Morocco
March 11 – 22, 2016
Location
Rabat, Morocco – Students will begin and end their
trip in Rabat. Rabat, with a population of 650 000 is
the capital and second largest city in Morocco. Rabat
maintains a relatively important textile industry and
serves as the second most important city in the
country after Casablanca.
Eligible Participants
Upper School students interested in developing
broader intercultural perspectives. An intercultural
residential experience is required for any students
pursuing the Appleby College Diploma with
Distinction in Global Leadership.
Cost
The cost of each of the Intercultural Trip is $5000 This includes all air travel to/from Pearson International Airport
(rides to the airport can be arranged for boarders as needed), all travel costs while on the trip, all project costs and
all planned meals for the duration of the trip. Additional costs will include passport fees, immunizations and
spending money for snacks and souvenirs.
Please Note: Financial assistance is available through application in person to the Business Office. In most cases,
where there is demonstrated need, we follow the model of the school paying one third, the family paying one third,
and the student eventually paying the final one third. Appleby College makes every effort to ensure that all students
at Appleby College are able to participate in these trips and wants to try to ensure that financing is not the
roadblock.
Application Process
Go to the Intercultural Learning Programme Info Site in e.school. Complete the Appleby College Intercultural Trip
Application Form, and submit this, with a deposit of $1500, 2 passport photos and a photocopy of your passport
photo page to the Global Education Office by Monday, October 19.
Morocco Itinerary (tentative)
March 2016
Day One
Day Two
Day Three to
Seven
Day Eight to
Nine
Day Ten
Day Eleven
Arrival mid-day at Rabat/Sale Airport and check into accommodations for a quick freshen up and
lunch.
After lunch there will be an orientation session and a casual walking tour of the old medina. We will
have an early evening dinner with a family in a Riad house in the old medina of Rabat. There will be a
traditional Moroccan band - a chance for some dancing - and a henna artist will decorate the female
students with (temporary!) natural henna tattoos, and the male students will get a traditional red
Moroccan tarbush hat (a fez hat).
The day will begin with an Arabic class
Walk around the ancient walled city of Chellah (near the Medina of Rabat.) with a picnic lunch in the
ancient Roman ruins.
In the afternoon, we will continue touring various sites including Mohammed V Mausoleum and
Hassan Tower, the fortressed ancient Kasbah and a walk down the craft street of rue de Consul in
the old medina.
Dinner in a traditional Moroccan home.
These days will also begin with an Arabic class
We will get involved with the renovation/painting/peace garden at local community projects in the
mornings
The afternoons will include various activities such as: visit to a traditional Moroccan
tailor/seamstress, learning how to cook in a Moroccan kitchen, Arabic calligraphy class, learning
about Islam and Islamic Culture, archaeology museum, Villa des Beaux Arts and visit to the
traditional potteries to work with a potter
Overnight trip to Marrakesh.
We will tour Marrakesh and see the massive souks of the old medina, Jam’a El Fna Square: (storytellers, tooth-sellers, snake charmers), old palaces (Bahai Palace, Majorelle Gardens).
After some shopping and a late lunch and then back to Rabat.
Today is the final Arabic class and we finish up our work at the peace garden
We will have a project ceremony with tea and finishing with a cultural feedback session
The afternoon we will play games and sport with kids from a project that supports young people
from la less privileged area in Salé.
Departure dinner and music with a family in a Riad house in the old medina of Rabat
Pick up at hotel and departure
Please note that activities may change