Three Scarsdale Girls to Participate in SHS Australia Exchange

G'day Mate! Three Scarsdale students are heading off to Perth Australia to participate in an exchange program with St. Mary's Anglican School. The rising tenth grade girls will attend school in Australia from July 12 to August 24 and experience both the school environment and the world around, traveling in Australia as well. Two of the Scarsdale students will be living with host families, while the third will be at the boarding school with the St. Mary's student.

St. Mary's Anglican School is part of the Global Learning Alliance, a program started by the Teaching College at Columbia University and the Scarsdale Public Schools system. As a result of this relationship, the idea of an exchange program was developed between St Mary's Anglican School and Scarsdale High School. St. Mary's Anglican School has an active exchange program, partnering with many schools internationally.

Three students from the St. Mary's Anglican School will come to Scarsdale for six weeks during September and into October to live with the Scarsdale families. The students will also do some traveling around New York City and the area, similarly to the traveling the Scarsdale students will be doing.

The program is being organized by Assistant Principal Sue Peppers, who will travel to Australia and also hopes to set up a similar exchange program with a boys school.

Clara Enders, one of the three girls going on the trip said, "I'm so excited for the exchange program! I'm looking forward to exploring Australia, getting to know my host family, making new friends, and becoming more independent. I've already become friends with the girl whose house I'll be staying at. We've chatted on the web and Skyped, and we've swapped pictures of our families and houses, and even the views out our windows. I feel like I know her already!"