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