SYA Italy students and faculty member Dave Lutchner recently performed at the annual Open Mic night. Check out this video of their performance:

Strengthening the program to meet 21st-century high school students' needs tops list of SYA's organizational goals.

SYA Italy students Shelley, Arthur and Halo give their opinions on how these past four months in Italy have changed them.

The train vibrates with the enthusiastic chanting of its passengers. A mingle of languages floods through every car as the train speeds underground through the city. It slows to a stop and the doors breeze open, releasing an explosion of riders into the station.

My youthful impatience is one of the many traits I have yet to grow out of. So when I received birthday gifts from family in America a few days premature last week, it didn’t take long before...

The beginning of the meeting was quiet and slightly awkward. There were thirty or more people in the crowded classroom.  Half of us were...

Students of SYA Italy tell us about their recent trip to Cerveteri in which they explored the Etruscan Necropolis and its many tombs.

Several weeks ago in my Italian class we learned about an annual chocolate festival in Perugia, a town in the province of Umbria. So along with several friends, I planned a day in the haven of a chocolate fanatic.

“La prossima fermata: Ostiense.”  The spotted neon flashes across the compact black box hanging in the doorway.

SYA Italy students share with us what it's like one month into their experience.

SYA is pleased to welcome our new Assistant Directors of Admissions!

The maestro of sandwiches steps out from the counter, and asks why we are in Italy. The standard answer; we’re American students, here in Certveteri for the Etruscan necropolis. Mumbling a sharp gesticulations follow. Finally, the employee turns back. “But why,” he gasps, “why choose Italy?”  [Read more]