to travel with online for a semester. Educators select travelers whose majors, background and personal interests are a close fit for their curricula and their students. Then, students go on virtual journeys with their travelers for a semester – and expand their worldview, skills and aspirations in the process. Through the connection with these travelers – real mentors that students come to know – deep and real seeds are planted. An "I can do this, too" spirit is born. RTW students come to know that college is a given; that there is funding to help them attend; and that study abroad is a worthy, exciting and achievable goal that can propel them forward for the rest of their lives. Have you traveled? Has anyone shared their travel stories with you? Has this affected your worldview? If you can answer “Yes” to any of these questions, then you understand the mission of Reach the World. RTW offers educators the chance to look beyond the textbook, view their curricula through a global lens, and take their students on the road!
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http://www.reachtheworld.org
External link for Reach the World
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- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- New York, New York
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1998
- Specialties
- Education, Global Education, Nonprofit, Mentoring, Geography, Corporate Volunteerism, Writing, Blogging, and Editing
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222 Broadway
21st Floor
New York, New York 10038, US
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Updates
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The 2025 RTW Travel Club journeys are here! Italy’s Amalfi Coast, Tanzania, Egypt, European Christmas markets, Norwegian fjords, Machu Pichu and The Amazon River are just a few of the incredible places you can explore. Choose your next adventure at http://bit.ly/RTW-TC!
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The inaugural #ReachtheWorld Travel Club journey to France, Germany and Luxembourg was a smashing success! Through fun and easy “assignments” from students, Travel Club members and Gohagan Travel explored the region with greater purpose, enhancing their own adventures and enriching the curriculum of nearly 150 K-12 students who followed along. Do you know someone who is always eager to explore? Invite them to join the Reach the World Travel Club today at: https://lnkd.in/e3MjAWKg
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Huge congratulations to Willow Nesk, Reach the World’s Traveler of the Cycle for Spring 2024! Willow is a researcher with The Fulbright Program in Germany, performing water technology research and helping produce energy in ecological ways at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). In addition to sharing her research with educator Matthew Hartwell’s 11th and 12th-grade science students at Abington Senior High School in Pennsylvania, Willow created informative and thoughtful #virtualexchange articles that captured not only German culture and traditions, but also how we can be better stewards of the environment all around the world! Want to see what a top-notch global role model looks like? Check out Willow’s impressive journey homepage at https://lnkd.in/ezAhNz_R. Congratulations, Willow, and thank you for going above and beyond for your students! Thank you to all the Spring 2024 Reach the World travelers who volunteered to share your global experiences with K-12 students in the U.S. You are all winners to us!
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Shoutout to traveler Rabria Moore and Reorg corporate volunteer editor Sean Burnett, our Spring 2024 Best Editorial Team awardees! Rabria is an English Teaching Assistant with The Fulbright Program in Lusaka, Zambia, where she documented her global adventures teaching at Evelyn Hone College, co-teaching a journalism course, and working at her local radio station. Rabria and Sean worked closely together to generate polished weekly #virtualexchange articles for Michi Sefick’s 5th-grade classes at Park Avenue Memorial School in Amityville, NY. See how this productive collaboration led to #globaleducation inspiration at https://lnkd.in/eMP5ZZTJ Thank you, Rabria and Sean, for your wonderful teamwork! #Reorg
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Special congratulations to travelers Aurora Perez and Alanna McFadden and educator Jim Chvala, Reach the World’s Best Traveler-Educator Collaboration for Spring 2024! Aurora and Alanna are Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program recipients, and they individually shared their study abroad experiences in Argentina through #virtualexchanges with different sections of Mr. Chvala’s high school Spanish language students at Palmer Public School in Palmer, Nebraska. With Mr. Chvala’s encouragement, Aurora and Alanna provided insightful and personal responses to Mr. Chvala’s students, creating lasting global connections beyond the classroom and inspiring them to continue their language studies and pursue global opportunities of their own. See what a great traveler-educator collaboration leads to at https://lnkd.in/exK9AUBB and https://lnkd.in/e2P3zW-G Thank you, Aurora, Alanna and Jim, for your amazing teamwork and joint commitment to #globaleducation! #ReachtheWorld #Argentina #GilmanScholarship #virtualexchange
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Happy World Oceans Week! To celebrate, Reach the World partnered with The Explorers Club to bring high school students interested in marine science careers to Club headquarters in New York City for a morning of mentorship and ocean inspiration. Students from Hasbrouck Heights High School in New Jersey examined foraminifera from around the world under microscopes, witnessed the extraordinary water filtering prowess of oysters, learned about marine science careers from the Explorers Club’s Blue Generation early career professionals, and then dove into the underwater world of sperm whales and sharks with explorer and marine scientist Gaelin Rosenwaks. #ReachTheWorld #WOW2024
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Congratulations to traveler Alexus Anderson, our Best Storyteller awardee for the Spring 2024 cycle! Alexus is a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program recipient studying abroad in Yeosu, South Korea. While sharing her global adventures through a #virtualexchange with Ms. Johnson's classes at Fulton County Schools in Atlanta, GA, Alexus fine-tuned her storytelling skills through engaging and informative written articles, media, and live video conferences. Alexus went a step further by helping her matched students with scholarship applications, too! Thank you, Alexus, for inspiring future travelers to follow in your footsteps and pursue global opportunities of their own! See Alexus’ journey for yourself at https://lnkd.in/eW-sN8tf #ReachtheWorld #SouthKorea #GilmanScholarship #globaleducation
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Huge congratulations to Reach the World traveler Patrick Fahey, our Spring 2024 Best Media awardee! Patrick is a researcher with The Fulbright Program studying fossils in South Africa to better understand how animals and humans interacted across different periods. Patrick went back in time to the Ice Age and brought South Africa to life for Krista Guidice’s 4th-grade class at P.S. 14 in Fairview, New York. With his expert digital storytelling and informative #virtualexchange journey, he shared stories from his archaeological fieldwork as well as his everyday life–thanks for inspiring us all, Patrick! Dive deeper into Patrick’s archaeological journey in South Africa at https://lnkd.in/dXg4jHzf #ReachtheWorld #SouthAfrica #Fulbright #globaleducation #virtualexchange
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It’s End of Cycle Awards Week at Reach the World! Are you ready to meet our stand-out Spring 2024 travelers, educators and volunteers? Over the next five days, we are shining spotlights on those who went above and beyond this spring to create high-quality #virtualexchange experiences for K-12 students across the United States. Join us in celebrating them! Let’s begin with a special congratulations to Peace Corps Volunteer Kaity Grider, our Most Dedicated Traveler awardee! Kaity teaches 4th-grade students in the Kingdom of Lesotho and shared her experiences with Ms. Jordan’s students at Northside Elementary School in Mississippi. From sharing her passion for #globaleducation to creating special video projects that preview “a day in the life” of her students’ communities, Kaity has displayed the power of global connections while demonstrating outstanding commitment to her classrooms. Way to go, Kaity! Check out her adventures at: https://lnkd.in/egmyhCzX #ReachtheWorld #Lesotho #PeaceCorps
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