Friendships & Fluency.

Elevate your Spanish naturally through our nurturing social atmosphere. The key to fluency is putting people first and having fun doing it! Your first week is to relax, learn the local lingo and just slow down to our "pura vida" pace of life. Adapting to family and community takes a few days as you orient yourself to different sounds, foods and people. We enjoy making you feel at home. So don't laugh at our English and we promise not to laugh at your Spanish. This is a truly unique opportunity to experience the rural high school culture of Costa Rica. 

​The crucial role of peer interaction

Peer engagement transforms language learning from a solitary endeavor into a social, interactive, and dynamic process. It enriches Spanish with lively engagement, making it not only educational but also enjoyable, thereby elevating language learning into a new social realm.

The magic Social immersion:
Engaging with peers fosters a sense of community and shared adventure. This sense of belonging encourages lifelong language connections, where individuals continue to explore and improve their Spanish skills even outside formal educational settings.

Natural Language Use:
Interacting with peers provides opportunities for natural conversational practice. Students can engage in everyday discussions, enhancing their speaking and listening skills.

Increased Motivation:
Healthy competition and collaborative projects among peers "breaks the shyness", encouraging interaction from local teens creates a positive and fun environment - boosting motivation, empathy and friendship.
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​Retension Soars:
Immersed in a real community is unforgettable, language comes alive -its impact builds confidence while forging independence and self-reliance.

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Grow with us.

Summer is a beginning, a chance to reach out beyond your own world and embrace another. Can travel inspire greater connections? Yes, by going beyond the structure of tourism and engaging the true adventure of real people and community. Adventure leads to new discoveries, it makes us look deeper at ourselves which summons a new strength and openess. We hope you will grow with us and we hope to grow from you. We invite you during summer - but we hope your experience leads to greater friendships and new opportunities you never imagined possible.

How do we structure your day?

Short answer- we avoid overstructure. After all this is a truly local immersion. Our "go with the flow" attitude reflects the informal local culture which often schedules events without much notice. Slowing the pace and enjoying the moment best defines the "pura vida' mindset. ​Each day is unique as we contribute to high school events and community shared activities. So one morning you may help contribute to a small community project and then after lunch you head to the high school to share your soccer skills. The next day has a hike to our neighbor village where we are helping the local school dig a new garden.  We are not on a tight schedule, some days you may want to linger at one of our waterfalls or learn how to make local "frescos". You will also have individual opportunities to share your own talents and interests. We do our best to connect you to the things you care about. Each week we give you an outline of the upcoming activities, we also encourage your input and ideas. 

Peace of Mind.

We embrace you into our lives. Taking care of all the details so you can put your energy into living just like a local high school student. We muster with students everyday to coordinate activities and support individual needs. Additionally, we supervise homestays, making sure each student is healthy and happy. We are supported by both the high school directors and village community leadership. Secondly, we invite parents to come get to know us at "pre or post" trip. We'll help with arrangements.

Ilba Prego, Program Director and her staff are on-cite and supervise all aspects of the student experience.

The leadership.

The courage to step out of your comfort zone is the beginning of leadership, true leadership is about creating deeper and honest connections. During your journey with us you'll meet the caring people who lead our social and community programs. Openness is the beauty of our small community. We know we all have differences - we must find common ground and bring our shared values forward.
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Next steps...

Summer is the best time for self-discovery. Let's reach beyond our own culture and find adventure in what is possible when we open ourselves to new people and explore new ideas on how to embrace the future with joy and wisdom. To join us next summer we encourage you to hold your spot below. With enrollment limited we maintain a truely engaging high school summer experience.

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We bring youth together organically!

Our Community Challenge - approx. 70 hrs.

Community service is not about us or our accomplishments, rather it's about engagement with local people, with humility and generousity. It takes courage, energy and a sense of humor. It may feel ackward at first, but it may take you down a path that could change your life forever - that's the adventure!  Costa Rica Certificate of Youth Service, provided.

​​Share with us your talents and laughter!

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