Quebec Trip 2026

During January, 41 students who take French in Ken-Ton took a special field trip to Quebec, Canada, to further inquire about the French language and French Canadian culture! The field trip involved the students taking a 10-hour bus ride and crossing the border into Quebec City.

On Day One, the students met at Kenmore East High School at 5:45 in the morning in order to board the bus. After the long drive, the students walked through the city to La Buche, a popular restaurant in the area, to sit down and eat dinner with each other. The students practiced their French when giving their orders to the waiters. After dinner, the students walked back, but unfortunately, due to the frigid weather, they had to return to the hotel for the night.

On Day Two, the students were allowed to walk around and find breakfast. With many options to pick from, a majority of the students picked a small pastry place. After everyone met back up with the guide, Danny, they had the chance to do a small tour around Old Quebec, sightseeing the amazing architecture. Afterwards, the students and teachers walked to the Soldiers of the Martello Tower. This event taught about the French and Canadian military.  Divided into four groups, the students split up to compete against each other in many events. The first event was who could properly load a musket. (Obviously, this was a prop musket, not a real one.) After this, the group had to repeat the task with a new member, “reloading” the prop musket, except this one had a twist–every group had to make as much noise as possible to mess with the other members doing the task. After this, the groups had chances to earn points by answering trivia. Following this, there was a scavenger hunt of words: some were scrambled, while others were in French. After the points were tallied, the students were able to get lunch and hang out before the bus arrived. In the downtime, the students were able to go shopping for souvenirs for themselves or loved ones, or they could have chosen to go tobogganing. Then, the students and teachers took a ride to the Village des Sports Snow Park Complex. At the complex, students walked around a giant hotel made completely of ice! Here, students could hang out around the hotel, admire the beautiful art, and get drinks with cups made completely of ice. After this, the students ate dinner and eventually returned back to the hotel.

On Day Three, students woke up early in the morning in order to go to Chez Marie, a popular breakfast spot. Following this, the students rode the bus to the dogsledding and snowshoeing excursion at Passion Husky. This is where students got the chance to snowshoe in tall snow and dogsled around the area. Students were grouped into pairs for the dogsledding, with one student “driving” and the other sitting down, not doing anything. The “drivers” controlled how fast the dogs were able to go with a break, and leaning to turn. After the excitement with the dogs, the students got to experience Galeries de la Capitale, a giant mall with an indoor amusement park. The students were allowed to eat and shop before going on their next excursion, snow tubing! The snowtubing took place at the Village des Sports Snow Park Complex again. Students got to go tubing at any difficulty they liked. After tubing, the students all got on the bus for their final adventure, the “Sugar Shack.” The Sugar Shack taught kids the history of how maple water was found and how maple syrup was made. After the lesson, students got to buy things from the gift shop and eat dinner in the dining hall, while watching a musical performance. Students could join in with musical spoons or dance with their friends. After dinner, dessert was maple syrup poured onto snow that would eventually freeze up. The students then headed to the hotel for the final time before they left.

On Day Four, students packed their belongings and rode back home on the bus, ending their adventure in Quebec, Canada.