Student Application Instructions
The Partners of the Americas High School Exchange Program has a great opportunity to offer you! This program is an excellent opportunity for you to use and improve your Spanish language skills while experiencing the culture of Costa Rica first-hand. We are pleased that you are applying to be a traveler for our program. It is important to our organization that travelers are appropriately selected and adequately prepared for the travel experience. Please read through the information carefully.
This is a reciprocal exchange program; travelers will be asked to commit to hosting a Costa Rican Student for 4 weeks during December or January before or after traveling to Costa Rica. If you are unable to host, you may find a “surrogate” family to host on your behalf.
To apply to travel, you must complete and submit ALL of the following materials by the application deadline:
The Application Deadline for 2025 is February 16th!
- Student Travel Application – Electronic main application/demographic information to be completed by the student applicant. You can preview the essay questions at this link to prepare for completing the form. Be prepared to upload a recent photo of yourself
- Parent Questionnaire – Electronic questionnaire to be answered by one or both of your parents/guardians. Quick link to parent questionnaire bit.ly/ORCRparent
- Three Confidential References – The three references must include: (1) Spanish teacher (2) Another teacher or counselor (3) Family friend or another adult who knows you well (who is not immediate family). Please provide this link to your references. Please provide this electronic link to your references: bit.ly/ORCRstudentreference
- Unofficial High School Transcript – should be sent via email to PartnersTravelORCR@gmail.com.
- $30 Processing Fee (non-refundable) – check should be made out to Partners of the Americas. Please send your application fee to: Partners of the Americas, c/o Dan Green, 123 Barclay Ave, Oregon City, OR 97405.Please do not include any other documents with the application fee.
