"The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District board on Jan. 8 approved the international field trip that would involve about 290 students and about 40 staff, parents and volunteers. Saratoga High School's concert band, concert choir and symphony orchestra will be performing in the 2026 Japan Performance and Culture Exchange Tour. Choir students from Lynbrook High School in San Jose will be accompanying them."
"Boitz said this trip took several years of effort and would have happened earlier if the exchange rate between the American dollar and the Japanese yen hadn't been so low. The students will be performing for the Mount Fuji Music Festival and the Musashino Music Academy in Tokyo. They will also perform in Hiroshima and participate in a cultural exchange with the all-girls Hiiyama Junior and Senior High School Wind Orchestra."
""When students spend two weeks away from their parents, they get to exercise muscles that they don't have to exercise a lot of times in their day-to-day life," Durbin said. "Their parents tell them where to go, what to eat, when to go to bed, what to work on next, and we do have a lot of parents' support going on this trip, but they won't be hovering over the kids saying, 'Make this choice' or 'Make that choice.'""
The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District board approved a two-week international field trip in June that will involve about 290 students and about 40 staff, parents and volunteers. Saratoga High School's concert band, concert choir and symphony orchestra will perform alongside choir students from Lynbrook High School. Teachers Michael Boitz and Shelley Durbin will chaperone and instruct. The trip will include performances at the Mount Fuji Music Festival, the Musashino Music Academy in Tokyo, and events in Hiroshima, plus a cultural exchange with the Hiiyama Junior and Senior High School Wind Orchestra. Teachers expect students to gain independence and life skills.
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