STMS Trips
Sonoran Trails is proud to offer travel opportunities for students to both domestic and international destinations. Students learn, visit historically and culturally significant landmarks, have fun, and create memories to last a lifetime! Depending on the destination, students may also have the opportunity to use what they've learned in their world language classes.
- Spain- Summer 2025
- 8th Grade Trip to Philadelphia, Gettysburg & Washington D.C.- March 2026
- Japan- Summer 2026
Spain- Summer 2025
Trip Info
We are pleased to announce that we will be taking students to Spain in Summer of 2025 (May 28th-June 4th).
Please click on the PowerPoint below for more detailed information.
Meeting Dates
- First Parent Meeting
- Tuesday, December 5, 2023
- STMS Drama Room
- 6:00 PM
- Field Trip Itinerary and Sign-Up Information
- Second Parent Meeting
- Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- Ms. McLyn's classroom (Rm. 608)
- 6:00 PM
- Rooming assignments, passports/visas, emergency contact info
- Final parent meeting
- Monday, May 12, 2025
- Ms. McLyn's classroom (Rm. 608.)
- 5:30pm
- Bring questions and tip money!
First Parent Meeting PowerPoint (12/5/2023)
Second Parent Meeting PowerPoint (1/7/2025)
Trip Sponsors
8th Grade Trip to Philadelphia, Gettysburg & Washington D.C.- March 2026
Trip Info
Meeting Dates
Sign-Up Begins: 11/4/2024
Sign Up Page: https://www.efexploreamerica.com/tour-website/2841403HK
First Parent Meeting: 11/04/2024 in the STMS Auditorium
Second Parent Meeting: TBD (plan for Fall 2025)
Third Parent Meeting: TBD (plan for February 2026)
1st Parent Meeting PowerPoint
Trip Sponsors
Japan- Summer 2026
Trip Info
We are pleased to announce that we will be taking students to Japan in Summer of 2026.
Please see the PowerPoint Presentation below for more detailed information!
Meeting Dates
- First Parent Meeting
- Thursday, January 23rd 2025
- Ms. McLyn's classroom (Rm. 608)
- 6:00 PM
- Field Trip Itinerary and Sign-Up Information
First Meeting PowerPoint (1/23/25)
Trip Sponsors
Some of the places we've been!
Students participating in the Laying of the Wreath Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. March 2025.
Students participating in the Laying of the Wreath Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. March 2025.
Students participated in the Laying of the Wreath Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. March 2025.
A walk by the Seine!
Place Louis Lepine (Paris)
The Louvre
Napoleon's Tomb
Utah Beach Museum, Normandy Coast
Saying goodbye to the tour bus driver in Portsmouth.
Bletchley Park
Cajun swamp tour outside New orleans
Chinatown in London
On the red-eye!
Imperial War Museum, London
Ghost tour in New Orleans
WWII museum in New Orleans
Trying on some swag at the French Market
At the French Market
Walking across the bridge in Selma
Walking across the bridge in Selma
A lecture by Rosa Parks in Montgomery, AL
Outside Martin Luther King Jr.'s home in Montgomery, AL
Montgomery, Alabama
Outside the White House
Inside the White House
Outside the Capitol Building, Washington D.C
Getting ready for the tour of the Capitol.
In Africa after taking the ferry over from Spain for the day.
Malaga, Spain
At the Alhambra in Granada, Spain
Learning about the Alhambra
Sevilla, Spain
Sevilla, Spain
Plaza de España in Sevilla, Spain
Toledo, Spain
Cordoba, Spain
In the Mosque in Cordoba, Spain
Outside the Cathedral in Cordoba, Spain
Toledo, Spain
Toledo, Spain
Toledo, Spain
Dinner in Madrid, Spain
Ready to ride the subway in Madrid, Spain.
Puerto del Sol, Madrid
Overnight flight to Spain!
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love
Ghost tour in Philadelphia
Eating Philly cheesesteaks
Learning in Philadelphia
A trip to Philly wouldn't be complete without running up the steps like Rocky!
At Gettysburg
At Gettysburg
Fenway Park tour
At the Museum of the American Revolution
Boston, MA
At Plymouth Rock where the Pilgrims landed.
Plymouth, MA
The JFK Library
Millenium Park in Chicago, IL
The Motown Museum in Detroit, MI
The Henry Ford Museum
In Old Shanghai
Shanghai, China
Terracotta Warriors in Xian, China
Terracotta Warriors in Xian, China
Terracotta Warriors in Xian, China
Learning about medicine in China
Taking a train from Beijing to Xian
Pandas at the Beijing Zoo
Invited to a private citizen's house for dinner in Beijing
Learning about jade and pearls in China
Beijing, China
Walking along the Great Wall
The Great Wall of China
Entering Ming Tombs
Tiananmen Square
Tiananmen Square
The Summer Palace
The Summer Palace
Students laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Learning in Williamsburg, VA
History comes alive at Jamestown, VA
History comes alive at Jamestown, VA
Jamestown,VA
Graceland
At the gates of Graceland
Wall Street, NYC
Times Square, NYC
Statue of Liberty, NYC
New York City
WWII Memorial at night
Outside the 9/11 Memorial
Students learning about the Civil Rights Movement in the same church MLK preached at.