Summer Program for High School Students
Yum Kax, the high school division of Casa Xelaju, is the oldest and most established high school Spanish and travel program in Guatemala. The Spanish immersion program is fully accredited by the Secretary of Education of Guatemala. The program caters to the special needs of high school students studying Spanish, doing volunteer work in small communities, and traveling with educational purposes. The unique location of Quetzaltenango provides an urban experience with many indigenous communities in the surrounding area.
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All teachers in the Yum Kax division have a degree in secondary education and extensive experience teaching Spanish as a second language using top down methodology and providing an atmosphere where the spirit of the city and surrounding villages becomes the classroom for the students. High School students are able to visit villages, cities, cultural centers, climb volcanoes, hike in the mountains, and learn how to dance salsa, merengue, and cumbia.
The cost of three weeks of Spanish classes, traveling in the country, living with a Guatemala family, daily social and cultural activities is about $1,700.00 plus airfare from your city to Guatemala. Chaperones travel free.
Below is a list of high schools which have participated in our program and school sending students to Guatemala in 2012.If you are student without a group, we might be able to find space with the high schools going to Xelaju. Please contact us.
Albermarle high-schoolers gain a new perspective while living and studying in the mountains of Guatemala. Article published in the Virginia Journal of Education, November 2011.
- Southwest High School, Minnesota (July 8 – July 29, 2012). Chaperone accepts students from other high schools in the country. Please contact us, info(AT)cx.edu.gt
- Modesto High School, California
- “Orioles” High School, Minnesota
- Albemarle High School, Virginia, June 17th to July 8th. Chaperone accepts students from other high school in the country. Please contact “Margie Shepherd” <margieshep@gmail.com>
- Saint Francis High School (June 10-July 1). Chaperone accepts two more students.
For every ten students, one teacher travels free. If you are a teacher interested in organizing a group, please contact us.
