Rotary Youth Exchange
Long-standing global exchange program sending students ages 15-19 abroad for a full academic year (or short-term) to live with host families, attend local school, and learn a new language, sponsored by local Rotary clubs.
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Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Abroad
State Department merit scholarship sending U.S. high schoolers for a full academic year to live with a host family and attend school in a country with a significant Muslim population, building language skills and cross-cultural understanding.
Concordia Language Villages
Residential summer immersion camps in Bemidji, Minnesota teaching 18 languages through cultural activities, camp life conducted entirely in the target language, and optional high school course credit.
Immerse Into ASL (Gallaudet University)
A weeklong, 24/7 residential American Sign Language immersion camp at Gallaudet University for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing students entering grades 10-12 who are new or beginner-to-intermediate signers, combining ASL instruction with Deaf culture and history.
Rassias Center Youth Language Programs (Dartmouth)
Immersive summer and intensive language programs at Dartmouth College that use the energetic, drama-based 'Rassias Method' to accelerate learning in French, Spanish, German, and Italian for high school students.
School Year Abroad (SYA)
Immersive academic-year, semester, and summer study-abroad program placing U.S. high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors with host families and local partner schools in France, Italy, or Spain to build fluency while earning U.S. high school credit.
AFS-USA Intercultural Programs
Nonprofit exchange organization offering U.S. high schoolers ages 15-18 semester, summer, and year-long homestay programs in over 50 countries to build language skills and intercultural competence.