Every year, students travel for spring break, and this year, many are taking the opportunity to be a part of special trips sponsored by LHS.

One of the trips, led by Latin teacher Jason Lichte, will take student to Rome. Students will get to visit some of Rome’s most famous sightseeing locations.

“We’ll be going to places like the Colosseum, the Sistine Chapel and Pompeii,” Lichte said. “We are going to be [in Rome] for the majority of spring break.”

The trip was offered to Lichte’s Latin classes, so students can learn about foreign culture.

This is exactly why junior Thomas Irick is going on the trip.

“I decided to go on it because I wanted to learn more about Roman history since I find it so intriguing,” Irick said.

Irick is also looking forward to travelling overseas for the first time and specifically, getting to see Mt. Vesuvius.

Another trip students are taking this spring break is the Bike Club’s trip to Moab, Utah, with social studies teacher and club sponsor David Platt.

Senior Stephen Hodges is one such student.

“[I’m going so I can] traverse the vast American landscape,” Hodges said. “And to lose my muffin top by hiking and biking.”

Although this is a first time trip for students like Hodges, it is not for Platt.

“I’ve taken students on this trip since 2003,” Platt said.

This year’s trip will cover most of spring break and will highlight outdoor sightseeing.

Platt plans to take students on hikes through Utah’s Canyonlands and Arches National Park.

Orchestra is also taking a trip. Theirs is to Chicago, and according to director Rachel Dirks, the trip is “a reward for the orchestra’s hard work.”

Having a clinic at Northwestern University, performing at the Field Museum of Natural History next to the dinosaurs and attending a Chicago Symphony concert are a few of the things the orchestra members will do on the action-packed, five-day trip.

Students, including sophomore Joseph Anderson, have been waiting three years for the trip and have high expectations.

“I won’t get another chance to go on another trip, and I kept hearing the stories from previous trips. It [sounded] like something I wouldn’t want to miss,” Anderson said.

Anderson is most looking forward to going to Medieval Times, a jousting show and dinner.

“It sounds like a fun way to relax after playing at the Field Museum,” he said.