Palmer Trinity School has made a commitment to experiential education, domestic and global travel - including language, culture, service and adventure travel. Palmer Trinity School has taken the urgent responsibility to prepare students for their life and work as citizens-and leaders- in a global world. Global Education, therefore, is not an option. The School has certain starting advantages:
- We are situated in multicultural Miami, and that is reflected in our student body – many of them bilingual and trilingual, and in our faculty.
- We are a founding member of the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG), a national institution of independent schools that have leading global programs. In the spring of 2015, PTS hosted the GEBG International Conference with 200 participating schools from around the world.
2025-2026 Travel Experiences
The following is a list of travel experiences available to students during the 2025-2026 school year. Other Travel Experiences may be added throughout the academic year as opportunities arise. Any proposed Travel Experience may be canceled or postponed or changed for reasons of safety of our students and faculty.
Winter Break 2026
| Dates | February 12 - February 20 |
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| Grades | Grades 6-7 |
| Travel Leader | Emily Keunen |
| Dates | February 13 - February 21 |
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| Grades | Grades 9-12 |
| Travel Leader | Susy Chu |
| Dates | February 14 - February 16 |
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| Grades | Grades 7-12 |
| Travel Leader | Anthony McFarlane |
| Dates | February 14 - February 20 |
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| Grades | Grades 10-12 |
| Travel Leader | Ashley Chapman Tara Harrison |
| Dates | February 13 - February 21 |
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| Grades | Grades 9-12 |
| Travel Leader | Suzanne Calleja Danny Reynolds |
Spring Break 2026
| Dates | March 22 - March 28 |
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| Grades | Grades 6-8 |
| Travel Leader | Natalia Zurcher |
| Dates | March 19 - March 29 |
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| Grades | Grades 9-12 |
| Travel Leader | Brook De Melo Gome |
| Dates | March 21 - March 28 |
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| Grades | Grades 9-12 |
| Travel Leader | Leo Llinas |
| Dates | March 21 - March 28 |
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| Grades | Grades 9-12 |
| Travel Leader | Laura Massa |
| Dates | March 20 - March 28 |
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| Grades | Grades 10-12 (Priority to Honors, AP and IB French Students) |
| Travel Leader | Ania Bade |
Summer 2026
| Dates | June 8 - June 17 |
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| Grades | Grades 8-9 |
| Travel Leader | Catherine Hammons |
| Dates | June 10 - June 17 |
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| Grades | Grades 7-12 (Priority to PTS students who host German students in November 2025) |
| Travel Leader | April Queen |
Duke of Edinburgh Award
Palmer Trinity offers its students an opportunity to participate in the global Duke of Edinburgh Award. The Award is recognized as the world's leading youth achievement award. The award's criteria is volunteering in your community, physical skills and going on an expedition.
PTS Study Away Programs
Palmer Trinity offers students the opportunity to study abroad in Sydney, Australia and Madrid, Spain. In 2007 our first exchange began with Abbotsleigh School and in 2023 we added St. Catherine's School to our exchange network. In 2019, our Spanish partner moved to Colegio Liceo Sorolla in Madrid.
The curriculum of these three schools matches well with our academic program. United States colleges and universities have looked favorably upon our students who have studied abroad. The experience has been life-changing for many of our students. It has produced life-long friendships and a greater global perspective on many issues. Students selected for the programs are away the second semester of Year 9 and 10. The programs are competitive.
Round Square Exchange
Through our partnership with Round Square, Palmer Trinity is able to offer multiple exchanges with our Round Square Schools. These programs are six weeks long. They are reciprocal so families must be able to host in order to be able to participate.
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Learn more about Partner Schools
- The only cost of the Study Away Porgram is the airline ticket to Spain, or Australia. Students will live with a family chosen by the international school. The schools have an intense interview process to make sure the families are acceptable. The family will have children of the same age attending the international school your child will attend. By paying Palmer Trinity’s tuition, you have paid the tuition at the school in Australia, or Spain, so there are no extra tuition costs. Of course, incidentals must be paid by PTS parents such as normal spending money for weekends.
- Palmer Trinity also has relationships with The Alzar School in Idaho and Chile, and CITYTerm in New York City. These programs are for sophomores and juniors. Both programs have their own application process, and their own tuition and fees scales, and are not covered by the Palmer Trinity School tuition. However, each school does offer financial assistance. Please visit these schools' websites and contact them during the student's freshman year for admission during the second semester of sophomore year.
Abbotsleigh is an independent Anglican school for girls that encourages each girl to develop her potential by fostering her pursuit of personal and academic excellence. The School provides a quality, well-balanced education, underpinned by the Christian faith. Each girl is empowered to be a courageous, constructive, and compassionate world citizen who embraces diversity and has a will to serve others.
Founded in 1975, Colegio Liceo Sorolla is an international, K-12, coeducational, secular school in Pozuelo de Alarcón, a suburb of Madrid.
Liceo Sorolla School is defined as a school of learning, knowledge and values. The teachers are counselors and coaches who give relevance to the teaching of techniques, tools and resources following the most innovative methodologies. The goal of the school is to offer students the best experience of their lives while learning to be World Citizens. Students interested in this program must have a strong command of written and spoken Spanish as courses are taught in Spanish.
Founded in 1856, St. Catherine's is the oldest Anglican girls' school in Australia. With 167 years of experience in educating young women, it offers a reguours academic program and one of the broadest curriculum choices.
The official mission of the school is: to educate and facilitate the leadership development of high school students. That mission statement might be summed up as “The Alzar School is trying to mold the next generation of leaders, the people that will go out there and make significant change in the world.”
The Alzar School is helping to fill the leadership void. The world needs more leaders to tackle the social and environmental issues. Many students think that the point of an education is to prepare them for a job, to make a living, or for more education (college, med school, etc). We believe that students can be expected to do more, that education is meant to prepare you to make the world a better place. We know that our students will be well-prepared for university challenges and that they will be able to make a living in a career of their choice. They will be able to achieve these things and have the leadership skills to direct their energy and talents toward improving their local communities and confronting the global issues that they are passionate about.
The Island School in Eleuthera, Bahamas offers a transformative educational summer journey. Rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors from around the world may apply. With the campus and surrounding ocean as laboratories, the School partners with a world-class science research facility. The Island School Summer Term is a 30-day intensive program from June 28th to July 28th that focuses on questioning what it means to live well in a place. Through a rigorous course of study that includes field work in local ecosystems, explorations of local settlements and the socioeconomic impacts of development, and dynamic involvement in the systems and resources upon which we rely, Summer Term students grapple with how communities – whether on an island in The Bahamas or in a town in the States – can live most sustainably.
