global engagement
Engaging with the world as learners to grow as global leaders
At Westminster, we encourage our students to embrace challenge and explore the unknown. Our curious students want to investigate the world, ask questions, and find answers. To help them along this journey, Westminster offers carefully designed international education programs. Westminster offers global learning on every continent except Antarctica. In a typical year, summer and winter opportunities are available, ranging in length from a week to an entire school year.
Travel experiences for Middle School and Upper School students include environmental education, language and culture exchanges, service, and a wide variety of interdisciplinary academic study. Students who participate in these programs become stronger leaders of conscience with larger hearts, sharper vision, and clearer voices to shape the world.
Learn More About Our Global Programs
Argentina
Argentina: Literature of El Sur is a fast-paced and immersive summer travel course for academic credit.
Canada
Middle School students experience the natural wonders of Canada, exploring Banff and Jasper National Parks located in Alberta.
Colorado
Classroom Earth: Colorado River is a unique field study experience designed by Westminster faculty.
Czech Republic and Poland: Voices of Resilience
The JanTerm course Voices of Resilience explores the history of the Jewish experience and antisemitism from antiquity to the present.
Ecuador
Middle School students experience life off the grid in the beautiful cloud forest of Ecuador at Siempre Verde preserve.
England: Monks and Monarchs
The JanTerm course Monks & Monarchs, offered every other year, explores the shifting political landscapes and sacred spaces of England from the Roman period to present.
France
Middle and Upper School students experience life in beautiful France during the summer.
Greece: From Apostles to Altars
From Apostles to Altars is an intense and immersive course of study where students gain a foundation in understanding the Biblical, historical, and archeological contexts of the narratives in the Bible and Ancient Greek culture.
Guatemala
The Guatemala Global Education program offers an experiential learning opportunity to discover ties between the U.S. and Guatemala, collaborate to raise new funds, build a new home, and connect with the people of Guatemala.
Iceland
Upper School students in this summer course explore sustainability in Iceland and visit the natural wonders that are the sources of Iceland’s natural resources.
India
Through this reciprocal exchange program, Middle Schoolers immerse themselves in the five-thousand-year-old history and culture of India.
Italy: Ancient Roman World
Middle Schoolers travel to Italy and see the ancient Roman world come alive through the exploration of Rome and Pompeii.
Italy: Pictura Roma
Pictura Roma is a cultural history course offered to Upper School students during JanTerm.
Kenya
In the Mount Kenya Academy Exchange Program, students spend a week on Westminster’s campus learning about Kenya’s history, ecology, culture, and language, as well as current events and challenges, before traveling to our sister school, Mount Kenya Academy, in Nyeri, Kenya.
Marine Biology Institute
The program melds geology and marine ecology, demonstrating the interaction between land and sea.
School Year Abroad
School Year Abroad offers students the opportunity to spend a full year or a semester abroad during their junior year.
Spain: Camino de Santiago
Upper School students participating in the Camino de Santiago summer course walk the final 100 miles of the Way of Saint James, a centuries-old pilgrimage across northern Spain ending in the historic town of Santiago de Compostela.
Spain: Valencia
In Valencia, Spain, Middle School students expand their horizons and increase proficiency by fully immersing in Spanish language and culture.
GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT BY THE NUMBERS
15
countries visited
per year
6
exchange partner schools
5
Upper School international
summer trips
228
students participating annually
4
school year abroad programs
3
Middle School international
summer trips