Name: Spanish through Leadership - Nicaragua
Phone: 1.888.674.0408
Email: nica@terracom.net
Director: Ilba Prego
Address/Location: Granada, Nicaragua
Duration: 4 weeks.
Enrollment: 25 per session
Program Dates: 4 weeks from June to August Request our free program dvd at www.highschoolspanish.org
Tuition: $3500 round-trip aifare, all inclusive
Financial Aid: Provided for returning students only
Curriculum: Latin America's most dynamic high school Summer Spanish program provides an active language exchange integrated with Granada's historic local high schools. The focus of our language session is to help students build confidence in everyday dialogue through real activities in the school and community. Your Spanish will grow along with your understanding of local culture. Our afternoon community service for local kids re-enforces your language skills through fun and rewarding activities.
Setting: The Spanish Through Leadership Program is based in Central America's oldest Spanish colonial community Granada, Nicaragua. Few places in Latin America does the Spanish language resonate with more passion and color than along the Nicaragua -Pacific/Caribbean isthmus. Connected by history, culture, volcanoes, rainforests and two oceans; this dynamic region provides endless opportunities to celebrate Spanish in the warm embrace of Central America's remarkable people and vibrant pueblos.
Referrals: We provide parent and teacher references upon request only.

BACKGROUND AND PHILOSOPHY An incredible life-changing experience, a greater appreciation, a new outlook these are words parents use to describe how the Spanish Through Leadership Summer Program impacted their children's lives. The program was created in 1998 with the purpose of linking high school Spanish study to the dynamics of community life in Central America. The Spanish through Leadership Program is part of the Wisconsin Public Schools International Programs and is considered to be Latin America's most authentic and empowering high school language experience. Students, enroll from across the U.S. and Canada. The program's profound connection to local school districts, families, and community youth programs makes it a "role model" for immersion programs. Students literally feel "adopted" into the local community. Whether making homemade tortillas, leading a youth soccer practice, or joining a high school dance fiesta, each day in the community reveals a new adventure. Students quickly discover that building language confidence is easy and rewarding when it is connected to a meaningful purpose. With over 60% per cent of the local population under the age of sixteen it's no wonder that the most enduring part of the trip are the friendships that continue long after summer is over. In the spirit of local community students discover that Spanish is just the beginning. They return home with more than new Spanish skills, they return with a positive vision of themselves in a changing America.

High School Summer Spanish immersion, Latin's America's only fully supervised high school language exchange, providing appropriate high school limits and safety net infracture, providing parents with an accountable overseas program. In-country director Ilba prego, meets with all potential students and parents before enrolling. Participants: Coeducational,U.S. and Canadien high school age 14- 18 yrs