Oak Hall School's inaugural student exchange trip to China would take place over spring break in 2011. The itinerary included flights to Seoul and Beijing, with tours of historic sites like the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and the Great Wall of China. Students would then take an overnight train to Shanghai to see modern areas like The Bund, and travel by train to Changzhou to visit Changzhou #2 Senior Middle School and landmarks in the city. Additional destinations included Suzhou known as the Venice of China, and return travel to Shanghai via bullet train to end the trip at the Shanghai airport.