Mount Everett Regional School
Mount Everett Regional School
Global Education Program
International Student Information
Why choose to apply to Mount Everett?
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Mount Everett Regional School is nestled in the bucolic Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, 2.5 hours between NYC and Boston. We offer a comprehensive education, focusing on the whole child, and encourage students to participate in all aspects of high school. Our district is a small, close-knit community of inspired faculty and staff, partnering with committed families, engaged students, and supportive neighbors. We've created an environment for learning where students are known and understood, nurtured as creative thinkers, and challenged to think about and prepare for their futures. We proudly represent the southern Berkshire towns of Alford, Egremont, New Marlborough, Monterey, and Sheffield. Our neighbors and local businesses actively support our mission with their time, talents, and resources.
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AP classes offered:
English Literature and Composition English Language and Composition Calculus United States History Spanish Language and Culture Art (2-d design, 3-d design, and drawing) Sports offered: Cross Country Golf Girls and Boys Soccer Girls and Boys Basketball Volleyball Cheerleading Wrestling Ice Hockey Softball Tennis Baseball Clubs offered: Bold Eagle Newspaper Chess Club Cyberpatriot Team Future Farmers of America Gay/Straight Alliance Mathletes MIXX radio Model UN Morning Show National Art Honor Society National Honor Society Project Linus Prom Committee Robotics Rotary Interact Students Against Destructive Decisions Yearbook Extensive Fine and Performing Arts opportunities: Musical Theater Shakespeare and Co Art and music specialty groups Specialty Programs Culinary Arts Vocational Education classes Agricultural Science program |
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Contact Stephanie Graham for more information: sgraham@sbrsd.org
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Global Education Program Overview
Mount Everett’s Global Education program engages students in either independent or collaborative learning experiences. Every year, our goal is to provide an opportunity for each student to be included in an experience that will connect them to students around the world. Global Education at Mount Everett is organized into four core categories: The World Education Alliance, Short-Term Exchange, Long-Term Exchange, and Educational Travel. Connecting to a global network via exchange, immersed collaboration, or travel, will allow students to bridge the gap between the abstract and the tangible world within their reach. They will associate with peers from around the world with similar goals and interests, often leading a parallel lifestyle likely not incongruent as they might previously have imagined.
The World Education Alliance
The WEA is an organization that aims to promote the exchange of ideas in the fields of education and culture. It aims to share the excellence of cultural diversity and the benefits of sharing educational resources by the collaboration among schools in different countries and regions. Through the WEA, we have the opportunity to participate in an annual symposium with a concentrated themed program designed and organized through round-table discussions. Recent symposiums include a dance mela in India, a music gala in Germany, water conservation in China, and a music and poetry symposium hosted here at Mount Everett with a culminating performance at the Mahaiwe Theater in Great Barrington.
Short-Term Exchange
Providing short-term exchange opportunities gives students a chance to share their cultural heritage, promote global understanding, foster cultural appreciation, and practice leadership through stewardship. While abroad, they can add the chance to be a cultural ambassador to the list. Incoming students expose the Mount Everett student body to cultures they might not otherwise encounter.
Long-Term Exchange
We are fortunate to live in an ideal setting both geographically and culturally, that we hope is attractive to students interested in long-term study. We hold SEVIS certification that allows us to grant visas to students who attend our school for at least 6 months. If you are interested in hosting a long-term exchange student, please contact Stephanie Graham at sgraham@sbrsd.org for details.
“Hosting an exchange student is a rewarding experience for your whole family. You’ll learn about another culture and language — without leaving home. You’ll start a life-long relationship with your new "son" or "daughter," and when your student returns home you’ll have a friend in another country. If you have children, they’ll gain a broader perspective on the world, learning more about geography, communication and international cultures. You will be a citizen diplomat by creating positive impressions about America and Americans, breaking stereotypes, and fostering mutual understanding and respect.”
Educational Travel
Every year Mount Everett provides a number of domestic and international travel opportunities. Our faculty diligently works to make connections between curriculum and experience. Coupled with in-depth research in individualized plans of study, the Global Education program gives students an edge in reaching the full potential of their understanding of their chosen research topic, as well as a better understanding of themselves in relation to the world around them. Students can earn credit pursuing a personally relevant body of knowledge.
Every facet of Mount Everett’s Global Education Program has the potential to instill a love of learning and traveling. Our hope is that all students will be exposed to an experience that will inform and enlighten them.
Mount Everett’s Global Education program engages students in either independent or collaborative learning experiences. Every year, our goal is to provide an opportunity for each student to be included in an experience that will connect them to students around the world. Global Education at Mount Everett is organized into four core categories: The World Education Alliance, Short-Term Exchange, Long-Term Exchange, and Educational Travel. Connecting to a global network via exchange, immersed collaboration, or travel, will allow students to bridge the gap between the abstract and the tangible world within their reach. They will associate with peers from around the world with similar goals and interests, often leading a parallel lifestyle likely not incongruent as they might previously have imagined.
The World Education Alliance
The WEA is an organization that aims to promote the exchange of ideas in the fields of education and culture. It aims to share the excellence of cultural diversity and the benefits of sharing educational resources by the collaboration among schools in different countries and regions. Through the WEA, we have the opportunity to participate in an annual symposium with a concentrated themed program designed and organized through round-table discussions. Recent symposiums include a dance mela in India, a music gala in Germany, water conservation in China, and a music and poetry symposium hosted here at Mount Everett with a culminating performance at the Mahaiwe Theater in Great Barrington.
Short-Term Exchange
Providing short-term exchange opportunities gives students a chance to share their cultural heritage, promote global understanding, foster cultural appreciation, and practice leadership through stewardship. While abroad, they can add the chance to be a cultural ambassador to the list. Incoming students expose the Mount Everett student body to cultures they might not otherwise encounter.
Long-Term Exchange
We are fortunate to live in an ideal setting both geographically and culturally, that we hope is attractive to students interested in long-term study. We hold SEVIS certification that allows us to grant visas to students who attend our school for at least 6 months. If you are interested in hosting a long-term exchange student, please contact Stephanie Graham at sgraham@sbrsd.org for details.
“Hosting an exchange student is a rewarding experience for your whole family. You’ll learn about another culture and language — without leaving home. You’ll start a life-long relationship with your new "son" or "daughter," and when your student returns home you’ll have a friend in another country. If you have children, they’ll gain a broader perspective on the world, learning more about geography, communication and international cultures. You will be a citizen diplomat by creating positive impressions about America and Americans, breaking stereotypes, and fostering mutual understanding and respect.”
Educational Travel
Every year Mount Everett provides a number of domestic and international travel opportunities. Our faculty diligently works to make connections between curriculum and experience. Coupled with in-depth research in individualized plans of study, the Global Education program gives students an edge in reaching the full potential of their understanding of their chosen research topic, as well as a better understanding of themselves in relation to the world around them. Students can earn credit pursuing a personally relevant body of knowledge.
Every facet of Mount Everett’s Global Education Program has the potential to instill a love of learning and traveling. Our hope is that all students will be exposed to an experience that will inform and enlighten them.
