East Side Explores New Orleans

East Side Community School is a 6-12th grade Title I public school located in the Lower East Side of New York City. We are planning on taking a group of 55-60 students from our diverse community, and the cost per student is $1,200. 60% of the students do not have the opportunity or means to travel. Several educators at our school are sponsoring and chaperoning a school trip for students to visit New Orleans as a means to literally and figuratively expand their world and dive into the rich history and culture that New Orleans has to offer.

Students, some who have never traveled outside of New York, or the Lower East Side, will spend 5 days and 4 nights in New Orleans. We will tour the city, learning about the rich history, culture, and cuisine. During their stay, students will visit a plantation for a educational tour on the history of the Antebellum South, enjoy a river boat jazz dinner, cemetery tour, a night ghost tour, visit a New Orleans staple--Cafe du Monde, visit the Audubon Aquarium and Insectarium, take the trolley to the Audubon Zoo and enjoy delicacies at the French Market.

We have many students who want to attend, but unfortunately even after fundraising, they cannot afford to do so because of the rising costs for families living in NYC. Your donation would help provide a scholarship to an eager and grateful young person and change their world by allowing them to experience something that they did not think was attainable. Thank you so much!