School Trips - Over Night Trips
New York City
 One of Kelly Tours' premier destinations, New York City offers
students the opportunity to: experience the rich history of the
American immigrant at Ellis Island; see the unparalleled Manhattan
skyline from a ferry to visit the famous Statue of Liberty; visit
top museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Natural
History Museum; thrill at a Broadway Theater performance; and take
in the amazing aerial view of the city from high atop the Empire
State Building. Click here for sample itinerary
Washington, D.C.
 A top educational tour destination and our most popular trip,
Washington D.C. allows your students to immerse themselves in our
country's history, culture and government. Take your students to
observe the three branches of our government at work to better
understand the legislative process and see how a bill becomes a
law. Travel down Pennsylvania Avenue to view the White House, home
of the president.
See our nation's greatest monuments: the Washington, the Lincoln,
the Jefferson and the newly unveiled Roosevelt Monument, as well
as the Korean and Vietnam Veterans Memorials. View the flags of
the world as you drive down Embassy Row to the National Cathedral,
the sixth-largest Gothic cathedral in the world.
No trip to Washington, D.C. would be complete without a visit
to the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian's amazing collection
includes the American and Natural History Museums, great art from
around the world, and the hugely popular tribute to man's history
of flight--the Air & Space Museum. Click here for sample itinerary.
Orlando
Orlando, Florida is a destination that offers a variety of theme
parks and educational points of interest. We offer several combinations
of activities that provide students hands-on seminars and behind-the-scenes
programs to enhance the classroom education, as well as provide
plenty of fun and entertainment. Among our programs are St. Augustine,
Medieval Times, Sea World, Islands of Adventure, Spaceport USA,
EPCOT, and Disney's Y.E.S. Programs.
Click here for sample Orlando itinerary
Click here for sample Y.E.S. Programs
Historic Savannah, Georgia
One of the nations oldest cities, Savannah offers a wealth of
educational opportunities for student trips. Planned by General
Oglethorpe, Savannah today preserves its history as the nation's
largest Urban National Historical Landmark. Students will enjoy
a walking tour following Factor's Walk and cobble-stone lined River
Street through the city to learn about the rich architectural heritage
surrounding the squares that were so carefully laid out by Oglethorpe.
There also are abundant opportunities for students to study indigenous
wildlife at Oakland Island, Skidaway Island Marine Research Center
or Tybee Island's Science Museum where programs are designed to
provide students with hands-on learning opportunities.
 To round out your learning experience in Savannah, visit one of
the Civil War forts, such as Fort Jackson, where students can participate
in the "Student Militia" program which involves them
in a depiction of life as a Civil War soldier.
The Virginia Commonwealth Story
 This four-day educational trip provides your students with an
in-depth study of the history of the Virginia Commonwealth. It
includes visits to early Jamestown, Williamsburg and Revolutionary
War era Yorktown. Study the life of the great American, Thomas
Jefferson, at his legendary estate, Monticello. Travel along the
historic Shenandoah Valley to learn more about the Civil War while
visiting Lexington, Natural Bridge and the Appomattox courthouse.
A Civil War Adventure
 Your
students will experience the battlefields of the Civil War's eastern
campaigns. Our five-day tour begins in the capital of the
Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia, and continues through the National
Battlefield Parks of Fredericksburg, Spotsvylvania, Manassas, Gettysburg,
Antietam and the Appomattox courthouse. Learn how Thomas J. Jackson
received his nickname "Stonewall" and see where rebels,
led by Robert E. Lee, defeated the larger Union Army at Bull Run;
remember the astounding words of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address,
and walk in the footsteps of John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry.
West Georgia
Step out of the classroom and provide
your students with a first-hand experience with the many historical
and scientific features west
Georgia has to offer. Visit Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Little
White House in Warm Springs, where therapeutic springs helped relieve
the symptoms of polio victims. See rare footage of FDR, visit the
Roosevelt museum, enjoy a walking tour of "The Little White
House", and see the therapeutic springs. Visit Callaway Gardens,
including a guided tour of the Sibley Horticultural Center and
the Day Butterfly House where more than 50 species of butterflies
fill the subtropical conservatory. Get an up-close look at Georgia's
Little Grand Canyon and then head to Plains for a lunch break at
Miss Allie's (where a certain former president has been seen lunching)
and tour the town made famous during Jimmy Carter's campaign for
the presidency. Visit Plains High School, which is now a National
Park Service museum to learn about our 39th President's childhood
and presidency. Then it's on to historic Andersonville, the site
of the South's most notorious Civil War prison and a National Historic
Landmark.
Outward Bound
 Kelly Tours is contracted with several mountain outward bound
programs to provide a 3 day team building adventure. The objective
is to provide a learning environment which enhances appreciation
of the natural world, through interdisciplinary hands-on learning
experiences. These programs utilize hiking, ropes courses, herpetology
labs, astronomy labs, stream ecology in an inspirattional setting
to enhance a student's perception of the environment and the need
to cooperate and wor well with others.
Click here for Kanuga sample itinerary
Click here for YMCA Camp Greenville sample itinerary.
Chattanooga
 Located
along the Tennessee River, this city includes many points of interest.
The Tennessee State Aquarium, one of the world's largest
freshwater aqariums. Students will see over 7000 animals that swim,
fly and crawl in natural fresh water habitats. The evening will
feature a show at the newly constructed IMAX Theater adjacent to
the Aquarium. Also, a journey over 260 feet underground to see
Stalactites and Stalagmites at historic Ruby Falls. Also included
is the opportunity to ride the world's steepest incline railway
to the top of Lookout and learn Civil War history from "Point
Park" and Chickamauga National Battlefield.
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MusicFest Orlando
Your band or chorus can compete against schools
from all over the country during this three-day trip to Orlando's
Musicfest! The
festival offers middle and high schools the opportunity to
perform before an outstanding panel of adjudicators who will offer
their
expertise in rating and ranking each group. The panel will
also offer an on-stage clinic after each performance. Participants
enjoy a park hopper pass to all four Disney Parks, breakfast
and dinner daily, the competition, awards ceremony and other
amenities to help encourage students to excel with their music
and be awarded through travel this spring. (Call Kelly Tours
for a brochure and options for Musicfest 2001)
Click here for sample itinerary
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