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School Year Abroad

SYA France for the academic year 2006-2007: Emily Smith, Molly Porter, and Monica Villar

Last update: 11/06/06

SYA students spend an entire academic year in China, France, Italy or Spain, living with host families, participating in community life and studying the foreign language as well as its history, literature, art and contemporary culture in accelerated classes from native instructors. SYA is highly esteemed by language teachers and college admissions officers around the country, and SYA graduates are regularly admitted to the most competitive U.S. universities. The Chinese program is the only one in the history of China to offer long term homestays with Chinese families. A campus in Italy with a focus on Classical Studies opened this fall (2001). All SYA campuses offer Math and English courses that are taught by instructors on leave from SYA member schools, as well as on-campus college counseling and a full program of College Board and AP testing. Founded by Phillips Academy (Andover), Phillips Exeter Academy and St. Paul's School, the SYA network now includes 23 of the nation's top independent schools. Harvard-Westlake is proud to be among them.

As an SYA member school, Harvard-Westlake guarantees full academic credit for work completed on an SYA campus. Sophomores and Juniors must apply by February 15 for the following academic year. . Substantial scholarship aid is available. For more information, contact Geoffrey Bird, Upper School Foreign Language Department. See the SYA web site at www.sya.org.