- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- International
- Weekend-Extended Trip
Upper School Intersession
Are you ready to leave the classroom behind—to learn about the world by being in the world? Welcome to SSFS Intersession.
Intersession provides 9th-12th-grade students an educational experience liberated from classroom walls. By making the world an SSFS classroom, Intersession provides students an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of varied topics of study, other people, and themselves. Through this experiential learning program, Upper School students challenge themselves in countless ways: physical, cultural, intellectual, social, artistic, and community service.
Intersession is designed to be an engaging educational experience, with recreation and entertainment playing subordinate roles. The intentional group aspect of Intersession places valuable peer learning and service to others front and center.
Intersession Trips at a Glance
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7
Service trips taking place locally, regionally, and nationally.
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20+
Service hours completed on an Intersession service trip.
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3
International trips to Mexico, France, and the UK.
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6:1
Student-teacher ratio average during Intersession trips.
Recent Intersession Offerings
From workshops and on-campus service learning to local, domestic, and international day trips, Intersession is as adaptable as it is varied—even through a global pandemic!
Get a taste of some of the immersive, experienced-based learning opportunities that have been available to Upper School students in the past 5 years.
- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- National
- Service - National
- Weekend-Extended Trip
- workshop
- workshop
- workshop
- workshop
- workshop
- day trip
- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- Local
- Weekday-School Hours
- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- National
- Weekend-Extended Trip
- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- National
- Weekend-Extended Trip
- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- National
- Service - National
- Weekend-Extended Trip
- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- Local
- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- International
- Weekend-Extended Trip
- 9th Grade
- National
- Weekend-Extended Trip

- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- Local-Regional
- Weekday with One Overnight

- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- International
- Weekend/Extended Trip

- 10th Grade
- Local-Regional
- Service - 10th Grade
- Weekday with One Overnight

- 10th Grade
- Local-Regional
- Service - 10th Grade
- Weekend/Extended Trip

- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- International
- Weekend/Extended Trip

- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- International
- Service - 11th-12th Grades
- Weekend/Extended Trip

- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- Local
- Weekday

- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- National
- Weekend/Extended Trip

- 11th Grade
- 12th Grade
- National
- Weekend/Extended Trip
Has Intersession piqued your imagination yet?
For a deeper dive, read the most recent year's blog posts from the road.