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Get a scholarship to travel to another country this summer!



Contact: Daniel Velasquez

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tel +1.619.514.7021

web ciee.org/globalnavigator/


CIEE High School Summer Abroad is sponsored by CIEE and is not a school or District-sponsored activity. Participation in the activity by any District employee is on the employee’s own time and not as a representative of the Whittier Union High School District. The Whittier Union High School District is not liable for events occurring as a result of this activity.

World Language Mission Statement:

 

Our mission is to prepare our students to be global citizens and lifelong language learners.  Our teaching aims to give students cultural sensibilities and a global perspective. We strive to provide all students with the foundations to become bilingual and adopt a global mindset.  We encourage students to use their language skills outside the classroom, whether in the local community or abroad.  We are dedicated to helping La Serna students broaden their perspectives by connecting them with travel abroad opportunities.

 

OPPORTUNITIES TO TRAVEL AND STUDY LANGUAGES ABROAD

CIEE https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/high-school-study-abroad  Scholarships available! Eight students were awarded scholarships for the 2021-2022 school year to spend four weeks during the summer in Spain and France.

photo showing the 4 winners of the CIEE travel scholarship
Winners of CIEE scholarships

Friendship Connection http://www.friendshipconnection.org/  Host a German exchange student in the spring!  You do not have to be enrolled in a German class to host!  Students of German have the added option of visiting their exchange student in the summer after completing two years of German for around $2000, flight and insurance included!

HONORS SOCIETIES FOR GERMAN, FRENCH AND SPANISH

If you take a language all four years and receive high marks, you can graduate with a special gold cord for your respective World Language.

Members of the World Language Honors Societies were awarded their gold cords to wear at graduation at the Annual World Language Honors Banquet
Members of the World Language Honors Societies were awarded their gold cords to wear at graduation at the Annual World Language Honors Banquet

BILITERACY SEAL

If you take a language all four years and receive a B or better, you receive a biliteracy seal on your diploma and a medal to wear a graduation.

 

FIELD TRIPS

German Club takes a lot of field trips! In addition to our yearly trip to Oktoberfest in Huntington Beach, we have been to German concerts, a German Immersion Camp in Big Bear, and trips to local German restaurants.  We also have an annual field trip to a university that offers German, such as participating in UC Irvine’s German Day or going to Cal State Long Beach to meet the head German professor.