Latin America

Teen Summer Programs in Latin America for High School Students

Costa Rica

• Costa Rica: Spring Break Service Adventure (8 days)
• Costa Rica: Spanish Service Adventure
  Interact on a deeper level, and take your language skills to the next level. Designed for high school students, our GLA Experiential Language Curriculum TM seamlessly integrates language into many aspects of the program, including community service and cultural activities. Our teachers use classroom time to prepare students to speak the language as they interact with local people. We currently offer Language programs in Spanish and Mandarin.
  (21 days)
• Costa Rica: Nature’s Kaleidoscope™ (14 days)
• Costa Rica: Beachside Service Adventure (10 days)

Dominican Republic

• Dominican Republic: Spring Break Service Adventure (8 days)
• Dominican Republic: Beachside Service Adventure (10 days)
• Dominican Republic: Building a Sustainable World™
  Our 21-day Flagship programs provide the ideal amount of time to satisfy every dimension of the GLA Experience. Although many of the same objectives can be achieved on shorter programs, students and parents report that three weeks is the optimal time to develop lifelong friendships with local people and fellow students, to make a greater impact on the community, to fully immerse themselves in a culture, and to explore difference facets of the host country.
  (21 days)

Guatemala

• Guatemala: Children of the Maya™
  Interact on a deeper level, and take your language skills to the next level. Designed for high school students, our GLA Experiential Language Curriculum TM seamlessly integrates language into many aspects of the program, including community service and cultural activities. Our teachers use classroom time to prepare students to speak the language as they interact with local people. We currently offer Language programs in Spanish and Mandarin.
  (10 days)
• Guatemala: Spanish, Service & Mayan Culture (21 days)

Peru

• Peru: Service in the Sacred Valley™
  Our 21-day Flagship programs provide the ideal amount of time to satisfy every dimension of the GLA Experience. Although many of the same objectives can be achieved on shorter programs, students and parents report that three weeks is the optimal time to develop lifelong friendships with local people and fellow students, to make a greater impact on the community, to fully immerse themselves in a culture, and to explore difference facets of the host country.
  (14 and 21 days)

Galapagos Islands

• Galapagos: Preserving Nature’s Wonders™ (14 days)

Peru + Galapagos

• Peru + Galapagos: Land of Discovery™
  These programs range from four to six weeks and represent the pinnacle of the GLA experience. These in-depth programs give students the opportunity to experience two different countries. Staff in each country engage students in discussion to link common themes woven throughout the program. Through these comparisons, students can contextualize the issues and attributes of a particular region versus simply visiting one country.
  
  Combine Peru (14 day) and Galapagos (14 day) to create a 5-week program