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Students are back, and we are grateful! In these first weeks, it has been heartwarming to watch them exploring their communities and getting to know their teachers, host families and classmates through the new Immersion Unit. Enjoy these snapshots from the first weeks of September and read more about the start of the 2021-2022 school year in this issue of SYA Now.
News Highlights
FAST FIVE WITH FACULTY: ALESSANDRA TUZI
Alessandra Tuzi has been with SYA Italy since it first opened its iconic green door 20 years ago. When sharing the most gratifying part of her tenure with SYA, she said “I feel most successful when a student thanks me not only for teaching them the Italian language, but also for teaching them about life.”
YOUR IMPACT:
STUDENT AID
Over $2 million in financial aid was awarded this year to nearly half of SYA students. Thank you to everyone who gave to The Campaign for SYA to ensure that every qualified student who applies for financial assistance receives it. Meet our five named scholars who are studying abroad this year.
School Year Abroad Stories
![Video- A Day in a Life of an Exchange Student]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1637695139/sya/otk48zboor4s3q1wlfh6/Llanas-V1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1637695139/sya/otk48zboor4s3q1wlfh6/Llanas-V1.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1637695139/sya/otk48zboor4s3q1wlfh6/Llanas-V1.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1637695139/sya/otk48zboor4s3q1wlfh6/Llanas-V1.png","width":986}])
Campus videographer Ari L. bring you along in a day of her life at SYA France.
![A New Home]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1637691202/sya/imxktht1xt20olzpyqfi/Halprin_B2_hostfamily.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1637691202/sya/imxktht1xt20olzpyqfi/Halprin_B2_hostfamily.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1637691202/sya/imxktht1xt20olzpyqfi/Halprin_B2_hostfamily.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1637691202/sya/imxktht1xt20olzpyqfi/Halprin_B2_hostfamily.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1637691202/sya/imxktht1xt20olzpyqfi/Halprin_B2_hostfamily.jpg","width":1600}])
Campus reporter Quinn H. writes about her first impressions of her new home in Viterbo.
![Benchwarming: What I think of as Immersion]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1637691716/sya/kb45kl6rfcswupomgbt7/McWilliams_B1.heic","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1637691716/sya/kb45kl6rfcswupomgbt7/McWilliams_B1.heic","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1637691716/sya/kb45kl6rfcswupomgbt7/McWilliams_B1.heic","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1637691716/sya/kb45kl6rfcswupomgbt7/McWilliams_B1.heic","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1637691716/sya/kb45kl6rfcswupomgbt7/McWilliams_B1.heic","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1637691716/sya/kb45kl6rfcswupomgbt7/McWilliams_B1.heic","width":2200}])
Ceci writes about joining a local soccer team to immerse herself with Spanish teens.
![Bus 41]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1637692786/sya/ux9lxctbg3fzxe5uiiti/Monnich_B2_bus.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1637692786/sya/ux9lxctbg3fzxe5uiiti/Monnich_B2_bus.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1637692786/sya/ux9lxctbg3fzxe5uiiti/Monnich_B2_bus.png","width":768}])
Campus reporter Meredith M. writes about her morning routine and commuting to school.
Featured Recent Event: Celebrating our Trailblazers of Coeducation
Meet some of the first women of SYA. Go back with them to Spain and France in the early 70s and hear about their experiences as Schoolboys Abroad admitted its first female students.