Projects & Field Trips

The Delphi Program sets practical requirements for students throughout their academic studies, providing students with important real-life experience in conducting experiments, making useful products, participating in activities that further enhance their understanding of the subjects taught or learning a new skill. Practical assignments consist of both projects and skill development.

Real-World Application

Students will complete over four hundred hours of practical credit by the time they finish the Elementary School. The requirements are fairly broad, but can include activities such as keeping a budget, following a map on a complex urban or rural route, becoming proficient at handling and tying ropes, participating in a mock trial, designing and building a dog house or using a telescope to look at the moon and planets. These activities can be completed either during or after the academic day.

As part of the emphasis on practical activities, Elementary School students participate in regular field trips scheduled at least once a month. Getting students off campus and exploring the environment around them helps to further connect what they are studying with the real world. They may visit a children's museum, go on nature hikes, tour a factory, or attend a play or concert. Our focus is always on helping students to explore the world around them.  Monthly field trips often satisfy some of the practical requirements for each Form.