Scholarships to travel abroad

Dear Upper School students and parents, Studying abroad is one of the most eye-opening and life-changing experiences a person can have. The Department of State offers a number of scholarships for students to study in a variety of places to focus on topics such as diplomacy, democracy, religion, and language. Please see the attachments for more information on these scholarships and how to apply. It would be fantastic to have Collegiate students have the opportunity to travel abroad with one of these prestigious scholarships. The forms can be found on the bottom MyCollegiate page: - Dept. of State Scholarships fro Studying Abroad 2012 - NSLI-Y One Pager

Cross Cultural Summer Immersion

Collegiate Students, Summer 2012

Antigua, Guatemala



El Arco - Antigua, Guatemala



Louisville Collegiate School is proud to announce the Cross Cultural Summer Immersion, a pioneer initiative of the Spanish Department. This is a unique way to expand our students’ education beyond the classroom, and experience a new culture, a new lifestyle, and a new way of thinking. This trip offers a distinctive experience for rising Juniors and Seniors, involving elements of cultural immersion, study of Spanish language, government, social services, art, family life, economics and everyday life in the host country. Participants travel in a group with a reflection leader to help guide the group through the joys and struggles of experiencing life outside the norm and to come to a better understanding of global solidarity.

Summer Immersion students enroll in a two-week, full day independent course that integrates lecture-based instruction with experiential and applied activities at Centro Lingüístico Maya. Students expand and deepen their knowledge of a topic through collaborative learning and an exploration of the diverse intellectual and cultural resources of Antigua, Guatemala and Louisville Collegiate School. Students completing this program will earn 0.5 World Language Elective, Fall term.

This World Language Elective also supports Louisville Collegiate School’s mission, "…confident leadership for a life time of global engagement…" Added benefits of this program, "Top universities are actively seeking global citizens with diverse academic programs coupled with active learning opportunities." Lauren Carter, College Counselor

Whether it's to fulfill a class requirement or just because they want to get involved, students should be looking for volunteer opportunities to get connected with local and international volunteer and leadership opportunities that meet their individual needs and fit their busy schedules. This is an opportunities to give back, make a difference and get involved internationally! This is a unique way that students can get actively involved in our world through service!

For more information, please contact Sra. Sharlin at claudia_sharlin@loucol.com

Idea Festival - THRIVALS 5.0

Maurice Ashley, Kevin Olusola, Tori Murden McClure,
Spencer West, Janelle Monae, Sarathbabu Elumalai, Mark Hogg

Spanish 4 Students, Mrs. Estman, Mrs. Catlett and Sra. Sharlin attended the Idea Festival today. We listened to some amazing speakers share their quests, their heroic stories. They are human beings like all of us who have set out on an unknown journey, who had to overcome many obstacles and climb mountains along the way.

We all were inspired by these questors who dared to venture into the unknown, pushing limits and bounderies to emerge as heroes. Today's Thrivals were designed primarily for college and high school students, and for anyone interested in new ways of thinking! I know that each Collegiate student that attended Thrivals 5.0 took with them something valuable and they are ready to set the world on fire!

Thank you to Mr. Behr and to the ticket donor who made this experience possible.

Ica & Huacachina

I will never forget Huacachina, this tiny oasis surrounded by towering sand dunes that sits next to a picturesque and smelly lagoon which is featured on the back of Peru’s 50 Soles.  Its super landscape is surrounded by high sandbanks, palm tree groves and age old Huarango trees (Carob tree).

On Tuesday morning I watched students, Sra. Ensenat and Mr. Behr climb the enormous sand dunes, some 400m above sea level and around 50km from the ocean. Before lunch, 3 of us went to Ica grocery shopping.  We also visited a chocolate store of the famous and popular chocolatier “Helena” that manufactures and sells the best Chocolates, Tejas, and Chocotejas in Perú.  I thought that I had bought enough Tejas and Chocotejas to have for dessert after dinner, well; you never know when you have to feed 27 teenagers.

 In the afternoon we took a “relaxing” tour for the popular desert adventure. Three buggies picked us up at our hotel, and off we went to the desert! We rode the humongous sand dunes, up and down, right and left, slow – fast, fast – slow, over and over again. When I thought it was impossible to scream and laugh any longer, my lungs were about to explode, the sand buggies took us “sandboarding”! This sport has become popular on the sand dunes around Huacachina, an ideal area to take to the steep sandy slopes of the desert. No doubt that this was a sandy adventurous and fun fieldtrip over the driest region of Ica. As if this wasn’t enough, 17 students did it all over again an hour after we had gotten back to our beautiful hotel in Huacachina, this pleasant and sunny place with a friendly and curious population.

Dinner was a spectacular display of Peruvian cuisine. I don’t have the words to describe it, we all ate until we couldn’t move… or talk! A few minutes later we ate all the Tejas and Chocotejas from “Helena”. We went shopping at the little shops located around the lagoon, and we found beautiful arts and crafts from local artisans. Collegiate students had an opportunity to interact, chat and mingle with teenagers from a local high school.  I was very proud of them! It was fantastic watching them interact, exchange ideas, bargain with merchants for lower prices in Spanish, with total easy and confidence.  Spanish at Collegiate ROCKS!