Fourth Annual Exchange Program

The students from Taipei were hosted by Belen families as part of our Fourth Annual Exchange Program. Subsequently, the administration from St. Ignatius High School visited our school to see, first-hand, how our school operates and to take with them ideas and innovations, which they can implement in their own school.

 

The Taiwan Exchange Program was designed to give both participating schools’ students the opportunity to travel and experience each other’s culture at little cost, fostering the Jesuit educational tenet of global learning. We are now offering this possibility to our eleventh and twelfth grade students to travel to Taipei for 12 days during Easter Break (March 26 through April 6).

 

Taiwan is rated as one of the ten safest places to visit in the world. It offers its visitors a beautiful land, rich in tradition, with warm and hospitable people and a millenary culture that is proudly on display in magnificent sites such as the National Palace Museum in Taipei, where more than 200,000 pieces of fine art are on exhibit.

 

Participants are only required to pay airfare. No visas or knowledge of the Chinese language are required. There are no additional expenses. This is an opportunity made affordable through Belen’s association with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center of Miami and St. Ignatius High School. In order to be considered as a candidate for this exchange program, a minimum G.P.A of 3.0, no serious disciplinary problems and one letter of recommendation is required. An application form can be downloaded by clicking here. If interested, please complete the application and return it to Mr. Cleveland as soon as possible at ccleveland@belenjesuit.org.