Pingry Global Programs Semester Away Assembly 2016

9:40 a.m. Why Take a Semester Away?

Mr. Jeff Jewett – Pingry Director of Global Education

Mr. Jon Leef – Pingry Assistant Headmaster

9:45 am Reflections On My Semester Away

Lauryn Rodney (2017) – High Mountain Institute (Colorado)

Madeline Parrish (2018) – TASIS London (United Kingdom)

Cameron Campbell (2017) - TASIS London (United Kingdom)

Rikki Borkowski (2017) – The Island School (Bahamas)

Jennifer Korn (2017) – St. Stephen’s School (Italy)

Reid Allinson (2017) – Arabic Year at King’s Academy (Jordan)

10:00 Program Representative Introductions

10:10 Table Visitations – go check out a few that interest you the most

10:40 – Your next class begins – don’t be late!

Additional Current Pingry Students that have completed Semesters Away:

Swiss Semester: Tucker Bickell (2016) , Hollie Hopf (2016), Gabe Gever (2017), AJ Bernstein (2017)

School for Ethics and Global Leadership (SEGL): Jonathan Algoo (2016)

If you are considering applying for an away program, please see Mr. Jewett first!

You must notify Mr. Jewett in writing of your application by March 1st, but you should speak with him earlier than that for advice and consultation.

1 Alzar School Idaho & Chile Sean Bierle, Head of School

Empowering experiences in extraordinary environments prime Alzar School students for a lifetime of leadership. The Alzar School is a semester school for highly motivated sophomores with an emphasis on leadership development. This is accomplished through the integration of rigorous academics, cultural exchange (6 weeks in Chile), and outdoor adventure. Through diverse educational experiences that span unique and traditional settings, the Alzar School provides learning opportunities that promote confidence, grit and transference to many other facets of life. www.alzarschool.com

Full need-based financial aid available. Apply by February 15th for full consideration.

Arabic Semester - King’s Academy Jordan Matt Westman, Assistant to the Headmaster for Special Projects

Arabic Year at King’s Academy (AY) offers high school students one year of intensive Arabic language study, Middle Eastern cultural immersion and experiential learning.

The program is designed for students in grades 10 through 12 who want to learn Arabic and explore the history, politics and culture of a vital part of the world. Students enrolled in AY are part of King’s Academy, an American-style boarding school in Jordan modeled after Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts.

AY allows students to gain fluency in Arabic, soak in the history and culture of the Middle East and “learn by doing” through off-campus educational excursions in Jordan and the region. Students accepted into the AY program must be committed to the work necessary to access a difficult language. www.kingsacademy.edu.jo

Limited need-based financial aid is available.

Atlas Workshops Trips in Europe & India Kelsey Davenport, Global Programs Coordinator

Every summer, Atlas Workshops runs a handful of Global Innovators Trips for high school students to work on real-world projects. Our trips combine STEM, Entrepreneurship, Design, and Research as we tackle real world issues. We train our students to be the future change makers around the world while building a network of engaged, creative innovators. In 2016 we will have trips during July to Croatia, Berlin & Prague, Scandinavia, and India. www.atlasworkshops.com

Merit and need-based financial aid is available.

2 Coastal Studies for Girls Maine Evelyn Smith, Enrollment Coordinator

What will you discover? That science means getting your hands muddy and your feet wet; that biodiversity abounds among the rockweed and spiral wrack of the intertidal; that leadership is cultivated and celebrated, in classrooms and in conversations, along wilderness trails and during research presentations. At Coastal School for Girls, students discover that joyful learning and life- long friendships happen in a little yellow farmhouse in Freeport, Maine. www.coastalstudiesforgirls.org

Limited need-based financial aid is available.

High Mountain Institute Colorado Ray McGaughey, Director of Admissions

Study in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado for a semester or a summer! At HMI, high school juniors (and some seniors) receive a full semester of academic credit while spending a total of 30 days backpacking and skiing through the Rocky Mountains and canyons of Utah. Located in Leadville, CO, at elevation 10,000 ft, HMI brings together students from all over the U.S. for seventeen unforgettable weeks. The West is our classroom--no previous outdoor experience required! www.hminet.org

Full need-based financial aid available. Apply by February 15th for full consideration. A family on financial aid at Pingry can expect to pay a similar amount of after-aid tuition at HMI.

The Island School The Bahamas Taylor Hoffman, Director of Admissions

The Island School is a transformative semester and summer journey based on the island of Eleuthera in The Bahamas. Using Eleuthera’s cultural and environmental landscape, students explore academics outside the traditional classroom setting. While taking courses in ecology, applied scientific research, mathematics, art, and literature, students are immersed in expeditionary and cultural programs. The Island School experience culminates in the beginning of a lifelong educational journey, where self-confident students emerge as engaged global citizens, empowered to be active leaders of their generation. www.islandschool.org

Full need-based financial aid available.

