Summer Study Abroad Programs for High School Students

Summer Programs at St. Stephen's School - Rome:
St. Stephen's School is an international day and boarding school for high school students located in the heart of Rome, Italy. Each summer we offer English-speaking summer enrichment programs which are open to high school students from around the world. The programs offer a focus on the arts, classics and the humanities, and are built around the “extra-mural” approach to learning, in which the magnificent city of Rome itself is the classroom. The programs’ diverse course offerings provide a challenging experience that will open students’ hearts and minds while fostering an understanding and love for the history and culture of Rome and Italy.

St. Stephen's School Arts & Humanities Summer Program:
This two-week summer program is dedicated to younger students, ages 14 – 16. Encouraging a harmonious balance of intellect and creativity, the Arts & Humanities Summer Program at St Stephen’s School offers students the opportunity to explore both academically and artistically in a program tailored to their individual interests and talents.

Brown University-St. Stephen's School Pre-College Summer Program:
This three week session is a joint pre-college program offered by St. Stephen’s School and Brown University, and is open to students at least 16 years of age. The pre-college program fully immerses students in the study of Rome and Italy’s history and culture.

Students focus on the city itself in courses such as Introduction to Ancient Rome, Renaissance Art in Rome, Modern Italy, Italian Language, Latin, City Drawing, Photography, Italian Music Appreciation, Dance, Creative Writing, Italian Literature, Studio Art, and Italian Cooking.

Extracurricular Activities:
Sports activities and walking tours complete the summer programs’ extracurricular offerings. Evening activities include supervised visits to cultural activities around Rome, in-house “movie nights” featuring classic Italian films and modern films with an Italian or ancient Roman content.

Weekend trips include visits to sites outside of Rome, such as Pompeii and the Bay of Naples area, Orvieto, or Florence.

Accommodation:
The Summer Programs offer boarding opportunities to students for students from around the world, and day school for students who live in the greater Rome area.

Our curriculum reflects our response to the needs of students in an international environment, who aim to further their studies throughout the world. For us, education rightly conceived means: the readiness to channel natural curiosity in a coherent learning process; the ability to write and to speak with clarity and precision; the capacity to profit from the historical and artistic heritage of our civilization and from the cultural environment unique to Rome and Italy; the ability to reason and to describe in mathematical language and to engage in thinking of an exact scientific character; a command of at least two languages; and a commitment to cooperate in a multicultural community.

We stress the development of personal and social integrity; creativity and self-discipline in the fine and performing arts; concern for others through community service; and the spirit of cooperation and healthy competition in our sports program.