Sending Schools
SYA accepts a variety of students from different educational backgrounds
While 40 percent of our students come from our member high schools, the majority come from all over the country (and the world). SYA students come from a wide variety of educational backgrounds. Some are home schooled, go to a public high school, day school, boarding school or international school. Below is a sample list of schools who sent students to SYA from 2014-2024.
Explore SYA Sending Schools
Hear from SYA Students About Their Experiences Abroad!
![A group of SYA France high school students stand in a classroom]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1716305190/sya/dcs8r9nzuejtl9oekdoy/SYAFranceclass.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1716305190/sya/dcs8r9nzuejtl9oekdoy/SYAFranceclass.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1716305190/sya/dcs8r9nzuejtl9oekdoy/SYAFranceclass.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1716305190/sya/dcs8r9nzuejtl9oekdoy/SYAFranceclass.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1716305190/sya/dcs8r9nzuejtl9oekdoy/SYAFranceclass.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1716305190/sya/dcs8r9nzuejtl9oekdoy/SYAFranceclass.png","width":2200}])
Celeste discusses how her capstone project allowed her to realize how much progress she has made in French this year.
![Castle in Le Mans]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1716307566/sya/wdsc26demxepfpfamrkr/CastleinLeMans.jpg","width":206}])
Mimi recounts a rainy, but meaningful day,
in Le Mans.
![two high school girls hugging outside a store in sicily]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712162519/sya/jcqtgjru3fdtgdpeghst/AiofeMarch1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712162519/sya/jcqtgjru3fdtgdpeghst/AiofeMarch1.jpg","width":464}])
Aoife writes about the idea "Dolce Far Niente" and her discovery of this way of life during her school trip to Sicily.
![SYA France student with her host family on a boat in France.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1716483709/sya/wdltms5gw2qosqnc3ued/Hostfamilyonaboat.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1716483709/sya/wdltms5gw2qosqnc3ued/Hostfamilyonaboat.jpg","width":304}])
Natalie thinks back to how much her host
family experience shaped her time abroad.
![picture of the Eiffel Tower and Parisian skyline at night]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712160354/sya/lu3amcx6fntdxppuubug/MimiMarch1jpg.jpg","width":198}])
Mimi writes about her recent trip to Paris and seeing the Eiffel Tower lit up at night with her SYA friends.
![group of high school students stands along the Spanish coastline]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1712237742/sya/yqupz1by8oxujxg1onnz/AngelaMarch1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1712237742/sya/yqupz1by8oxujxg1onnz/AngelaMarch1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1712237742/sya/yqupz1by8oxujxg1onnz/AngelaMarch1.jpg","width":602}])
Angela writes about her academic travel to Andalucía and their strong dialect, exploring Córdoba and Sevilla, and taking a flamenco class as a grade.