3 Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki Maine KC Ford, Director of Admissions & Financial Aid

Founded in 1988, Chewonki Semester School offers forty-two eleventh grade students the chance to live, work and study on a 400-acre saltwater peninsula on the Maine coast with the goal of exploring the natural world and learning to thrive in an environmentally sustainable community. By taking honors and AP level courses, living in wood-heated cabins, working on an organic farm and challenging them-selves on wilderness trips throughout Maine, students return to their sending schools with increased self-confidence, an appreciation for the rewards and struggles of community living, and a strong sense of ownership for their education. www.chewonki.org

Full need-based financial aid available. Apply by February 15th for full consideration.

The Mountain School of Milton Academy Vermont Kareen Obydol-Alexandre, French Teacher

The Mountain School is a semester school program based in Vershire, Vermont. Each semester 45 motivated high school juniors from all over the country come together to live and work on the school's organic farm. Students and faculty build together a semester based on trust and an appreciation of difference, creating an academic and work-based community in which every voice matters. While living with teachers in small houses, students help to make important decisions concerning how we live together. Courses provide a demanding, integrated learning experience that takes advantage of the school's small size and mountain campus. Balancing intellectual inquiry and experiential learning, the curriculum challenges students to think flexibly, speak their minds, and return to their schools equipped for continued academic success. Engagement with the farm and forest sparks an appreciation for their food, their fuel and their labor. Admission is selective and financial aid is available. www.mountainschool.org

The Oxbow School California Holly McVeigh, Director of Admissions

The Oxbow School is a semester program and summer camp focusing on artmaking and interdisciplinary humanities. This program provides juniors, seniors, and post-graduate students the opportunity for intensive studio experience in painting, sculpture, photography, digital media, and printmaking. Each art discipline occupies a fully equipped 1,250 square-foot studio with eighteen-foot ceilings and roll-up doors that open to an inspiring view of the Napa River. Studios are open during the evenings and on weekends and students are encouraged to create independent work. The atmosphere at Oxbow is one of intense artistic exploration combined with rigorous academics. www.oxbowschool.org

Merit and need-based financial aid is available. 4 The Outdoor Academy North Carolina Cary Crawford, Admissions Counselor

The Outdoor Academy is an accredited residential semester school for high achieving sophomores and select freshman and juniors. Focused on intellect, environment, community, and craft, OA delivers rigorous high school academics infused with experiential education in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our small community of students will also spend a quarter of their semester developing technical and wilderness leadership skills on backpacking, climbing, and paddling adventures all over the Southeast. www.enf.org/outdoor_academy

Limited need-based financial aid grants available. Please apply by February 15th for consideration.

Pioneer Research Program Online with international collaborators Matthew Jaskol – Program Director

An independent, entirely online enrichment program, the Pioneer Research Program pairs exceptional high school students from 17 countries with college and university professors to do undergraduate-level research in any of 22 disciplines. Participating professors teach in or have graduated from distinguished institutions. Therefore, when evaluating their Pioneer scholars, they can use the rigorous standards of these institutions as the basis for comparison. Faculty send these evaluations directly to the admissions offices of the colleges to which the students will apply.

The student-professor collaboration occurs over 10 to 25 weeks. Participating professor meets with students in small groups (maximum of four) through video conference to give a compressed but rigorous course in the professor’s research specialty. Throughout the second half, students work one-on-one with the professor to develop their own undergraduate-level research paper. College credit and full access to online college libraries are included. pioneeracademics.com

Full need-based financial aid available.

5 The School for Ethics and Global Leadership (SEGL) Washington D.C. Mairéad O'Grady, Director of Admissions, French Teacher

The mission of The School for Ethics and Global Leadership is to provide intellectually motivated high school juniors who represent the diversity of the United States with the best possible opportunity to shape themselves into ethical leaders who create positive change in our world. We do this through a unique curriculum emphasizing ethical thinking skills, leadership development, and international affairs. Our location in Washington, DC and our affiliations with noted institutions and individuals ensure our students have access to the best our nation’s capital has to offer. We accept 24 rising high school juniors for each semester and need-based financial aid is available. www.schoolforethics.org

School Year Abroad Campuses in France, Spain, Italy & China Molly Umble, Assistant Director of Admissions

School Year Abroad is a study-abroad and homestay program for American high school students in the 11th and 12th grades. SYA operates four independent American schools in China, France, Italy and Spain. We currently enroll students from over 35 states representing nearly 150 public and independent schools.

