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Intercultura Teen Spanish
Immersion
Program
Every
summer Intercultura Costa Rica offers a Spanish immersion
program for teens which allows adolescents to learn
Spanish and immerse themselves in Costa Rican culture.
In addition to intensive Spanish classes, our
teen summer program offers a variety of fun, chaperoned
adventure activities, which will immerse teen students
in the local culture and expose them to the amazing
variety of natural life in Costa Rica.
Program dates:
Heredia
Program #1
Sunday, June 29th - Sunday, July 13th
Heredia & Sámara
Program #2
Sunday, July 13th - Sunday, July 27th
Sámara
Program #3
Sunday, July 27th - Sunday, August 10th
Sample Schedule (Program #2)
Sunday, July 13th |
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All day |
Homestays families meet students at the airport |
Monday, July 14th |
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7:30 - 12:30 |
Placement exams, Spanish Classes, Icebreaker activities |
13:30 p.m. -17:30 |
Walking tour Heredia, Arts & Crafts Class, Latin Dance Class |
Tuesday, July 15th |
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8:30 - 12:30 |
Spanish Class |
13:30 - 19:30 |
Field trip to butterfly farm, movie night at School |
Wednesday, July 16th |
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8:30 - 12:30 |
Spanish Class |
13:00 - 20:00 |
Hiking at the Barva Volcano, Dancing at Castro's |
Thursday, July 17th |
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8:30 - 12:30 |
Spanish Class |
13:30 - 18:00 |
Latin Dance & Cooking Class, Theater Trip to San José |
Friday, July 18th |
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8:30 - 12:30 |
Spanish Class |
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Friday, July 18th through
Sunday 20th |
Arenal Volcano & Monteverde Cloud Forest trip Monteverde Zip line/Canopy Tour
Visit to Frog & Snake Farm, Tarzan swing, swimming, hiking & hot springs at Arenal.
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Sunday, July 20th |
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17:00 |
Arrive to Sámara, dinner orientation and room assignments in Sámara residence |
Monday, July 21st |
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08:00 - 12:00 |
Spanish Class |
13:30 - 17:30 |
Arts & crafts class, dance class, shopping in Sámara |
Tuesday, July 22 |
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09:00 |
Bike trip to Carrillo |
13:15 - 17:15 |
Spanish Class |
20:00 |
Movie at residence |
Wednesday, July 23th |
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08:00 - 12:00 |
Spanish Class |
13:00 - 20:00 |
Kayak trip to Choro Island, bonfire on the beach |
Thursday, July 24th |
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08:00 -12:00 |
Latin dance class, cooking class |
13:15 - 17:15 |
Spanish Class |
20:00 |
Dancing at Vela Latina |
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Friday, July 25th through
Saturday, 26th |
Trip to Rincón de la Vieja Volcano
Hot springs, hiking, horse riding and biking |
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Sunday, July 27th |
Students leave from SJO Airport |
Program options:
Students can do one, two or three programs as they choose (each one is 2 weeks long), but must always respect the start and end dates. Ie. Students MUST arrive AND depart on the Sundays indicated. No exceptions, please.
Scheduling:
Mealtimes, unless stated otherwise, are:
Breakfast:
7:00 am
Lunch:
12:30 pm in Heredia
12:00 pm in Sámara
Dinner:
6:00 pm (may vary depending on daily activities)
Curfews:
Without exception, these are:
Sun-Thurs: 10:30 pm
Fri-Sat: 11:30 pm
Contracts:
Student behavioral and liability contracts must be signed by both student and legal guardian, and handed in the first Monday of their program. Students who do not bring signed originals will not be allowed to enter the program.
Payment:
Students must pay on or before the first day of classes, by:
-bank transfer
-traveler's checks
-dollars or colones
-Int'l money order
-credit card (MUST BRING CARD)
No personal checks are accepted, and
credit card numbers cannot be used without the card itself.
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