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High School Study Abroad and Teen Travel
Teen Summer Camps, High School Youth Exchanges, and Gap Years Overseas

The logical and often most cost-effective starting place for students to start looking for ways to learn overseas and develop cross-cultural awareness and understanding is at their high school. Guidance counselors and foreign language teachers can provide information on summer, short- and long-term international opportunities, including independently arranged student exchanges, youth exchanges facilitated through a third party, or teacher-led trips that focus on language, culture, study, or volunteering.

Options for gap year or pre-college students who want to take a summer, semester or year before college to engage in meaningful travel, volunteer, study, or work include both formal programs and organizations to help them create their own plans. Many college study abroad programs also allow qualified high school graduates to participate. —The Editors, Transitions Abroad

Articles on High School Study Abroad, Teen Travel, and Youth Exchanges
Summer Abroad: Opportunities Abound for High School Study Abroad by Vanessa Relli-Moreau
International High School Exchange Programs by Jennifer Viale
Taking Time Off Before College: What Is the Gap Year Abroad Advantage? interview with authors Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson 
The Gap Year: Teen Transitions Abroad by Susan Griffith
Gap Year Essentials: A Student Perspective by Isabel Bohrer
Nine Questions to Ask Before Choosing an Educational Summer Travel Program by Tim Patterson
The Difference a Gap Year Abroad Makes by Aliscia Niles
Take Time Off: A Gap Year Abroad After High School Gives You the Kind of Education You Won’t Forget by Mira Murphy
Exploring Gap Year Options Abroad by Volker Poelzl
Taking Time Off as a Teen by Grant Florian
How Travel Has Shaped My Life: Traveling the Seven Continents as a Teen with the People to People Ambassadors Program by Meghan Kaupp
EF's Global Citizen Award: College-Bound High School Students Can Win a Trip to Europe by David Pour-Ghasemi 
Teaching English in China for the Gap Year by Nicholas Young 
The Inner Journey: How a Personally Defined Pilgrimage Leads to Change by Jamie J. Woodall
An Australian Youth Exchange by Chelsea Fosse
Teen Trekking in Northern Thailand with Intrepid by Alana O'Connor
Teen Travel in China by Bill Mohan
Amazon Teen Exchange Program in Ecuador by Shoshanna Sumka
Chile up Close: A One-Year High-School Exchange Student's Report by Heidi Schmaltz
Lions Club Youth Exchange Programs by Brad Crosson
The Adventure of High School Study Abroad in an Asian Country by Vanessa Relli-Moreau
With Amigos de las Americas, Volunteering Makes a Difference by Kirsten Tobey
Teen Volunteering in the Dominican Republic with Visions by Jessie Feller
Dominican Generosity: Rewarding High School Service in the Dominican Republic by Will Arndt
Huck Finn Abroad: Expat Teens Have No Regrets by Alec Corday
Volunteer Teaching in Mexico by Jackie Bello
Can My Teen Travel Solo? by Carol Dalton Sebilia
Diversity in Study Abroad: Ways to Include Underrepresented Communities in Exchange Programs by Carole Patterson
Creating School to School Exchanges by Pamela S. Turner

Featured High School Study Abroad and Teen Travel Programs
High Quality Language Programs for Juniors in High School with Cactus
Summer Language Immersion and High School Study Abroad Programs in England, France, Italy, and Spain with Academic Study Associates
High School Study Abroad in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, and Sweden with Greenheart Travel
Teen Volunteering in Costa Rica and Ecuador with Greenheart Travel
Language & Cultural Programs and GAP Year Language Immersion Programs with The Learning Traveller
Teach English and Learn Spanish with Pueblo Ingles TeenTown
Gap Year College-Bound High School Study Abroad, Language Study Abroad, and Volunteer Abroad Programs with CIEE
Summer Volunteering for Teens with Amigos de las Américas
Teenager Study Abroad with Amerispan
High School in Argentina with GIC
SPI College Credit Study Abroad—Homestay Immersion
High School Volunteering Programs Abroad: Community Service, Animal and Wildlife Conservation, and Impoverished Children with GLA
High School Language Study Abroad in Costa Rica and China with GLA
Life-Changing Summer Teen Study Abroad Trips with GLA
Pre-College Enrichment Programs with GLA
Summer High School Study Abroad Language Programs in Costa Rica, Spain, and France with Edu-Culture International
Courses for High School students in Italian Language and Civilization, Spanish Immersion, French Civilization, Ancient Western Civilization, Modern Western Civilization, and College and Pre-College SAT Preparation with Go Abbey Programs.
Intercultural High School Programs in Thailand with AYC
The Deepest Cultural Immersion Experience with AYUSA Study Abroad
Volunteer as a Teen in Spain with Instituto Hemingway
Summer Adventure Trips for Teens with Adventures Cross-Country
Teen Summer Expeditions with Bold Earth Adventures
Teen Volunteering with VISIONS Service Adventures
Teen Language Immersion Vacations WORLDWIDE! with Teenager Language Vacations
Aidan College Switzerland — A Programme of Intellectual and Physical Challenges
Gap Year Adventures in Costa Rica, South Africa, Thailand with GapYear

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