Announcing the Winners of our 2016 Teacher Appreciation Week Contest!

For the second year in a row, we were floored by the outpouring of love and appreciation students showed for their teachers in response to our...

Tiramisu – Recipe of the Week

This week we're excited to launch a new initiative on the ACIS Blog: Recipe Wednesdays. Every Wednesday we'll be featuring one of the 17 recipes...

Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week with a Contest!

Today marks the start of Teacher Appreciation Week! At ACIS, every week is Teacher Appreciation Week, but this week, the rest of the country is...

3 TEDTalks on Tolerance

Travel Changes Lives. At ACIS, those three words define what we do every single day. We've documented hundreds of cases of young people's lives being...

[Webinar] How to Host a Global Citizenship Workshop

On March 22, 2016, we hosted a webinar to highlight our Global Citizenship Workshop Lesson Plan. Our Area Administrator Network Director, Liz Rees, was joined...

The ACIS Global Citizen Workshop in Action

Last month, Jill Federschneider and I traveled to Charlotte, NC to speak at Union County Early College High School about Global Citizenship, ACIS and how...

Tour Manager Spotlight: Jeff Vanderpool – Greece

Get to know our tour managers, well-traveled and fascinating individuals who make your ACIS experience truly exceptional. Today we’re happy to introduce you to Jeff...

4 Free Apps to Communicate with Parents While On Tour

Encouraging kids to communicate with their parents can be a challenge no matter where they are, but when you're traveling with them in a foreign...

Teacher Spotlight: Jean-François Henley – Old Westbury, New York

Jean-François Henley is a French teacher at The Wheatley School in Old Westbury, New York, and an ACIS Group Leader. He recently returned from his...

Student Spotlight: Emily Franco, ACIS Student Ambassador

Emily Franco is a student at Henderson High School in West Chester, Pennsylvania. When her Spanish teacher, Marion Jackson, gained approval from her administration to...