"Gap Year"
Oh the Places You Will Go! Gap Year Options for Teens
While crossing the stage at high school graduation, fear fills the minds of the parting seniors. A chorus of “don’t trip, don’t trip, don’t trip” is paired with “please don’t let my father yell ‘That’s My Boy!’”. As if these thoughts weren’t enough to encompass all that is going through the heads of these newly-minted [...]
Read MoreReflections on Choosing a Gap Year
Every term at Sedbergh, we are fortunate to welcome four GAP students to Sedbergh School from all over the world. These students who have graduated Grade 12, act as associate faculty and work alongside the teaching staff to assist with both academic and extra-curricular activities. One of our gap students, Lenka from Slovakia, recently published [...]
Read MoreFrom Canada to India-Sedbergh Students Blog at 2009 Round Square Conference
Their bags are packed and there are four very excited Sedbergh Students and one Faculty member who are about to embark on an adventure and cultural experience of a lifetime. For Hayden, Bronwyn, Christopher, Kiara and Mr. Parkes this adventure begins as they depart for India and the 2009 Round Square Conference. Round Square is [...]
Read MoreGap Year Spreads
First up- The Gap Year Comes to Canada, seems that American style gap year of work/internship/travel/community service is gaining a foothold in Canada. Two items of note in this piece: 1. Canadian universities are participating in and sanctioning gap year programs. 2. The first comment regarding the necessity of setting parental limits for their kids’ [...]
Read MoreExplaining the Gap Year
NPR ran a story by reporter Tovia Smith introducing and explaining the ‘gap year’. In simplest terms a gap year is a period (it can be a semester or a year) between high school graduation and college matriculation that a student uses to work or pursue an interest before settling into the strictures of college [...]
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