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Greetings alumni! I am Sydney Pollack, a senior at Duke Ellington School of the Arts, shown in the image above on the far left. Last summer I visited Senegal, Africa, through DCPS Study Abroad, and it was one of the best experiences of my life. I’m going to be writing the newsletter from here on out, interviewing fellow students who have participated in the program, and curating the pictures and graphics you will see! In the Thanksgiving spirit, I’d like to note how thankful I am for the global opportunities I’ve found through the Study Abroad program, and how they have opened my eyes and let me see the world in a new way. The Summer 2019 DCPS Study Abroad application has just closed. In January, the acceptances will be announced, and more students will be able to explore the world and share their experience back in DC. We had almost 1,000 applicants. Thank you to all who encouraged your friends and family to apply!
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| At Alice Deal Middle School, families celebrated IEW with an international night featuring performances and food from different cultures. At John Eaton Elementary School, students made onigiri with the Japanese Embassy. And at all DCPS schools, French cuisine was served for lunch, including ratatouille, brie, and honey
grilled cheeses, and of course baguettes.
To see more from International Ed Week, check out our Global Ed Instagram and Twitter.
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| STUDY ABROAD IN THE NEWS 2019 study abroad students participated in a Pulitzer Center photography contest. There were 20 finalists and 7 winners who were celebrated at an event earlier this month. You can see the pictures they took abroad and their captions here.
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| H.D. Woodson Senior Que’ Shawn Spriggs was one of the students featured in an article for the DC Line publication. “It opened my eyes to the world as a whole,” he said of his trip to Ecuador.
Savannah Overton, travel Ambassador to Ecuador this past summer, explained how the study abroad program allows students to try new things and create new relationships. People who are shy or reserved often end up reaching out to others. In Ecuador, the students tried unusual foods, including guinea pig.
Que’ Shawn and other students who embarked abroad’s experiences are chronicled in the article you can find here.
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| Yara Dickerson is a senior at Duke Ellington School of the Arts, in the Visual Arts Department. She traveled to Spain in the summer of 2018.
What was your first Impression of Spain?
I first noticed that it was very culturally diverse; there were so many different religions, cultures and languages spoken there.
As a visual artist, how did your trip influence your art?
In Spain, especially in the art galleries, there are a lot of older pieces, like old masters paintings, and being able to draw inspiration from that has helped me to understand where art movements came from and how they’ve progressed. I can reflect on what artists of the past have done when I need inspiration.
What was the best part of your study abroad experience?
The best thing I saw in Spain was the older architecture. We saw a lot of cathedrals and chapels that were thousands of years old. We visited lots of museums and chapels, saw the stone masonry. I liked seeing how the time periods were reflected in the art.
How has studying abroad affected your day-to-day life now that you’re back?
I did a homestay, so I lived with a Spanish woman and her husband. Being able to really experience someone else's culture makes you more appreciative and open-minded to other people who are different.
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| Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program
The State Department's CLS Program is a fully-funded intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Students spend eight to ten weeks abroad studying one of 15 critical languages: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. Most CLS languages do not require previous study of the target language. Learn more here.
Application Deadline: November 27, 2018
Embassy of Chile's Drawing and Painting Contest
The Embassy of Chile in the United States invites children, adolescents and young people to imagine and draw the importance of human rights in their lives. Students between 6 and 14 years old are invited to submit a drawing or painting. Learn more here.
Application Deadline: December 3, 2018
YES Abroad Exchange Program
The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study (YES) Abroad program is another U.S. government program focused on experiencing Muslim culture first-hand. Students spend an academic year living with a host family in a country with a significant Muslim population in Europe, Asia or Africa. Learn more here.
Application Deadline: December 4, 2018
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program
The U.S. State Department funded Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) is for motivated high school students who want to fully immerse themselves in German culture by living with a host family and attending a local high school. No previous language experience is required. Interested students can learn more here.
Application Deadline: December 11, 2018
High School Diplomats (HSD) at Princeton
HSD US is a fully funded 10-day summer program at Princeton University that provides 40 American HS students the opportunity to engage in academic, cultural, and social pursuits, and to forge lifelong friendships with 40 Japanese students of the same age. During the program at Princeton, each American student is paired with a Japanese roommate. Those American students who successfully complete HSD US are eligible to apply for a full scholarship to travel to Japan for a month the following summer. Only sophomores and juniors are eligible to apply. Learn more and apply online here.
Program Dates: July 24-Aug 4, 2019
Application Deadline: Jan 9, 2019
Citizen Diplomacy Initiative
Based in Washington D.C., Learning Life is an educational nonprofit that seeks to spread learning in everyday life beyond school walls. Learning Life’s Citizen Diplomacy Initiative (CDI) is a new, free program that engages eligible lower-income American families, starting in Washington DC’s Ward 8, in live internet dialogues and project collaborations with similar families in other nations to nurture more informed, skilled, connected and caring global citizens in the long-term. Here is a short video explaining the program; you can also learn more here. If you are interested and think your family is eligible, please contact Learning Life .
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