High School Summer
Program Offered in Costa
Rica
Interamerican University
Studies Institute is
offering a partial
scholarship to high-
schoolers interested in
a study-abroad program
to Costa Rica next
summer.
The Costa Rica Pura
Vida! combines Spanish
language instruction,
individual homestays and
field trips to three
areas of the country.
Students will visit
national parks, a marine
biology sanctuary, a
village of 12 families
in the midst of the
Cloud Forest and birds,
animals and tropical
flora.
Those eligible to
participate are high-schoolers
between 15 and 17 years
old who have taken two
years of basic Spanish
and a biology class by
June 2009.
Two sessions are
available and run from
June 26 to July 22, and
from July 10 to Aug. 5.
The deadline to apply
for the $3,466 partial
scholarship - which
covers about two-thirds
of the cost - is Dec. 5.
The priority application
deadline is Feb. 6.
For information or
application materials,
visit
www.iusi.org
or call (800) 345-4874.
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