Welcome Home - Connexpedition 2023
In total, over the course of this program, our volunteers banded together to develop 12 weeks of lesson plans from scratch, host over 630 online lessons, and mentored over 350 New Taipei City middle school students. We hope you all made the most amazing memories this summer.
Congratulations on the successful completion of the 2023 Connexpedition program!
Thank you to all our volunteers who have put in endless hours of hard work to make this program a resounding success. Your dedication and selflessness have paved the way for the BBnA program to grow further, generating an extraordinary opportunity for positive impact in New Taipei City. We have received overwhelming feedback from principals, teachers, parents, and your students, and they are excited to welcome us back next summer.
In total, over the course of this program, our volunteers banded together to develop 12 weeks of lesson plans from scratch, host over 630 online lessons, and mentored over 350 New Taipei City middle school students. It wasn’t easy and we ran into a whole host of challenges along the way, but we pushed through together and created something amazing.
We greatly appreciate your dedication to the training program, as it played a pivotal role in enhancing our preparedness for the 12-day service trip in Taiwan. Additionally, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to your parents and family members for their unwavering support throughout this entire journey.
We hope you all made the most amazing memories this summer. A few of these memories are enshrined forever in our online photo gallery and YouTube channel. Continue to keep in touch with your new friends and teammates. We'll host a reunion in October to celebrate this summer one more time.
In the meantime, please review the latest email that was sent to you to confirm your information for the President’s Volunteer Service Award. See you in the fall! If you have any questions, email us at connexpedition@wceo.org!
Connexpedition 2023 Member Training and Picnic
It was so nice to spend a day in the sun with our members yesterday for Training #7 and Member Picnic! We hope you were able to relax and enjoy your time with your teammates.
It was so nice to spend a day in the sun with our members yesterday for Training #7 and Member Picnic! We hope you were able to relax and enjoy your time with your teammates.
Thank you to all the families and parents who generously contributed to our potluck and for continuing to support your children in our program.
Members, it was so great to see your energy and enthusiasm during all the games yesterday. Please keep in mind that we want to bring the same level of energy to our students in Taiwan. Let's have a really great trip and have a great time with our students!
Refer a Friend to Our Program– Give $7 and Get $7!
Between now and January 2nd, share your referral code with your family and friends to give them $7 off their application fee. For every referral that uses your code, you will also receive $7 back!
Thanks for applying to Connexpedition 2023! Between now and January 2nd, share your referral code with your family and friends to give them $7 off their application fee. For every referral that uses your code, you will also receive $7 back. This means if you refer 5 friends to our program, you will receive your entire $35 application fee refunded back to you! Please see full terms and conditions below.
Terms and Conditions:
Referral promotion period: December 20, 2022 through January 2, 2023. The referral discount is not retroactive and is only valid during the promotion period.
Each applicant will receive one unique referral code to send to friends and family. When your friend signs up, they must enter the referral code during the application process to receive the $7 discount. Then you will receive a $7 credit for this referral back to your credit card.
Offer and referral codes valid through January 2, 2023 at 11:59 PM (Pacific). You will receive credit back for successful referrals on January 3, 2023 to your original payment method.
Connexpedition 2023: Apply Today!
We are excited to announce that applications for this summer’s service trip are open today. We are currently accepting applications from high school students in the San Francisco Bay Area. The deadline to apply is January 2, 2022.
We are excited to announce that applications for our 2023 program are open today.
Since 2011, more than a total of 500 high school students have volunteered in Taiwan with Connexpedition, teaching English and sharing their American culture while exploring the traditions, lifestyle, and values of the island nation. We hope you will decide to join us this year as we embark on the tenth year of our program!
Program information and full application procedures can be found on our website at www.connexpedition.com/apply. Please read through our program application packet carefully to understand various qualifications, application procedures, and new changes to the program this summer.
Please feel free to share this message with any friends or family members who you think may be interested. We are currently accepting applications from high school students in the San Francisco Bay Area. The deadline to apply is January 2, 2023. We look forward to reviewing your application!
Please do not hesitate to email us at connexpedition@wceo.org if you have any questions.
Welcome Home - Connexpedition 2022
Welcome home! This summer was much more different than originally imagined, but against all odds, we were still able to host a very successful NTPC Easy Leap English language summer camp for the very last time.
