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2024–25 ENROLLMENT INFORMATION

Deerfield Travel Programs

Congratulations on being selected to travel on the China: Language and Culture travel program! This trip is dedicated to offering students a unique and enriching opportunity to enhance their Chinese language skills while experiencing the country’s vast and diverse cultural landscape.

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General Program Information:

  • Program Dates: June 1st – 25th, 2025 (**Please note that these dates have changed from what was on the application**)
  • Trip Leaders: Xiaofeng Kelly & Yanik Nichols
  • Updated Itinerary HERE
  • Program Notes:
    • Program Meeting Point:
      On June 1st, Students will have the option of meeting the Trip Leaders at one of the following locations: 
      • At Deerfield Academy in front of the MSB at 4:00PM where students will then take a bus with trip leaders to the Comfort Inn & Suites Logan International Airport where the group will stay for the evening in preparations for their early departure on June 2nd 
      • OR Students can meet the group at the Comfort Inn & Suites Logan International Airport (85 American Legion Hwy, Revere, MA 02151) on Sunday evening at 6PM
    • Cell Phone Policy: As part of Deerfield’s commitment to face-to-face interactions, during certain times of the trip students will be “unplugged” without access to cell phones. This is to allow you to bond as a group and with your homestay families.
    • Other Important Information about the program: During this trip, students will stay in a homestay in Shanghai in singles or pairs, and in hotels while traveling. They will share meals with their homestay family in Shanghai, and also eat in restaurants.
      • Please find more information about the Homestay HERE from our partners at CIEE
 

Documents & Forms:

Below we are providing a complete list of all of the forms you have previously received for your reference and INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY.  

1. Deerfield Academy Forms:

2. In Country Provider Forms:

  •  Please see previous email sent about CIEE’s online form.

 

Parent / Guardian Contact Form:

To ensure we have the most up-to-date contact information during your student’s trip, we ask all parents/guardians to complete the online Parent/Guardian Contact Form:

COMPLETE THE FORM HERE

 

Health & Safety:

Please review the following Health and Safety information

1. CDC and State Department briefings on travel to destinations.

  • View a PDF of the CDC site for China and State Department Travel Advisory as of November 14, 2024
  • For live links to the CDC site and State Department for updated information, please review below:
    • CLICK HERE to view the CDC traveler’s health and in-country guidance for travel to China. 
    • CLICK HERE to view the State Department Travel Advisory for China
      • Our Partners in China, CIEE recommends that any student with extended family members in China or of Chinese descent, including U.S. citizens traveling with U.S. passports and adoptees of Chinese heritage, carefully review the advisories from the U.S. Department of State. All participants will be asked to acknowledge this information as part of the CIEE enrollment process

2. Travel Medicine Advisory Letter from Dr. Benson

3. Vaccination Information: Please review the full letter above from Dr. Benson 

  • Japanese Encephalitis (JE) – highly recommended

    • Consider receiving the Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine. 
    • JE is a potentially fatal viral illness spread by mosquitoes found in China..
    • Most travel medicine practitioners do not recommend this vaccine for trips that are less than a month’s duration and do not involve substantial time outdoors in rural or agricultural areas.  However, the decision about the JE vaccine is a personal one. 
    • Regarding Japanese Encephalitis in China, the CDC states the JE virus is found in areas included on this trip’s itinerary and peak season for JE is June through October.

  • Vaccination coverage and cost:

    • We recommend that you contact your health insurance provider to inquire about vaccine coverage and costs. Japanese Encephalitis: approximately $600 (less if reimbursed by insurance) for the two dose vaccine series.

4. Insurance Information:

  • Deerfield Academy provides students with International SOS Travel Insurance during the program.
    • CLICK HERE for general information about Internation SOS Travel Insurance, the service they offer and HERE for information on how to get in touch with them pre-travel.
    • Deerfield Academy also encourages Students and Parents to consider purchasing additional “cancel for any reason” insurance as available.

Visa 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. 

For US Citizens, please see information and instructions HERE on the VISA process that was provided by our partner CIEE. Students who are not traveling with U.S. passport please research entry requirements based on your country of citizenship and for obtaining a visa, if necessary

 

PACKING LIST

For China

PACKING LIST

Please Click Here to View the Packing List from our Partner
Click Here

Group Flight:

OUTBOUND FLIGHT:

June 2nd:

  • Depart Logan International Airport in Boston (BOS) on American Airlines 2527 at 5:35 AM; arriving in Dallas, TX (DFW) at 8:57AM
  • Depart DFW on American Airlines 127 at 10:15AM; Arriving in Shanghai (PVG) at 2:50PM on June 3rd 

RETURN FLIGHT:

June 25th:

  • Depart Beijing (PEK) at 12:40AM on Emirates 307; arriving at Dubai Airport (DXB) at 5:00AM
  • Depart Dubai (DXB) at 8:20AM on Emirates 237; arriving at Logan International Airport in Boston (BOS) at 2:10PM on June 25th 

Pre and Post Trip Plans and Travel:

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO FILL OUT THE FORM

Pre- trip Plans: 

Please note that the school year ends on Monday, May 26th and this trip does not begin until June 1st*

 

*Please note that the program start date has been slightly altered due to the timing of flights. 

 
On June 1st, Students will have the option of meeting the Trip Leaders at the DA Campus Infront of the MSB at 4:00PM and taking a bus to Boston OR meet the group at the Comfort Inn & Suites Logan International Airport (85 American Legion Hwy, Revere, MA 02151) at 6:00PM.
 
The group will spend the night at the hotel together before waking up early to head to the Logan Airport (BOS) and depart on their flight to Shanghai at 5:35AM.

Post -trip Plans:

Please note that this trip ends on June 25th at the Beijing Airport (PEK). Students are estimated to arrive back in Boston (BOS) with an estimated time of arrival at 2:10PM. Families should plan for this accordingly and as you see in the form, there are a few options: 

• The student’s family or friend of the family can pick them up at the airport.

• The student can fly to another city to meet their family or friend of the family.

If you decide on the second option, it is important to start planning for this now and ensure that students have enough time between when the group lands at BOS and when their next flight takes off. 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.

 

Payment Information:

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 [email protected] with any questions or the Center for Service and Global Citizenship via email [email protected] 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.