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Hillary Gurley YourArcadiaRealtor.com | 602.463.3359 Biltmore Heights 5201 N. 33rd Street $679,000 Marion Estates 4107 E. San Miguel $695,000 Sold Page 45 August 2015 By Mallory Gleich It’s been an exciting summer for Arcadia High’s Travel Club. This year, a group of 22 students headed to Europe to explore Switzerland, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. Jon Martens, who teaches Chemistry at Arcadia, started the Travel Club six years ago, and has witnessed great success with the program. “Having grown up with a family that traveled all the time, I knew what it brought to my life. I wanted to share that with as many other people that I could,” said Martens. Martens grew up in South Dakota and traveled every summer, and decided to share those experiences with his students. He started the Travel Club in 2009. So far, the program has traveled to nine different countries, including Italy, Peru and China. In 2016, Martens would like to take the club to the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador. Katie Assali, who teaches history at Arcadia and is also part of the Travel Club, explained that her favorite part of traveling is watching the kids have new and exciting experiences. “I think the kids develop a greater sense of cultural awareness and appreciation. Traveling holds so many wonderful opportunities and sharing these moments with other students is a really cool thing,” said Assali. Each student brought back their own sense of cultural awareness and experiences from the trip, but there was one thing they seemed to have in common: Switzerland was their favorite country (so far). “Seeing Switzerland was like looking at a screensaver. Everywhere I looked it was green and more and more beautiful,” said Katie Rowe, an upcoming senior. “It was such a different landscape than what we are used to seeing every day,” said Paige Brown, also an incoming senior. “The people there were so sweet and welcoming and the chocolate was by far the best.” The students took part in a multitude of activities while on their trip. Not only did they take many tours of museums and churches, but they also fit in an opera, visited a castle, saw the John Lennon Wall and toured a concentration camp. When asked what he hopes students gain from traveling, five words came to Martens’ mind: independence, confidence, tolerance, understanding and acceptance. From the students’ perspective, one word comes to mind: experience. “I hope to learn more about other cultures and broaden my horizon of experiences. I also enjoy the diversity found in other countries outside the U.S.,” said Jacob Staudenmaier, an upcoming sophomore. “What I’ve gained most from these trips is the understanding of how fortunate I am to have experienced the culture in the countries I have toured,” said Alex Davies, who will be a senior in the fall. The Travel Club has also given the students the knowledge and experience they need should they decide to travel as part of their career, like A.J. Blaine plans on doing. Blaine, a senior, wants to major in international relations and eventually work overseas. From visiting the home of Mozart to touring a salt mine, from taking a train up to the Swiss Alps to eating the local delicacies, the students of Arcadia High’s Travel Club have gained experiences and friendships to last them a lifetime. Arcadia High School Travel Club returns from Europe