Global Exchange Program

List of 4 items.

• Costs

  If reciprocal, an individual exchange will cost the price of the return air fare, pocket money and incidentals. The school may offer an optional excursion, which will be an added cost.
  
  

  If not reciprocal, then school fees might be applicable for the duration.

• Exchange partners

  Shawnigan offers reciprocal 1-8 week student exchange programs with the following overseas schools:

  
  Individual or pairs

  o  Canberra Grammar School, Canberra, Australia (boys)
  o  Hilton College, South Africa (boys)

  o  St. Margaret’s, Ascot, Queensland, Australia (girls)

  o  St. Catherine’s, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (girls)

  o  Waikato Diocesan, Hamilton, New Zealand (girls)

  o  Oxford School, Villarrica, Chile ( co-ed)
  
  

  Group exchanges

  o  Lycee Sacre Coeur, Angers, France ( Spring Break)

  o  Azabu High School, Tokyo, Japan (Nov midterm break)
  o  Ritsumeikan High School, Kyoto, Japan 

  
  While the group exchanges to France and Japan take place during school breaks, the individual or pairs exchanges usually take place between January and mid-March.

  
  GAP Year Internship Opportunities

  Shree Mangal Dvip Boarding School, Kathmandu, Nepal

  Geelong Grammar School, Victoria, Australia

  Timbertop, Victoria, Australia
  
  

  Shawnigan Lake School is pleased to offer teaching internship opportunities for graduates considering a career in education. To learn more, please view the Teaching Intern posting on our Careers page.

• Logistics

  In an individual exchange, students who leave Shawnigan to go to another school will be paired up with a student who will, in turn, return to Shawnigan later in the same year.
  
  

  On the exchange, Shawnigan students may live with a family at their homes or they may be placed in a boarding house at the school. This depends on whether the reciprocal student is a day or boarding student.
  
  

  Exchange students coming to Shawnigan as part of the reciprocal exchange will be placed in a boarding house. However, it must be pointed out that during our school breaks the Shawnigan student who has been on the exchange would be expected to host the reciprocal exchange student at his or her home.

• Apply

  Contact Chelsea Russell for an application form and questionnaire.
  
  

  On completion of the form and if parental consent has been given, an interview will be conducted. All applicants will require strong support from their House Director and teachers.
  
  

  The expectation is that all students applying for an exchange will keep up with their academic work at Shawnigan. Wi-Fi and the support of a Shawnigan study buddy should make this straightforward to manage.