Thank You!
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Check out our latest trips around the world!
See videos about our trips to different countries while still here in the DC area.
Learn about who we are and watch
our promotional video to learn how
we support students to study abroad
in high school.
Become a Member Today!
If you are in middle school and interested in traveling the world, find out how you can become a member today by going to our member page. You will be traveling the world much earlier than you ever thought possible!
Your World Next Door starts by inspiring middle school students to travel the world by giving them a taste of it here at home.
Students participate in our "Saturday Abroad" program to understand what immersion in another culture is like and to learn cross-cultural skills to successfully navigate a summer or academic year abroad.
Students then join our online community to participate in activities that will support and prepare them to apply for a study abroad program in high school.
See how students did in India for three days
as Paul Public Charter School participates
in the annual Project Week. (10 minutes)
See how students reacted to being
in Ethiopia for the day. (10 minutes)
Watch students blow glass, make
pizza and ride Vespas as they
travel to Italy for the day!
(10 minutes)
Click on the globe below to go to our members only site where you can create your profile and earn points towards studying abroad!
Start your journey to studying abroad in high school while you are in middle school.
Join us for a Saturday experience you will never forget!
Did you just get back from your Saturday Abroad?
Now its time to upload your photos on your own Glog! See an example by clicking on the Glogster icon below.
Studying abroad is a big investment in time, energy and money but the payoffs are even bigger.
Since you have made a plan as to where you want to study abroad you are ahead of the game.
Stay active in our network and we will see to it that you make your dreams of studying abroad in high school come true!
If you really want to study abroad in high school you will need to start your journey as soon as possible. You may need at least two years of language study plus saving up money to make it happen. Your World Next Door was created to put you on the road to success by starting in sixth grade!
The world is on our doorstep here in the Nation's Capital and Your World Next Door takes advantage of the international community in our area to introduce students to the joys and benefits of traveling abroad. These days are designed to make students feel like they are in another country for a day.
Saturday Abroad in Ethiopia
Recap Video (10 Minutes)
We need to educate students to be able to interact competently with people from all over the world today. This requires the ability to speak more than one language and to interact with cultural awareness and sensitivity. Students can achieve these goals while studying abroad in high school.
Washington, DC is a global capital and many students growing up here are not tapping into the opportunities that are essentially right next-door. Students of color are disproportionately not engaging in studying abroad opportunities in high school or college which will result in missed professional opportunities for our students. When students of color do not study abroad there is a missed opportunity for other nations to fully understand the rich and diverse society that makes up the United States. We need to bolster the numbers of DC students studying abroad.
This program is a volunteer effort that relies on the insight, connections and creativity of its members. If you know of a great way to immerse students in another culture here in DC or if you know of funding sources that will enable our students to study abroad please contact us.
In today's world opportunities can come from the other side of the world but only globally aware students will be able to see them coming.
Our goal is to develop student leaders who can take advantage of opportunities coming their way from all over the world.
