AN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL FOR BOYS GRADES 7-12
Global Experiences
Exchanges/Hosting
We offer members of Form III and IV two exciting opportunities for short-term exchanges with Montearagón School in Saragossa, Spain and Bishops College in Capetown, South Africa. Details follow.
These are programs that Belmont Hill students have enjoyed in the past, and we would be happy to put you in touch with parents of students who have participated so that you might get some first hand information.
Exchange Forms:
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Saragossa, Spain
Montearagon School- All boys K-12 school
- Shares goals of academic excellence and development of character
- Longstanding exchange program with BHS
- School's website: http://www.fomento.edu/montearagon
- Two or three boys from Belmont Hill School visit Montearagon School in Zaragoza, Spain
- BHS host boys must be in Spanish 2 or above
- Forms III or IV
- AP European History and AP Biology students may only participate in the program with the approval of their teachers
- Belmont Hill students go for approximately 3 weeks (In March: 1 week of Q3 plus 2 weeks of spring break; or 2-3 weeks in June)
- Each boy stays with his own host family
- Visiting boys fully immerse themselves in academic, athletic, and extracurricular life of Montearagón
- Two or three boys from Montearagon School in Zaragoza visit Belmont Hill
- October-November (3 weeks, dates TBD)
- Each boy stays with his own host family
- Visiting boys fully immerse themselves in academic, athletic, and extracurricular life of Belmont Hill
Cost & Funding- Roundtrip airfare to Madrid, roundtrip train fare from Madrid to Zaragoza, incidental expenses
- Cost of hosting a 15/16 year old boy in your home
- Limited funding available through School's Senate Summer Fund
Contact- Stewart Steffey, steffey@belmonthill.org
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Capetown, South Africa
Bishops College- One of the oldest boys' boarding schools in South Africa
- Long-time member of the International Boys' School Coalition
- Tradition of excellence in academics, athletics, arts, character education
- Ten of our boys and two faculty members enjoyed a brief visit to Bishops during a school trip 2011
- More information:http://www.
bishops.org.za/
- One to two Belmont Hill boys travel to Bishops in the summer
- Open to Forms III & IV
- Roughly 6 weeks (e.g. July to August, flexible dates)
- First week spent acclimating and sightseeing with a host family
- Remaining weeks spent engaged in life and activities at Bishops College
- One to two Bishops boys travel to Belmont Hill in the fall
- Roughly 6 weeks (flexible dates Sept-Nov)
- Weeks spent engaged in life and activities at Belmont Hill
- Families are responsible for the cost of travel to and from South Africa, plus incidental expenses
- Cost of hosting 15/16 year old boy in your home
- Limited funding is available through the School's Senate Summer Fund
- Adam Harder, hardera@belmonthill.org or 617-993-5209
Belmont Hill School educates boys in mind, body, and spirit to develop men of good character. Our community encourages and challenges students to discover and pursue passions, seek excellence, and face adversity with resilience. We cultivate critical thinking and creativity, teamwork and competition, hard work and reflection, tradition and innovation. Valuing our differences and working together, we embrace camaraderie, compassion, and service to others. Our school strives to instill in each boy ethical judgment, a sense of common humanity, and a lifelong love of learning.