SYA students attend classes with over 60 other American juniors and seniors for an entire academic year, live with a carefully selected local family, engage in an exciting global curriculum that brings the language and history of Europe or Asia to life, and travel extensively throughout their host country. SYA schools adhere to a rigorous academic standard and, with the help of college counselors, prepare students for admission to select college and universities.

SYA produces young adults who are globally minded, intellectually curious and proficient in a second language. Moreover, SYA schools provide an eye-opening cultural experience that encourages personal growth and serves as an advantage during the college admissions process. www.sya.org

Both merit and need-based financial aid are available. Apply by February 1st for full financial aid and scholarship consideration.

6 Swiss Semester Switzerland Pingry Swiss Semester Alumni – Gabe Gever, AJ Bernstein, Tucker Bickell, Hollie Hopf

Swiss Semester: a sophomore, fall-semester program located in Zermatt, Switzerland for those students who enjoy the outdoors and are looking for an academic, physical, and social challenge. Swiss Semester integrates the program's extensive travel and spectacular surroundings with classes in order to make the material and the learning process more relevant and stimulating. www.swisssemester.org

TASIS (The American School in Switzerland) Switzerland and England Marc-Pierre Jansen, US Representative

TASIS is dedicated to cultivating independent minds in a challenging intellectual and global environment. We expect members of our community to be engaged in the world; inspired to making it more humane and more just; and committed to using their knowledge and talents to make a lifelong impact on it, we don't teach character, we model it through an accomplished, dedicated faculty who serve as mentors and advisors, coaches and role models, guiding students toward their highest ambition."

Highlights of a semester at TASIS -Ski Week in the Alps -Academic Travel with faculty for a week -Service Trips during Spring break. Examples: Malawi, Romania, Thailand, and India. Fun Facts: -67 Nationalities -35 Different spoken languages -all students room with another student with a different mother tongue. www.tasis.com

Limited financial aid available.

St. Stephen’s School of Rome Italy Jo Ann Clark, US Admissions Representative

The Semester- and Year-abroad programs options at St. Stephen's School in Rome provide adventurous 10th-12th-grade students a co-educational, international experience in the heart of the Eternal City. While living on site in the campus's recently-renovated boarding department--a historic monastery designed to meet students' academic, athletic, artistic and extracurricular needs--students are fully integrated with the day school community and participate fully in the School's renowned trips programs as well as weekend excursions exclusively for boarders. This study-abroad offering provides a stimulating and culturally diverse environment that cultivates respect, trust and self-reliance, along with the pursuit of academic excellence and intensive exposure to the unsurpassed cultural wonders of Italy. www.sssrome.it

Limited financial aid available.

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Programs which Pingry supports but which could not join us today:

The Alexander Muss High School in Israel Israel

AMHSI is a study abroad program in Israel where the land is your classroom. Discover 4000 years of the history of Israel from biblical times to the present. Earn high school and college credits hiking from sea to sea, climbing mountains, riding camels and traveling to Poland to learn about the holocaust. AMHSI is an American, Middle States accredited school. www.amhsi.org

CITYterm New York City

CITYterm is an experience-based semester program for intellectually adventuresome juniors and seniors in high school. Based at The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, NY, the program brings together 30 students and eleven faculty members, seven of whom live in residence, for an intensive study of New York City. Students spend three days of our six-day academic week in the classroom and three days in the City. The program encourages students to connect classroom learning with city experiences through an integrated, interdisciplinary curriculum that employs New York City as its central text. Our mission is to teach students to engage fully in learning and thinking – for themselves, about themselves, and about who and what is beyond themselves. www.cityterm.org

Casuarinas International School Lima, Peru

Casuarinas School is an exceptional opportunity for international students interested in learning Spanish as a second language, participating in community service, learning about Peruvian culture and history, interacting with our local students, developing friendships abroad, and becoming global citizens. Our Boarding School Program is destined for boys and girls in the 7th through 11th grade, as well as for those who have already finished high school and wish to take a productive year off before starting college. www.casuarinas.edu.pe/

Catalyst Term at African Leadership Academy Johannesburg, South Africa

Catalyst Term at African Leadership Academy (ALA) is a study-abroad experience that develops catalysts of positive social change. Each term, 12-15 Catalyst students from secondary schools around the world join ALA's community of over 200 young African leaders and our international faculty at our boarding school in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Catalyst Term students have the opportunity to develop as social innovators through our unique Entrepreneurial Leadership curriculum while studying side-by-side ALA students in our honors- level pre-university curriculum. catalyst.africanleadershipacademy.org/

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