PREP GLOBAL EDUCATION
German Exchange Trip
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s part of a long-standing tradition between Connecticut and Überlingen, Germany, Fairfield Prep students participated in a German Exchange program this past summer. With a packed two-week schedule, they traveled to Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. The history and legacy of this German Exchange began in 1980 when the parents of theology teacher Ms. Kathleen Jackson, P’25 and Herr Sebastian Fritz, Annelies Venus and Lothar Fritz, joined their schools in what would become a 43-year tradition. As Fairfield Prep embraced this established foreign exchange program, the opportunity arose for the global connection of Jesuits schools in several countries! In 2018, Prep initiated a connection with a day visit to a Jesuit boarding school in the Black Forest, St. Blasien. In 2023, Prep students continued this connection with an overnight stay at St. Blasien. Fairfield Prep’s host families in Überlingen allowed for this possibility of casting a web of continued relationships within the worldwide Jesuit community. Prep is looking ahead to another successful trip in 2024!
If your family is interested in this experience, reach out to Ms. Jackson, kjackson@fairfieldprep.org.
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