High School in France (16 to 18 years old)

  France

• Paris: 
Paris

Durations of Program: 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Dates: August 2008 - June 2009

Description: Living with a host family in the Paris area

This experience will allow the participant to share the everyday life of French students. He/she will live with a host family located in the South area of Paris (about 40 km far from Paris city centre).

French host families welcome the student as an additional member of the family. They will provide participants with encouragement and support. Students should be prepared to participate in, and to adapt to, the family life and to help with various tasks around the house. The family and our local representative are ready to help students to settle in. Students should not hesitate to talk to the family to explain their feelings. Nacel France is always ready to talk. Host families get compensation.

School
Foreign students will attend classes with the French students, as if she/he was a French. The Principal  who manages the French college - or the Proviseur  who manages the French lycée - decides which is the best class and level for the participant, taking into consideration the school organization, the students school transcripts and the French level; a student cannot insist on Nacel for any changes of class or school.

The participant may spend the stay in a class lower than his/her level in his/her home country - no equivalences are guaranteed by Nacel.

The subjects to be studied will depend on the class to which students are allocated. The most important subjects are: Mathematics, French, 1st foreign language (generally English), 2nd foreign language (Spanish or German), Physics, Biology, History, Geography, Arts and Sport.
In France, students spend a lot of time at school. Generally speaking, they start school at 8 am and finish at 5 pm or 6 pm, there is a 1-hour break at lunchtime. Sometimes, there are classes on Wednesday and Saturday mornings. French students do not have too much time to practise sports during the week. This is generally done on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. Most of the students have the opportunity to practise some sports as it can be arranged with the host family at the beginning of the stay. During the week, most of the students have their lunch at school.

Highlights: * Where is the Program Offered?
Host families are located in the big Paris area, mainly in the south area (about 35 to 50 minutes far from Paris city centre with the RER).

* Eligibility
Applicants must be 16 to 18 years old on the day of arrival in France. He/she needs a minimum of two years of French studies with good grades.
It is important that:
- The student has previously visited a foreign country unaccompanied.
- His/her motivation counts for a great deal in the success of the stay.
- He/she should be willing to make new friends and to discover a new way of life.
- He/she has to be very open-minded and has a flexible attitude in order to adapt to the new school, the new family and a different way of life

Cost in US$: 5000 euros (fall term)

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to France Independently

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview Required
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Nacel International's Mission Statement: No one learns the same way. No one has the same level. No one has the same goal. Nacel International proposes a large variety of stays abroad, which will help you to develop your personality. Their goal was to provide opportunities for students to extend language learning and knowledge of another culture through a well-organized and affordable summer program. These programs bring people together enhancing cultural and linguistic awareness and to promote international friendship and harmony.

Year Founded: 1957