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• Costa Rica

  After a vist to the school in August 2012 by school admnistration and Spanish faculty, Colegio Académico Jiménez in Guapiles, Costa Rica sent a delegation of students to participate in our 2012 International Emerging Leaders Conference.
  
  Students traveled to Costa Rica in 2013 to study at La Selva Biological Research Station, accompanied by Science and Spanish faculty members.
  
  In partnership with Lacrosse the Nations, a group of senior boys in the graduating class of 2013 did their senior project in Costa Rica focusing on community service, teaching lacrosse, and providing lacrosse equipment for local school children. Lacrosse the Nations is a non-profit organization that uses sports as a vehicle to teach valuable life skills and provide productive enrichment. Collegiate seniors have continued their commitment to Lacrosse the Nations and the local community in Playa Potrero with a subsequent trips every year, further establishing this strong connection. 
  

• France

  Both Upper School and Middle School students have the opportunity to visit France with their teachers. The Middle School gives French students to the chance to spend spring break in France, practicing their language skills through our partnership with St. Denis School in Loches, France. Each year several eighth grade students and one teacher from St. Denis, will with Collegiate families and attended school for the month of February. 
  
  Upper School students also have a relationship with St Denis School as they send a delegration every year to our International Emerging Leaders Conference, and a group of select arts students from the Upper School attend their European Festival of the Arts held every April in Loches.
  
  

• Ghana

  In 2011, an Upper School endowment award winner student went on a three-week summer community service adventure through Global Leadership Adventures in Anloga, Ghana.

   

  In the summer of 2012, five Upper School students traveled to Ghana with Global Leadership Adventures for a service learning program. There, the group made bricks for the schools, taught children basic lessons, and learned about and from local non-governmental organizations.

• Israel

  The Havruta School of Emek Hefer, Israel, was Collegiate's partner school for a number of years, sending an incredible delegation of students to participate in our International Emerging Leaders Conference in 2012 and 2013. 
  
  In June 2013, Collegiate's Head of School visited Havruta School as part of a trip to Israel with business and community leaders from the Richmond area.
  

   

   

• Italy

  In Spring 2011, a group of Upper School students went to Italy, focusing on archaeology, architecture, and art history. Another trip occurred in 2013.
  
  A partnership has also been established between Collegiate and The Liceo Foscarini, located in Venice, Italy, who annually sends a delegation of students to participate in our International Emerging Leaders Conference. Foscarini hosted their first Model UN, FOSCAMUN, in March of 2013. Twelve upper school students and two faculty members traveled to Venice and participated alongside Italian students from Venice and Rome. Participants toured the famous Murano glass blowing workshops, spent an afternoon on a boat tour, and enjoyed experiencing the Venetian lifestyle while living with Italian families. Since that time, Collegiate has sent a strong group of our Model UN club members to represent our school at FOSCAMUN every year, creating a strong partnership between our schools.
  
  Learn More:
  Liceo Foscarini: http://www.liceofoscarini.it

• Kazakhstan

  The Karaganda Regional Boarding School for Gifted Children, our partner school in Karaganda City, Kazakhstan, annually sends a delegation of students to participate in our International Emerging Leaders Conference.

  
  
  Learn More:
  

  Karaganda Regional Boarding School for Gifted Children:http://www.shodmurager.kz/index_en.php?id=1

   

• Malaysia

  Our partner school in Malaysia, St. George's Girls' School, is located in Penang, Malaysia. In 2012, for their senior projects, three Upper School students participated in an international conference hosted by St. George's. They were the only American representatives in the conference.
  

  
  St. George's Girls' School annually sends a delegation of students to participate in our International Emerging Leaders Conference.

  Learn More:
  St. George's Girls' School: http://www.smkpstgeorge.edu.my

• Nicaragua

  Global Service Learning Trip. - Twelve Upper Schoolers and two faculty members traveled to San Marco in June of 2014 and 2015 to work with orphaned and abandoned children who receive services from our partner organization, Los Quinchos. The participating students spent a semester meeting weekly to learn more about the challenges facing these boys and girls. They also explored the underlying causes of child abandonment and orphanhood, both in Richmond and Nicaragua. At Los Quinchos, Collegiate students assisted and mentored the children as they completed their schoolwork, and worked alongside them in their vocational tasks, which stem from Los Quinchos’ farm, restaurant and bread-making enterprises. Upper School faculty members led this program in partnership with Where They Be Dragons, a leading global service-learning organization. Learn more and follow the experience on the trip blog by clicking here.
  
  This program has continued to grow and is offered every year.