Welcome Home - Connexpedition 2022
To our Connexpedition 2022 members: Welcome home! After pausing our program for the last two years, this summer also began to seem like a reach in May when COVID cases started rising again in Taiwan. Against all odds, and because of your hard work and determination, we were still able to host a very successful NTPC Easy Leap English language summer camp for the very last time.
Your positive attitude and herculean efforts to make your online classes as engaging as possible resulted in overwhelmingly positive feedback from your students and their parents. Your commitment to the training program helped us all be more prepared for the 17 days in Taiwan. And of course, we must also express our gratitude to your parents and family members for supporting you the whole way.
We hope you all made the most amazing memories this summer. A few of these memories are enshrined forever in our online photo gallery and Stephanie 老師 recently uploaded a few videos onto our YouTube channel. Continue to keep in touch with your new friends and teammates. We'll host a reunion in October to celebrate this summer one more time.
In the meantime, please review the latest email that was sent to you to confirm your information for the President’s Volunteer Service Award. See you in the fall! If you have any questions, email us at connexpedition@wceo.org!
Now Recruiting for the Continuation of our 2021 Program
We are now recruiting new members to join current members as we continue the 2021 program! There are only a handful of spots left to fill, so please email us as soon as possible if you are interested in joining our program now.
Update (10/10/2021): The Connexpedition 2021 program has been filled. We will begin recruiting for Connexpedition 2022 in the winter. You can add your email address to our mailing list here https://connexpedition.com/apply/2022 to be the first to know when applications are open.
Both the 2021 and the 2022 program will volunteer in Taiwan next summer at the same time. The only difference is the timing of the Online Tutor Volunteering which begins now for the 2021 program and after next summer for the 2022 program.
Earlier this summer, we made the difficult decision to postpone our 2021 service trip to Taiwan due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in Taiwan. The decision to postpone our service trip to the next summer means that our current members will participate in Connexpedition 2021 “in reverse”, with the online tutoring sessions occurring this school year, from October 2021 to May 2022, before the trip in July 2022. We are now recruiting new members to join current members as we continue the 2021 program!
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Apply Now to Join Connexpedition 2021
Joining Connexpedition 2021 now means that you will tutor New Taipei City students online from October 2021 through May 2022. You will be paired with another Connexpedition member and take turns leading the online tutoring sessions each week. There are 17 sessions total and each session is approximately 50-minutes long. Taking turns means you will only go online about once every two weeks.
In March of 2022, we will begin a hybrid online and in-person training series to prepare for the service trip to Taiwan in the summer. Volunteers will create and host a 2-week English language summer camp for students in New Taipei City in July 2022. Learn more about the trip here.
Normally, the online service follows the summer trip, but as 2021 members will have already completed the 17 tutoring sessions before the trip, their volunteer obligations end right after the two-week long summer camp in Taiwan. All volunteers will receive the President’s Volunteer Service Award (Gold Level) in October 2022.
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There are only a handful of spots left to fill, so please email us (connexpedition@wceo.org) as soon as possible if you are interested in joining our program now. There will be a short screening and interview process to make sure you are a good fit for our program and the online classes will begin immediately after.
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Connexpedition 2021 Dates and DetailS
Cost for the entire program (October 2021 through July 2022): $525.00
Program fees to be paid by the end of October after acceptance into the program.
Program fees do not include airfare to and from Taiwan.
Prerequisites: Currently enrolled in 9th-12th grade and can speak both English and Mandarin Chinese
The online classes for the first half of the school year have already been scheduled. Members will be assigned a partner and a day of the week for online classes.
Volunteer Training Session
October 10, 2021 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Online Classes Week 0 (W0)
Week of October 17
Online Classes W1
Week of October 24
Online Classes W2
Week of November 7
Online Classes W3
Week of November 14
Online Classes W4
Week of November 28
Online Classes W5
Week of December 5
Online Classes W6
Week of December 12
Online Classes W7
Week of January 2
Online Classes W8-W16 will resume after the Lunar New Year break in 2022
Member Training and Service Trip Preparation
8 hybrid online and in-person sessions from March 2022 through June 2022
Service Trip*
Depart from the United States - June 30, 2022
Meet in Taiwan - July 1, 2022
Two weeks of English camp - July 4 through July 15, 2022
End of program - July 16, 2022
*Assumes no quarantine in Taiwan
Join Us Today!
Email connexpedition@wceo.org for more information