There are twenty-one Sacred Heart schools throughout the United States. The high school students are offered the chance to spend either a quarter or semester at one of the other schools. Students from the other schools are also offered the chance to come to Villa. The exchange student stays with a host family through the duration of her stay. The student must then consult with the administration about the application process.
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Foreign Exchange
Taiwan
Due to a working, curricular relationship with our Sacred Heart School in Taiwan, we have also had the opportunity to develop friendships with other schools in Taipei, Taiwan. Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill students along with students from Sacred Heart Girls High School in Taiwan, Tatung Municipal High School, and Zhong-lun Municipal High School have collaborated together through Internet projects, e-mail, secure web-based workspaces, and video conferencing events. This "distance learning" exchange has afforded us the chance to truly live and share the Sacred Heart Goals and Criteria.
Our hope and desire is in building bridges of understanding as our global partnership is facilitated through the use of the Internet, breaking the barriers of time and space. It is through these friendships that:
our Director of Instructional Technology has been invited to teach both technology facilitation to teachers and English as a second language to students in Taiwan,
since the winter of 2005 Villa Duchesne has hosted smalls groups of students and teachers from Taiwan,
the School hosted a two-week summer camp with Villa Duchesne and Taiwan students,
Villa Duchesne students have traveled to and participated in a cross-cultural camp at Sacred Heart Girls' Senior High School since 2005,
and other Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill School faculty have experienced a warm teaching experience at our school in Pali, Taiwan.
The summer of 2007 provided time for a small group of students from both Oak Hill (4th grade) and Villa Duchesne to learn from and enjoy a well-planned 10-day journey throughout the country meeting "digital" friends "in-person."
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Host an exchange student from Taiwan
Latin America
For over 20 years, Villa Duchesne/OakHill School has embraced the latin american relationship. Families have hosted nearly 100 students from a variety of latin american countries. These exchanges have ranged from a semester to a full academic year. Exchange students have ranged in age from 4th grade through 9th grade.
France
The School continues to nurture a foundation developed over 200 years ago through exchange with Sacred Heart schools in France. These exchanges are a semester in length and bring our students closer to a beloved heritage.
These opportunities for exchange are considered stepping stones, an expansion of a strong cross-cultural collaboration, understanding language acquisition, and asks of us a generous commitment for serious on-going formation and a broad critical vision of the world. These exchanges offer an opportunity for students and teachers to broaden their horizons, in living the Goals and Criteria, academically and socially by sharing the life of students and teachers in other parts of the world. The programs aspire to prepare students for living in the "global village" which is already their de facto milieu.
To educate to live effectively in an ever-changing world
