Cardinal Ritter High School

Educational Travel

Cardinal Ritter’s Educational Travel Program helps bring education to life by providing our students with the opportunity to experience new cultures and traditions from all over the world! Know what it’s like stand in the middle of the Roman Coliseum like the ancient gladiators. Feel the breeze of the cool night wind as you take a cruise on the Seine River. Observe the masterful brushstrokes of Michelangelo inside the Sistine Chapel. All of these opportunities and more are at your fingertips when you attend Cardinal Ritter High School. Students even have the capability to receive a high school elective credit.

Previous Trips

• June 2006 – England (London), France (Paris, Versailles), Italy (Rome, Assisi, Vatican City, Florence)
• April 2008 – Mexico
• June 2010 – Italy (Rome, Vatican City, Assisi, Pisa, Florence), Switzerland (Lucerne), France (Paris, Versailles)

Next Trip - June 3rd-14th

All 8th grade through Senior year students are eligible for this trip.   Below is a glimpse of the awesome experiences planned on this 12 day trip.  Please feel free to go online at www.eftours.com and search our tour (tour number 1046797) under the “Students or Parents” tab.

London, England

• Explore this famous city just one month before the Olympics begin! Search the museums at Trafalgar Square and enjoy and afternoon lunch at Covent Garden in London’s West End.  Tour the famous clock tower Big Ben, the House of Parliament, as well as the ever popular changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.  Students will also have the option of exploring Windsor Castle (right - the longest occupied palace in Europe!)

• Paris, France

  Traveling under the English Channel by high speed train, the Eurostar, students will arrive in the City of Light – Paris!  Students will visit the cathedral of Notre Dame, see the city from the top of the Eiffel Tower, and walk the most famous avenue in the world – the Champs-Elysees.  While in Paris, students will also have the option of visiting the Palace of Versailles, (left) this lavish estate was once home to King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

• Loire Valley, France (highlight – the Château de Chenonceau)

  Saintes & Bordeaux, France (highlight – the ruins of the Roman amphitheatre)

  Arachon & Biarritz, France (seaside towns – highlight the Dune de Pilat and St. Jean de Luz)

  Pamplona, Spain (tour the streets made famous by the annual running of the bulls)

• Barcelona, Spain

  Once in Barcelona, students will visit the famous basilica La Sagrada Familia, (left) which was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.  Students will also explore Montjuic Hill, the beautiful art garden of Parque Guell (below) which were built in the early 1900s, and the cultural center of Las Ramblas.

Contact Michael Clark, Educational Travel Director for more information.

A Student’s View

The trip to Europe was definitely the highlight of my summer! On June 10th we traveled to Rome and then spent the next four days touring all over Italy. We ventured to the Vatican, the Roman Forum, Assisi, and Florence. Then we took a bus to Lucerne, Switzerland. In Lucerne, my main souvenir was chocolate! From there we drove to Paris and spent about two days there. One of the days we went to the Palace of Versailles which was absolutely beautiful! On our last day in Paris we had time to explore the city with our friends – many of us went to famous art museums like the Louvre. My favorite memory of the trip would be when we went on a nighttime boat tour down the Seine River in Paris. Seeing the Eiffel Tower at night was something I will never forget!

Claire Stuper (Rome, Paris, and the Swiss Alps 2010)