The Beverly School Committee approved two field-trip requests for Beverly Public Schools music and world-language programs on Sept. 10.

Beverly High School band and choral faculty asked permission to travel April 30'May 3 to the Harrisburg/Hershey, Pa., area to participate in Music in the Parks, an adjudicated festival that pairs performance adjudication with a day at Hershey Park. Band director Adam Costa and choir director Olivia Moncello told the committee the trip would include adjudication for six ensembles, a clinic with professional clinicians, and cultural visits to Gettysburg and Lancaster. Olivia Moncello described the cost plan and fundraising options: "The total cost per student is $922," she said, and families may make staggered payments; the booster organization is budgeting a $60 per-student contribution to reduce individual cost.

The committee voted to approve the Hershey Park music trip (motion carried). Presenters said eight adult chaperones would travel with two motor coaches; medical coverage will be arranged through parent/volunteer nurses historically used on trips, and district nursing staff noted state licensure rules affect out-of-state practice, prompting district staff to follow up on any additional medical-coverage requirements.

Separately, the committee approved a Quebec City trip for eighth-grade French students for April vacation. Eighth-grade French teacher Marissa Lomas presented a four-day itinerary that includes Old Quebec tours, Citadelle, the Plains of Abraham reenactment, a sugar-shack visit and a community-bread oven stop on the return. She said passports are not required for U.S. minors with certified birth certificates but noted she will collect and return documents for safety. The per-student cost for the Quebec trip was listed as $1,165; the trip vendor offers family payment plans and Explorica fundraising pages for individual students.

Votes: Both trips received committee approval; voting was unanimous.

Ending: Teachers and department leaders said both trips return students to out-of-school, experiential learning after pandemic disruptions and provide adjudication and cultural-immersion opportunities. The district said it will follow up on medical-staffing details for both out-of-state and international travel.