High School Summer Abroad Blog

The impressive views of the El Castillo de Guadalest and Las Fuentes del Algar are part of the tourist attraction of Alicante. The students were amazed by the natural beauty.

While visiting the capital of Spain, our Global Navigators participated in a bike tour in Retiro park while learning about the important monuments and places inside!

Our students participated in a Tote Bag Workshop and created not only tangible souvenirs to bring home from Alicante, but fun memories with each other as well!

Alicante's Global Navigators bravely embark on a rock climbing adventure that connects them to each other, the culture of Alicante and their language-learning journey!

The trip to Alicante. by Josue Tellez This is the crossing of all the students who travel to Alicante and the first approach to the city.

This month has flown by and today was the final day of classes! The students gave their last presentations, talked about the reflection journals, and watched a video of the... keep reading

It’s our final week in Alicante and we only have a few afternoon activities left. Before leaving Spain we thought it was important for the students to try one of... keep reading

Over the weekend our students spent some time with their host families. Some people went to see the fireworks that take place after the Hogueras festival, many went to the... keep reading

We are always so busy with fun activities in the afternoon such as when we went to the Ocean Race Museum in Alicante. The Ocean Race started in 1973 and... keep reading

The students spent the weekend with their host families and got to experience L as Hogueras festival with them. One of our students, Elena Cole Carlo, wrote this blog post... keep reading

It’s the weekend which means no classes but we’ve still got some fun activities to do! On Saturday we took a bus to the town of Guadalest to see the... keep reading

In addition to our Spanish classes we also have “Community Conversations”. The goal of the Community Conversations is for students to practice what they learned in class that day with native speakers in a more authentic environment. Getting to talk with locals in the community is a great way to feel more comfortable speaking Spanish.

Everything comes to an end, and sadly we have to leave Alicante. However, we don't want to say "goodbye", but "until next time" because we all hope for the opportunity... keep reading

What an amazing last week! This has been a very busy week (not that the previous 3 weeks weren't). The students are tired, but that hasn't interfere with their learning... keep reading

We spent a weekend in Madrid, what a beautiful city! We had a great time visiting many plazas, eating, shopping, strolling down its streets which are filled of history, and... keep reading