Your Impact: The SYA Fund

SYA France students visited the Fine Arts museum in Sète

SYA France students visited the Fine Arts museum in Sète.

SYA France students visited the MACO Open Sky Museum in Sète

SYA France students visited the MACO Open Sky Museum in Sète. There are works of art everywhere in town and students had to find as many as they could.

Experiential learning at SYA France

SYA France students writing in their carnet de voyage (travel notebook) during the Immersion Unit in Bretagne.

Experiential learning at SYA France

SYA France students writing in their carnet de voyage (travel notebook) during the Immersion Unit in Bretagne.

SYA France students visited Marseille

SYA France students visited Marseille and went to the Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde, which serves as the city’s best-known symbol. It was built at the highest natural point in Marseille, which allowed students to see it from other places they visited.

SYA Italy students visited Rome for Friday Fieldwork

SYA Italy students visited Rome for Friday Fieldwork.

SYA Italy students participated in the annual fall grape harvest

SYA Italy students participated in the annual fall grape harvest.

Experiential learning at SYA Italy

SYA Italy students go mushroom hunting in Viterbo’s hills during Acroecology class.

Experiential learning at SYA Italy

SYA Italy students go mushroom hunting in Viterbo’s hills during Acroecology class.

Experiential learning at SYA Italy

SYA Italy students go mushroom hunting in Viterbo’s hills during Acroecology class.

SYA Italy student enjoying time with host family

SYA Italy student enjoying time with host family.

SYA Spain students visited the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid

SYA Spain students visited the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

SYA Spain students visited Madrid

SYA Spain students visited Madrid.

SYA Spain student enjoying time with host family

SYA Spain student enjoying time with host family.

SYA Spain student enjoying time with host family

SYA Spain student enjoying time with host family.

SYA Spain student enjoying time with host family

SYA Spain student enjoying time with host family.

Did you know? Giving to the SYA Fund supports approximately 10% of SYA’s operational budget each year and helps to provide immediate use funds to deliver the SYA experience we know and love. We are grateful to donors to The Campaign for SYA — individuals who have partnered with us by investing in our mission and education — for helping to create a strong foundation of pledges to the SYA Fund that will ultimately benefit our students and educators.

In any given year, the SYA Fund has a direct impact on all aspects of an SYA education: innovative curriculum and in and out of the classroom, immersive fieldwork opportunities, caring host families, engaging teachers and riveting travel experiences. Without annual support of the SYA Fund, we simply could not provide the exceptional study abroad experience SYA is known for.

While pledges through The Campaign for SYA have provided us with a solid foundation toward this year’s SYA Fund goal of $1.25 million, we still need alumni, parents and friends in our community to help us reach it!