CONGRATULATIONS to Max Lowery and Jayme Carvajal for acceptance to participate in the IU Honors Program for Foreign Languages this summer! This is a full-immersion travel abroad program for Indiana high school students that focuses on academic, linguistic, and cultural experiences. Both students will leave in early June and return in late July.

In order to qualify for the IU Honors Program in Foreign Languages (IUHPFL), students must have completed three levels of a foreign language and attend high school in Indiana. Participants must also demonstrate enthusiasm for study abroad and total language immersion, have high performance in their foreign language classes, show a history of solid academic achievement, and demonstrate good character.

Participants will stay with a host family, attend classes, travel, and have an authentic opportunity to live the language that they have been studying. The year-long process includes registration (September), evaluations (November), acceptance (January), interviews (February), financial aid (February), acceptance materials (February-April), orientation (April), host-family placement (May), departure (June) and post-program presentations and recruitment (August-beyond).  

Max will be traveling to Ciudad Real, the capital of the province of Castilla-La Mancha.  It is home to Spain's beloved Don Quijote and Sancho Panza. The city is located 115 miles south of the country’s capital, Madrid, and provides an ideal environment for IUHPFL students, offering the charms and beauty of nearby Andalucía, where Ciudad Real participants will travel for their overnight excursion.

Jayme will be traveling to Oviedo, the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial center of the region. It is surrounded by lush green and hilly landscapes. This beautiful city offers many architectural gems, stemming from the Visigothic, Roman and Nordic traditions.  Located just forty minutes south of the picturesque beaches of the Cantabrian Sea, it is within easy reach of the Cantabrian Mountains and the impressive national park of Los Picos de Europa.

Evansville Day School is excited for our students to participate in this opportunity. Immersing themselves in study in a foreign country is a tremendous way to enhance future-proof skills developed through entrepreneurial learning, global mindedness, resilience, and balance. We look forward to hearing about their travels when they return to school next fall.