Congratulations on being selected to travel on The Bahamas: Marine Ecology and Sustainability travel program! This trip is dedicated to improving your scientific research skills while contextualizing your findings within the realities of culture and the challenges of sustainability. Additionally, you will actively engage with place through a variety of challenging outdoor experiences.
Below we are providing a complete list of all of the forms you have previously receive through DocuSign for your reference and INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY.
1. Deerfield Academy Forms:
2. In Country Provider Forms:
Please review the following Health and Safety information
1. CDC and State Department briefings on travel to destinations.
2. Travel Medicine Advisory Letter from Dr. Benson
3. Vaccination Information:
4. Insurance Information:
Students and parents are directly responsible for the student’s immigration status and/or visa application process to comply with local laws for participation in this program. Deerfield Academy and the CSGC office are here to assist and can provide specific supplemental documentation as required for the application.
Depending on your nationality, a tourist visa may be required to travel to The Bahamas. Please click here to check if you need a tourist visa to visit The Bahamas.
(subject to change until tickets are finalized)
OUTBOUND FLIGHT:
March 10th:
RETURN FLIGHT:
March 16th:
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE FORM
Pre-Trip Information:
After classes end on Friday, March 7th, students can depart campus or stay in their dorms for the night of March 7th. The Deerfield Academy Campus will be closed March 8th. The Program begins on March 9th, 2025, when Students and Trip Leaders meet at an Airport Hotel near JFK international airport where they will stay for the night before heading to the airport on the morning of March 10th to depart for the Bahamas.
Students will have the option of meeting the Trip Leaders at DA and taking a bus to New York on Sunday afternoon or meet the group at the Airport Hotel on Sunday evening. (Specific meeting times and hotel information will be provided at a later date)
During the weekend prior to the start of the program on March 8th, some students will be engaged in post-season co-curricular tournaments, some students will return home or spend time with family, and others may spend the weekend with a friend. If you have any questions about that weekend, or if you are looking for support in finding an option for the night of March 8th, please reach out to us in the CSGC by January 15 to discuss.
Post – Trip Information:
Please note that this trip ends on March 16th at the Boston Logan Airport (BOS), with an estimated time of arrival at 6:38PM. Families should plan to meet their students at the airport or arrange for them to be transported to nearby family or friends for the remainder of the March break. As you see in the form, there are a few options:
If you and your family decide on the final two options, it is important to start planning for this now and ensure that you have enough time between when we land in Boston and when your next flight takes off or to get to the airport or after all activities on the program have been completed. Things to consider are potential delays, customs and immigration, baggage claim, and possible terminal transfers. We recommend contacting the airlines directly to ensure appropriate layover times (taking into account the possibility of delays). If you have questions or require help with this process, please let us know.
The remaining balance of the program fee will be billed to your student account on December 11, 2024, and due in full by January 1, 2025.
Please contact the Finance Office at finance@deerfield.edu with any questions or the Center for Service and Global Citizenship via email csgc@deerfield.edu or phone: 413-774-1435.
This page contains enrollment information for students who have been selected for one of our 2025 trips. If you are interested in other Global Studies programs or future travel opportunities, please contact The Center for Service and Global Citizenship.
7 Boyden Lane, PO Box 87, Deerfield, MA 01342
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS: Deerfield Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
© Copyright 2023 The Trustees of Deerfield Academy Privacy Policy. Designed and developed by Underscorefunk Design in partnership with Deerfield Academy.