Description

Enhance your high school years with a semester or academic year abroad! Studying in Costa Rica offers students the opportunity to grow and change, while embracing the lifestyle of a foreign culture. Costa Rica's unique location and tropical setting make it nature's live theater, and its wild array of exotic flora and fauna make it one the most bio-diverse places on earth. It has a reputation as one of the most stable and prosperous Latin American countries, with one of the highest literacy rates. You'll attend a pre-university International Baccalaureate (I.B.) program taught in English at the Lincoln School outside San José, or participate in an environmental education program taught in English and Spanish at the Cloud Forest School. No prior foreign language study is required for enrollment at Lincoln School; however, two years of high school Spanish and an interest in environmental studies are required for the Cloud Forest School.

Highlights

- Placement of student in a Costa Rican high school
- Careful selection, interview and screening of an appropriate Costa Rican family
- Room and board with selected host family
- Supervision and support throughout the year by a Local Coordinator
- Periodic progress reports
- Transportation to and from a local airport
- Orientation before leaving the U.S.
- Orientation upon arrival in Costa Rica
- International airfare between U.S. departure city and Costa Rica
- International medical insurance and 24 hour worldwide assistance provided through the iNext travel card

Type of Programs

• High School Study Abroad

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Cost in US$:

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This Program is open to

American Participants.

CIEE's Mission Statement

Since 1947, the Council on International Educational Exchange, known as CIEE, has been in pursuit of its mission, "to help people gain understanding, acquire knowledge, and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world. Our services to young people studying, working, teaching, and traveling abroad are more important than ever.

Year Founded

1947