Moeller global education

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Global Education Experience Senior Class Trip to Europe (Alumni Trip) • Annual trip since 1987!

• Takes place every June after graduation • Explore the Vatican, Sistine Chapel, and other unbelievable works of art • Experience an audience with the pope in St. Peter’s Square • Past trips have included: Italy, Greece, England, Germany, and Switzerland • Open to all students in the class with limited space available • Contact: Bro. Ron Luksic

Archbishop El Salvador Cultural Learning Immersion

El Salvador Immersion

Started in 2013, happening every other summer for 8 days • Develop a greater knowledge of El Salvador as a whole by meeting and forming relationships with the people of El Salvador • Sponsored by CRISPAZ (Christians for Peace in El Salvador) • Faith-based immersion to work for justice through relationships and greater understanding of the issues facing El Salvador.

• Participants are challenged to grow intellectually, spiritually, and in relationship with their Latin American brothers and sisters - "My visit to El Salvador through CRISPAZ was amazing! The energy, hope and love of the people here is so inspiring" - "El Salvador was a life-changing experience that I have thought about every day since" - "I feel overwhelmed with all of the sights I have seen, all of the people I have met, and all the emotions running through me This experience was once in a lifetime. I feel that through CRISPAZ I have learned to look at people through different eyes" - "This has been an outstanding experience... There is no doubt that this trip has left an indelible mark on me! Not only will I continue to recall the many wonderful memories we have shared, but also I will continue to carry the wonderful life lessons that El Salvador has offered me for the rest of my life”

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German Exchange Opportunities Friendship Connection: Options:

* Host Only: Serve as a host to a student from Germany in the spring (March-April) Costs are to provide accommodations to visiting guest * Full Participation: Host and travel to Germany (June-July) * Optional 8-day Tour of Germany and Austria possible * 1/2 Language Credit on Moeller Transcript * http://www.friendshipconnection.org

AATG German Summer Study Trip: * 3-week homestay and school experience in Germany * Sponsored by American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) & the German government's Pedagogical Exchange Service (PAD) * June 10-July 31 * Program costs include airfare, transportation in Germany, accommodations, meals, and all course costs. Scholarships available! * 1/2 Language Credit on Moeller Transcript * http://www.aatg.org/?page=SummerStudy

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Spanish Exchange Program This exchange program with a Marianist High School in Spain began in 2005 Your son will live for five weeks in Zaragoza, Spain during January/February of their Sophomore year Your family will then host a Spanish student for five weeks in September/October of their Junior year • The direct nature of the exchange with the Marianist High School in Spain makes this program extremely affordable • Students will explore Zaragoza, Spain, where the Marianist Religious Order began • Attend classes in a Spanish high school and will make many new Spanish friends • Vastly improve their abilities in the Spanish language

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Ecuador Immersion • Beginning in June 2016 • Study Spanish for two weeks in Quito, Ecuador • Receive 1/2 language credit on Moeller transcript • Practice the language by participating in a homestay with an Ecuadorian Family • Hike in the mountains surrounding Quito • Tube down a mountain river • Play soccer with local high school students • Learn to dance salsa • Shop indigenous markets • Sample traditional Ecuadorian food

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Australian Exchange Program Annual program since 2004 Five weeks living in Brisbane, Australia with an Australian family Attend a Catholic High School in Brisbane Travel to Sydney Host an Australian student for five weeks in September/October Open to Sophomores and Juniors