INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
“Connecting Cultures, Creating Trust” Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project
Brief description of all standing SPS International Programs
Contact person for Language-based programs: Ms. Jeanne L. Windsor
Language-based programs – short duration:
China			Ma Chinese Studies Summer Program – Every other year (2002, 2004, etc.).
			– 5 weeks, summer. 2 weeks travel, 3 weeks study/immersion.
			– Participants: 10-15 students, 2 chaperones.
France			Exchange with Ecole Alsacienne. – Every year. 2 weeks in February, 2 weeks
			in March.
			– French students immersed in SPS life in February, Americans hosted by
			French families in Paris in March, field trips organized every day with SPS
			chaperone.
			– Participants: 5-10 students, 1-2 chaperones.
Germany			Exchange with Humboldt-Schule. Germans visit SPS one year (2002, 2004,
			etc.), SPS visits Leipzig the other (2003, 2005, etc.).
			– 2 weeks in March or April. Field trips organized every day with SPS
			chaperone.
			– Participants: 10-12 students, 2 chaperones.
Greece			Classical Honors Trip – Every other year (2003, 2005, etc.).
			– 2 weeks, March; itinerary through Greece, staying in hotels.
			– Participants: 10-15 students, 2-3 chaperones.
Japan			TIES Program (Toin International Exchange Student: TIES) – Every year.
			– 5 weeks, summer. Classes at the Toin School in Yokohama, homestays
			with families, field trips.
			– Participants: 2-5 students, chaperones provided by TIES.
Language-based programs – longer duration:
	• Exchanges:
France			– term exchange with the Ecole Alsacienne, Paris.
Germany			– term or year exchange with the Humboldt-Schule.
	• Abroad Programs:
Japan			– Seikei Exchange term or year immersion at the Seikei High chool in Tokyo.
China			– School Year Abroad Program.
France			– School Year Abroad Program.
Italy			– School Year Abroad Program.
Spain			– School Year Abroad Program.
Language-based Hosting Programs
	• SPS hosts international students from:
France			- one student from the 3rd Form, per year, for one year, under the auspices
			of the Weicker Program.
Germany			- one student from the 5th Form, per year, for one year, under the auspices
			of the ASSIST Program.
Japan			- one student from the 4th or 5th Form, per year, for one, two or three years,
			under the auspices of SPS-Seikei sister school partnership.
Japan			- one student from the 4th Form, per year, for the Spring Term, under the
			auspices of the SPS-Toin sister school partnership.
Language-based Program in development:
Chile			– Exchange with the British Royal School Spring Term Exchange.
Contact person for Language-based programs: Ms. Jeanne L. Windsor
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Description of current programs created on 29 April 03					Last modified on 12 April 05