The Tornado Travelers Club allows students to become global learners as they experience a variety of cultures in a unique way. Students from Malden High School will have an opportunity to pursue academic enrichment as they problem solve their way through new challenges and experiences in each country we visit. Global travel requires independence, cooperation and open-mindedness as students encounter diversity, multiculturalism, languages, and environments different from their own in Malden. The travelers will overcome fears (of uncertainty) while forming new relationships with peers, teachers, natives of the host countries, and other travelers. Aligned with the MHS mission statement, The Tornado Travelers Club fosters personal growth and seeks to make travel accessible to all students. Travel is an educational journey, with a myriad of benefits, which each student experiences and grows from in an individual way. Through this club, global citizenship will be prioritized as we educate students about other cultures and prepare them for success in a global society.
Travel Club at Malden High
Tornado Travelers is a club at Malden High that was established in 2010 to provide travel opportunities to students in a safe and educational capacity. In addition to the group leader, there will be at least one other MHS chaperone and a full time EF tour guide on each journey. |
Travel Company we use - EF Tours
TTC works with the tour company Education First. This is an educational travel company that provides school groups a variety of educational itineraries. Students will be signing up directly with this travel company and will be held to all their rules. |
GROUP LEADERS
These staff members from Malden High are eager to share their love of travel with your student.
Shauna CampbellMs. Campbell started teaching at Malden High in 2007 and experienced her first taste of travel in college by taking two classes abroad during her winter breaks. After a few more years of exploring the world and talking about what she learned in her MHS Science classes she realized that she wanted to create the same experience for her students! Since then she has been to almost 30 countries with students, friends and family.
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Sarah JonesMs. Jones' travel experiences started with her family exploring National Parks all over the west coast until she moved to New England in 2006 and started teaching at Malden High. While finding her niche on the east coast, she has expanded her horizons by traveling to multiple continents. From digging trenches in Ecuador, to safaris in Kenya Ms. Jones is most known for packing adventure into every destination she visits!
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Chris Giordano
Mr. Giordano has been teaching math at Malden High School since 2010 and chaperoned his first Tornado Travelers trip in 2023 when they went to Puerto Rico. The trip combined his three favorite reasons to travel: adventure, culture, and food! He believes that the best way to learn is through experience, and there is no better way to learn about our world than travel. From hiking in the Andes mountains, to visiting museums in London, making fresh pasta in Florence, and more, he hopes to share his passion for experiential learning with the students of MHS.
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Yahaira MarquezSince she was a young girl, Ms. Márquez has always loved traveling away from home as a break to all that was familiar and an opportunity to embrace new experiences. Growing up, these travels were limited to vacations spent visiting family in Puerto Rico, which were always cherished, but once she went on a college trip to Mexico, her passion for travel around the world was ignited, taking her to places like Amsterdam, Brussels, Madrid, Barcelona, Prague, Paris, Berlin, and most recently to Cuba (Aug 2018) and as a chaperone on an MHS educational tour to Italy, which was an amazing experience! Ms. Márquez will continue to explore the world and encourage students to do the same, as it provides an education, an understanding of the world, that transcends the limits of the classroom.
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Mitch AbbatessaMr. Abbatessa’s travel experience has kept him mostly in the Caribbean. He has been to nearly ten different island nations. He loves adventuring to new places and being exposed to new cultures and cuisines. He was one of the chaperones for the MHS Italy trip in 2018 where he forged new bonds with students and staff. Mr. Abbatessa loved his experience in Italy. He and Mrs. Healy will be leading a tour to California in 2022. Mr. Abbatessa has been teaching in Malden since 1999.
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