SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PARTNERS WITH ST. PHILIP’S ON MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMIC EXCURSIONS

St. Philip’s academic excursions are an opportunity for our students to see their in-classroom lessons come to life. Beginning in second grade, students take trips out of the city or state to visit such places as NASA Space Center, the Texas Capital, museums, monuments, universities and more. By fifth grade, these extend to week-long outings.

We are blessed to have one of our newest corporate partners, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, to join St. Philip’s this year by underwriting airfare for our two largest academic excursions – the sixth grade “Rites of Passage” trip to the majestic Grand Canyon and the inaugural seventh grade trip to Washington, D.C. True to their company core values of “servant leadership” and “fun-luving attitude,” our friends at Southwest greeted our students, faculty, and chaperones upon their arrivals to the airport and sent them off in a big way!

With this year marking the 25th Anniversary year of the Grand Canyon trip, spearheaded by Perot Family Headmaster, Dr. Terry J. Flowers, St. Philip’s is excited to continue providing its students engaging, out of classroom, experiential learning experiences on their educational journey.