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Vision
All our High School partners share same vision and provides holistic education as students are challenged spiritually, intellectually, physically, and socially.
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Cultural experience
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Inspired Gateways has 8 High Schools partners and needs to develop its network.
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James McNeany, Principal, Guerin Catholic HS, Noblesville, IN
"The partnership between Inspired Gateways and Guerin Catholic High School has been a blessing to our school. Like other exchange programs, it provides students an opportunity to experience other cultures. What sets it apart is the integration of international Catholic identity. All of the students from France who have attended our school have been devout in their Catholic faith, and have helped our students have a better understanding of the universal Church. All of our students who have visited France have been immersed in the Catholic faith of France and return having grown in their faith. I would highly recommend a partnership with the Inspired Gateways program to any Catholic high school looking to build on its international mindedness and Catholic identity."
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Michael F. Marinelli, Director of Admissions, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida
“The Inspired Gateways program has provided our students and families with a completely different cultural experience and has allowed the young men from France to experience a Catholic, Marist high school in the Miami area. Both the French students and our students have fully embraced the program and have hopefully created a bridge of Catholic youth from the USA to France. As Admissions Director for Columbus, I am thrilled with the outcome of the program thus far and hope to see it expand and grow over the next few years. ”
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Dorothy Flees, International Student Program Coordinator, Columbus Catholic Schools, Marshfield, WI
"An exchange student touches the lives of all whom they come in contact with. This experience forever changes them and those whom lives they have touched ~ Host Family, Students, Faculty & Staff, greater Community, and Church. To imagine them not having been here - is not possible. They are the threads of the intricately woven fabric of the life of Columbus Catholic Schools - Marshfield, WI."
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School day Depend on the age of the French participant, they will attend the same class as their Host Companion or not.
The Catholic High School partner is expected to:- Welcomes 1 to 10 French youths for a recreational & cultural study.
- This one month stay is considered as recreational and cultural. The French participant doesn't get any credit towards a degree.
- Provide uniform if needed, cafeteria lunch, supplies ( Ipad, Laptop...)
- Promote the program towards the families.
- Receive $ 1,000 fees/student
If they wouldn't be “shadowing” their American host student , the school will give them a chaperon attending the same grade.
English skills
All our participants are recommanded by their English teacher, they all studied English for at least 4 years
Does the French student need a visa ?
The Visa Waiver Program (VWP), according to the Bureau of Consular Affairs allows citizens of participating countries (France belongs to a list of countries) to travel to the United States without obtaining a visa, for stays of 90 days or less for tourism or business
Enrollment in a short recreational course of study, not for credit toward a degree is allowed by the Visa Waiver Program as a tourism purpose. Conversely any study for credit disqualify for the Visa Waiver Program.
Program participants are expected to be present in class and to abide by all the rules of the High School