Homestay and School Immersion in Argentina

Our Homestay and School Integration program offers a unique way to experience the daily and routine of young Argentinian teenagers. The participant lives with a local host family and goes to school (except during school holidays) with the host sister or brother, like any other student.

During their high school summer abroad in Argentina, students are welcomed as a new family member and spend their evenings and weekends sharing the family’s activities. Students learn through the constant immersion in the local language environment. They cannot speak their native language, and that will cause Spanish language skills to improve quickly and efficiently. The homestay and school integration in Argentina is a good way to prepare for a longer academic program abroad.

We place our students in public schools in small cities, or semi-private and semi public schools (private schools on request) in bigger cities. High schools in Argentina are well organized, have high academic standards, and offer a friendly and supportive environment. Students will be placed in the following provinces during their high school summer abroad in Argentina: Córdoba, Santa Fé and Mendoza. 

The short-term program offers the opportunity to experience Argentinean lifestyle and culture from the inside and not as a tourist. It is the best way to improve language skills and integrate the everyday life of another country.

During their high school summer abroad in Argentina, students participate in extracurricular activities after school with their host siblings and new friends. 

The new family member is expected to take part in the daily activities of his or her host family. Integration into the family is the ultimate goal of the homestay experience. However host families are not required to organize activities, visits or excursion. The participant comes with his/her own spending money to cover the cost of activities during his/her high school summer abroad in Argentina.  

Host family, full board.

Students are hosted in warm Argentinean host families, who want to share their everyday life with a foreign student. The typical Argentinean family is made up of the mother, father and two or three children. Families are really close knit and include the extended family: grandparents, uncles, aunts etc...

Our families volunteer to host a student which means they are not paid to host a foreign student. They are motivated by cultural exchange and international friendship. The host family provides accommodation and meals at home. Meals eaten outside the home (including school lunches) must be paid for separately by the student.

* Price in US Dollars per participant. 

Not included : Application Fees (65 EUR)

Price includes

• Administration fees
• Host school placement and tuition fees (except in case of private schools charging extra fees)
• Host family accommodation with full board (meals eaten at home)
•  Airport pick-up and transfer from Cordoba airport on arrival (return transfer to Cordoba airport depends on the host family’s location)
• Support, assistance and 24/7 Hotline during the whole program
  

Price does not include

• Round-trip international airfare
• Non compulsory insurances (luggage lost, flight delay etc.)
• Visa, passport, immigration and medical exam fees
• Extra activities organized by the school or others
• Extra language courses, extra excursions
• Local transportation (e.g.: to and from school)
• School supplies and calculators, school books,
• School and sport uniforms, meals taken at school, school fees in case of  a private school
• Transportation from Cordoba to the host family if the host family is located more than 200km from Cordoba
• Return transfer
• Personal expenses and spending money
• Medical, Liability and Emergency Repatriation Insurance

In order to participate in the high school summer abroad in Argentina, students must have: 

• A minimum of one to two year of Spanish language study

Participants must show that they are mature enough to participate in the program that requires:

• Interest in learning about the Argentinean culture
• Deep desire to integrate a different family and share actively their everyday life
• Enthusiasm for improving language communication skills
• Willingness to make new friends 
• An open and flexible attitude