Semester school

A semester school is a school that complements a student's secondary education by providing them with the opportunity to step out of their regular school for half an academic year and step into a uniquely different educational setting while continuing their required academic studies.[1][2] The academic curriculum at semester schools tends to be college preparatory, interdisciplinary, and experiential.[3][4][5]

Characteristics

Benefits

Attending a semester school can:

Growth of Semester Schools

The first semester school was Milton Academy's Mountain School which opened in 1984 in Vershire, Vermont. Since then more than a dozen additional semester schools have opened across the United States of America and in other countries. The list of opening dates below shows the growth in semester schools over time and their geographic diversity.

1984 – Mountain School, Vershire, Vermont
1986 – Swiss Semester, Zermatt, Switzerland
1988 – Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki, Wiscasset, Maine
1995 – The Outdoor Academy, Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
1996 – CITYterm, Dobbs Ferry, New York
1997 – High School Semester at Sea (Ocean Classroom), Western North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea (closed July 2014)
1998 – HMI Semester, Leadville, Colorado (originally named Rocky Mountain Semester)
1999 – The Island School, Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas
1999 – Oxbow School, Napa, California
2000 - The Traveling School, Bozeman, Montana
2004 – Woolman Semester, Nevada City, California
2004 – Kroka Semester School, Marlow, New Hampshire
2009 – School for Ethics and Global Leadership, Washington, D.C.
2009 – Finding the Good, Nevada City, California
2010 – Coastal Studies for Girls, Freeport, Maine
2010 – Conserve School, Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin
2012 – Alzar School, Valley County, Idaho
2012 – Burr and Burton Academy Mountain Campus, Manchester, Vermont

References

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