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In the spirit of #TBT and #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we\u2019re taking a look back at some of our most inspirational teachers with our Group Leader spotlight segment:<\/span><\/p>\n Gary R.<\/strong> Justin<\/strong> Christian<\/strong> Kerry<\/strong> Do you know an Explorica group leader, or any teacher, who deserves a shout-out? \u00a0Tweet us @Explorica <\/a>using #ThankATeacher to let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the spirit of #TBT and #TeacherAppreciationWeek, we\u2019re taking a look back at some of our most inspirational teachers with our Group Leader spotlight segment: Gary R. Gary is a Canadian history and social studies teacher for grades 9-12. He was first inspired to travel when he visited the important Canadian history sites across Europe, Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explorica-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6861"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6895,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861\/revisions\/6895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGary is a Canadian history and social studies teacher for grades 9-12. He was first inspired to travel when he visited the important Canadian history sites across Europe, \u201cI feel a responsibility to bring students overseas to see these places and feel what they represent for themselves, so they can have the opportunity to discover their Canadian identity as I did.\u201d <\/span>Read more.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
\nJustin views educational travel as a way to help his students experience faraway places they probably couldn\u2019t visit on their own. Justin turned a devastating earthquake into an important lesson for his students. <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a> about his trip to Nepal. <\/span><\/p>\n
\nChristian never dreamed she\u2019d be able to travel with her students. But, she took advantage of Explorica\u2019s flexibility to give her high-functioning special needs students to Spain. <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nKerry took a lifelong passion for travel and turned it into an educational opportunity for his students. He began planning his first tour in 2008, and since then, has led a trip every year. <\/span>Read more<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n