International Studies

“The Global Village” is a reality at St. Mark’s. Many of the faculty have studied or lived abroad, and this internationalism is embraced in the curriculum through numerous short- and long-term overseas study options.

School Year Abroad, for example, gives students the choice of a semester or year abroad with partner schools in France, Spain, Italy, or China. In Germany, St. Markers can take part in the Congress–Bundestag Youth Exchange Program, a yearlong study opportunity.

Summer exchange programs — unique to St. Mark’s — include study at sister schools in France, Germany, and Australia. In the French program, students visit cultural sights in Paris and then travel to Loire Valley to stay with a host family and attend language school. The German program takes St. Markers to practice their language with host families in Munich and with students at the Wittelsbacher Gymnasium. The six-week Australian experience brings participants to Melbourne, where they attend school and then vacation with their host family. In return, St. Markers host their French, German, and Australian counterparts here in Southborough during the course of the year.

Through these exchanges, St. Markers are enriched by immersing themselves in another culture, and, in turn, they enrich the school by introducing students from other parts of the world to campus.