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Italy Trip

Registration dates for Easter 2024 trip

  • Monday, Feb. 27:  Open to rising Seniors 
  • Tuesday, Feb. 28: Open to rising Juniors
  • Wednesday, March 1: Open to all grades

Register for the trip

Itinerary: 

This annual trip takes place during Easter Break. We depart on Holy Thursday and return the following Friday (one week after Good Friday).

Rome 

  • Thursday: Travel day
  • Friday: The Eternal City, St. Peter's Square, Vatican Gift Shop, Priscilla Catacombs, night walk to Piazza Navona.
  • Saturday: Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's, the Coliseum, St. Peter in Chains Church, Trevi Fountain gelato.
  • Sunday: Easter Mass at St. Peters, the Pantheon, St. Ignatius, an evening stroll to the Spanish Steps and Piazza del Popolo.

Assisi 

  • Monday: Assisi, St. Francis' Basilica, tomb, and Giotto's frescoes.

Florence & Lucca

  • Tuesday: Tour of Florence, the Academia with Michelangelo's David, the Duomo, a tour of a leather goods shop and goldsmith, a tour of Santa Croce, Lucca, dinner view of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Venice

  • Wednesday-Friday: Explore the canals and observe life with aquatic roads. Gondola ride, tour a glass factory, play soccer on a turf field (Gibbons tradition) and stay on the Lido. Boat ride to the airport.

For more information on the Italy Trip, email Mike Rogosich at MikeRogosich@cghsnc.org

Who attends?

Gibbons students and educators. The trip is open to any rising sophomore, junior, or senior. We typically take 43 students and seven full-time educator chaperones.

Key Dates for Italy 2023

Meetings

  • Thursday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. | Library 
    The Big Meeting--all the information from passports to money to roommates. This meeting is for students, chaperones, and parents. At least one parent should attend.
     
  • Thursday March 9th, 3-4 pm | Room 101  Itinerary Plus Meeting for students and educators
     
  • Tuesday, March 28, 3-4 pm | Room 101 
    Student and chaperone meeting to learn something about St. Peter's.
     
  • Tuesday, April 4, 7:30 a.m. | Room 101 
    Student and chaperone meeting to learn about the Sistine Chapel & the Coliseum.
     
  • Trip: April 6-14
     
  • Tuesday, April 18, 3-4 p.m.| Room 101 
    Italy 2023 students host a meeting for Italy 2024 students to share their experiences

Key Dates for Italy 2024

  • Monday, Feb. 27
    Registration open to rising Seniors 
     
  • Tuesday, February 28
    Registration open to rising Juniors
     
  • Wednesday, Feb. 29
    Registration open to all grades
     
  • Tuesday, April 18, 2023, Tuesday - 3-4 p.m. - Room 101 - Italy 2023 students host a meeting for Italy 2024 students to share their experiences
     
  • November meeting
    TBD
     
  • December Pot Luck
    TBD
     
  • Feb. 8, 2024, 7 to 8 p.m. | Library.  
    The Big Meeting--all the information from passports to money to roommates. This meeting is for students, chaperones, and parents.  At least one parent should attend. 
     
  • March Meeting #1
    TBD
     
  • March Meeting #2
    TBD
     
  • March 28-April 5
    Italy Trip