Students Can Head Abroad Thanks To Scholarships

SHOREWOOD,WI— SHS has been selected to participate for the fifth year in a row in the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Global Navigator Scholarship awards for summer study abroad 2021.

More than $25,000 has been earmarked for students at SHS to study abroad during the summer. Students who elect to apply will be considered for the awards based on both merit and need.

In the summer of 2019, 19 students travelled on a CIEE trip having received more than $38,000 in total scholarship money, according to the Shorewood School District.

The first question that comes to mind is if students would be able to travel with a looming pandemic.

CIEE says the organization is monitoring the health of the world to mitigate risk and to keep students safe. Right now CIEE is managing small programs in several locations around the world , and the company says it's optimistically looking to next summer for a return to travel that is more open around the world.

The CIEE Program Assurance Advantage provides students the assurance that if CIEE cancels a program, CIEE will refund program fees and even support up to $500 in un-reimbursed travel change fees, such as airline tickets.

Through the program, students can travel to Argentina, Australia, Botswana, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, or the U.S.

The deadline to apply is January 15, 2021

For more details, check out the school district's website.