School Year Abroad is an academic program which places American high school juniors, seniors, and post-graduates in 4 countries including China, Italy, France or Spain for a year. Students intensively learn the respective language of their country and live with a host family. The program includes extensive cultural immersion, select courses taught in the native language and requisite subjects such as math and English are taught in English. The program provides academic advisors, college counseling services, and administers the AP, SAT, SAT II, and PSAT tests at each school. High school students earn U.S. high school credits while attending SYA.
SYA's founding charter schools are Phillips Academy (Andover, MA), Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH), and [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire, although it operates independently of these and its 42 member schools. The main office is located in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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