study of French culture. Homestays featuring bilingual families
Jordan
provide accommodations for our students in this wonderful
Students in our Arabic program explored one aspect of the
“city of lights.”
Middle East by spending ten days in June of 2011 based at
Spain and Uruguay Faculty members who teach Spanish organize and supervise summer study abroad trips each year. In alternate summers, the Spanish trip goes to Spain or Montevideo, Uruguay. Students spend one month living with host families, attending language classes in the mornings and exploring the city, as well as taking
King’s Academy, Jordan. Students also have the opportunity to spend a term or a full year on exchange at King’s Academy; in 2010 - 2011, two students participated in an exchange, and Deerfield welcomed a student from King’s Academy. There are also positions available at King’s Academy during the summer or for a “gap year.”
cooking, traditional dance, and pottery classes in the afternoons.
Great Britain
These programs offer our students of Spanish a wonderful
Members of the English Department offer a course with an in-
opportunity to immerse themselves in a new culture and
ternational component. Seniors may elect Cambridge Seminar:
become more proficient in Spanish.
The Shape of What Returns, which includes a two-week-long
China In alternate summers, students of Chinese and two Deerfield
series of seminars over spring break at the University of Cambridge, England.
faculty members travel throughout China for a month. Students
Dominican Republic
spend 20 days in Beijing living with host families, studying the
Two faculty members initiated a house building project in
language, interacting with Chinese students at Beijing Shi Yan
conjunction with a local organization, Cambiando Vidas.
High School, learning much of China’s history and culture, and
Students participate during their March vacation and during the
seeing the Great Wall; they then travel to Xian, Yunnan (Dali and
summer.
Lijiang), and Shanghai for 12 days.
Italy and Greece Students enjoy an opportunity to explore the rich cultural heritage of Athens and Rome, supplemented by an itinerary that includes tours of Delphi, Myceanae, Epidaurus, Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Naples. Under the auspices of Classics faculty at Deerfield, students stay in hotels throughout the trip and visit sites and museums along the way. Highlights include the Acropolis and its museum, the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, the palace complex at Mycenae, the theatre at Epidaurus, the excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum, the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, the Forum, and the Palatine, Capitoline, and Vatican Museums.
Other International Opportunities
Costa Rica A Deerfield alumna, Caroline Grew ’99, has opened her family ranch on the Nicoya Peninsula to students and faculty interested in environmental science. Five faculty members traveled to Costa Rica in June 2011 to participate in a curriculum design project.
Swiss Semester in Zermatt Developed specifically for sophomores, this program affords the opportunity to live in a foreign country while continuing a strong college-preparatory curriculum. Located in the idyllic village of Zermatt at the foot of the Matterhorn, the Swiss 45