Canton student completes acadmic exchange in China

Michael Vitale of Canton, a senior at Boston College High School, together with 11 other BC High students and under the watchful care of faculty members Michael Gardner and Ms. Yi-ching Yang, recently participated in BC High's 12th annual Beijing Summer Seminar. 

The Beijing Seminar is a four-week academic exchange program offered by BC High in conjunction with High School Number 2 in Beijing, China.

While in China, Vitale attended intensive daily language classes, as well as classes in history and Chinese culture .  He lived with a host family to fully immerse himself in everything the Chinese culture has to offer and he received academic credit for this experience.

Vitale and the group also participated in excursions to the Forbidden City, the Great Wall of China and the ancient city of Xi'an.

BC High offers similar academic exchange programs in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lyon, France and Dublin, Ireland.  As BC High continues to plan for the opening of the Lawrence H. Hyde '42 Center for Global Education, a new program in Tanzania will be offered in 2014.

PHOTO:Ancient City Xi'an wall, the most complete city wall that has survived in China, as well being one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in the world.The South Gate (Yongning Gate) is the most time-honored and magnificent one among all the city gates. There are bicycles for rental up to the South Gate.

Left to right - Terence Lau, Todd Davison, Mitch Hickey, Michael Vitale, Marcus Bockhurst, Tim Chu, Michael Cadigan, Alan Swierczynski, Addison Cartwright, Leo Catinella, Luke Rafferty, Grant Herbert

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