School Year Abroad Academic Year Programs
While classroom instruction is important, we recognize the unique benefits of immersive study aborad programs. Students who study abroad in high school have the opportunity to better understand world politics, to speak another language, to grasp pressing socioeconomic concepts, and to become informed and seasoned citizens of the world.
School Year Abroad (SYA) is a cultural immersion and language program that allows high school students the opportunity to study in Europe or Asia for an entire academic year. As a member school in the SYA consortium, Lawrenceville students receive preferential admission to SYA's schools.
SYA provides academic credit in addition to college testing and guidance, enabling students to graduate from Lawrenceville with their own class while helping to prepare them for selective colleges and universities. Students apply in their third- or fourth-form year to attend SYA in their fourth- or fifth-form year. The SYA year ends in time for fifth formers to return for their Lawrenceville graduation.
Studying abroad produces exceptional high school students who are mature, informed, disciplined, and well adjusted to functioning away from the comforts of home...a true character-building experience that will yield benefits for a lifetime.