Overseas Trips- Language and Cultural Immersion Programs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oyster-Adams students go to Costa Rica in 8th grade. Those students who take Mandarin in middle school go to Taiwan in 7th grade. My children participated in both trips and LOVED their experiences!

Last time I heard, they were scrapping that because of “equity” issues.

You heard wrong. My DC is heading to Costa Rica with their Adams’ classmates in a couple of days.

[Anonymous]

EW-Stokes goes to Martinique in 5th grade for the French track and Panama for the Spanish track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oyster-Adams students go to Costa Rica in 8th grade. Those students who take Mandarin in middle school go to Taiwan in 7th grade. My children participated in both trips and LOVED their experiences!

Last time I heard, they were scrapping that because of “equity” issues.

Where did you hear that? Why so vague? Either you have useful information to share — or you don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oyster-Adams students go to Costa Rica in 8th grade. Those students who take Mandarin in middle school go to Taiwan in 7th grade. My children participated in both trips and LOVED their experiences!

Last time I heard, they were scrapping that because of “equity” issues.

Where did you hear that? Why so vague? Either you have useful information to share — or you don’t.

Maybe it’s the international exchange trips because of liabilities, not equity

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1242242.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCI offers an immersion trip. The school pays for it too. But you have to be in the advance language track and apply.

You can also do a semester study abroad in high school. The school has some international affiliations with all 3 languages but you can do study abroad anywhere. I’m sure there is a process you have to go thru and such. I’m interested in this once my kid gets to upper grades.

The DCI program is great. My daughter went to Argentina for 2.5 weeks and attended school with students in a small town outside of BA. PP is correct that you must reach a certain language level before you can apply. There is also a trip to Spain for a second Spanish option and Taiwan for the Chinese track and somewhere in France for the French track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCI offers an immersion trip. The school pays for it too. But you have to be in the advance language track and apply.

You can also do a semester study abroad in high school. The school has some international affiliations with all 3 languages but you can do study abroad anywhere. I’m sure there is a process you have to go thru and such. I’m interested in this once my kid gets to upper grades.

The DCI program is great. My daughter went to Argentina for 2.5 weeks and attended school with students in a small town outside of BA. PP is correct that you must reach a certain language level before you can apply. There is also a trip to Spain for a second Spanish option and Taiwan for the Chinese track and somewhere in France for the French track.

I love the fact that it’s a true exchange program where kids from other countries also come to DCI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCI offers an immersion trip. The school pays for it too. But you have to be in the advance language track and apply.

You can also do a semester study abroad in high school. The school has some international affiliations with all 3 languages but you can do study abroad anywhere. I’m sure there is a process you have to go thru and such. I’m interested in this once my kid gets to upper grades.

The DCI program is great. My daughter went to Argentina for 2.5 weeks and attended school with students in a small town outside of BA. PP is correct that you must reach a certain language level before you can apply. There is also a trip to Spain for a second Spanish option and Taiwan for the Chinese track and somewhere in France for the French track.

I love the fact that it’s a true exchange program where kids from other countries also come to DCI.

This is pretty common in DC with the Privates. DC would have no trouble recruiting more students to come I think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At BASIS it varies every year based on interest, teacher availability, etc.

Recently, there have been trips to South Africa, Costa Rica, China, and France.

More like varies every year based on how much families can and will pay for these pricey trips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oyster-Adams students go to Costa Rica in 8th grade. Those students who take Mandarin in middle school go to Taiwan in 7th grade. My children participated in both trips and LOVED their experiences!

Last time I heard, they were scrapping that because of “equity” issues.

Where did you hear that? Why so vague? Either you have useful information to share — or you don’t.

Maybe it’s the international exchange trips because of liabilities, not equity

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1242242.page

A lot has happened since this thread. OA is doing international trips.

[Anonymous]

My neighbor’s kid did this exchange last year while at Deal. Apparently a great experience!

[Anonymous]

I don’t have a lot of regrets but one of my biggest was not studying abroad in college.

MV 5th graders are heading out to Puerto Rico next week.

Love this that some kids get the immersion experience as early as late elementary in DC. It’s not just being immersed in the language and communicating in the language, but much more. It’s the cultural experience, interacting with local students and people, trying new ethnic foods, seeing how people live outside of the US. This can foster more of a sense of empathy towards others not like you, something we badly need in these challenging times.

[Anonymous]

Deal does 8th grade language trips to Costa Rica (Spanish), France and neighboring countries (French), and China/Taiwan (Chinese). Walls has multiple trip opportunities. Latin kids go to Rome. There's an Explorers Club that does multiple extended exchange trips per year. There may be others but those are the ones I'm aware of.

[Anonymous]

Stokes Spanish-track students travel to Panama, and French-track students travel to Martinique in 5th grade.

[Anonymous]

Latin Arabic also goes to Morocco I believe.

[Anonymous]

Just send them as an exchange student for a gap year between high school and college with Rotary or AFS!