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California
Short-term
Your Education is excited to announce that we can exclusively offer short-term high school exchanges to California! Jet off after your NCEA school exams, at the end of November, and choose between a 4, 7 or 12 week exchanges. Another fantastic advantage of our US short-term programme is that you will be placed with a Californian host family in San Diego and attend a pre high school programme.

PROGRAMME OPTIONS

SOPHIA WENT TO
CALIFORNIA

EVA WENT TO
CALIFORNIA

BRONTE WENT TO
CALIFORNIA
QUICK FACTS
departure times
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Anytime except July-August
visa requirements
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ESTA visa online
placements
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San Diego in California
extras
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​Trips available
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Please contact us for details about our 3 month options
host family
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​Short-term Programme: Receives contribution.
CALIFORNIA PRICING:
* Programme pricing is valid for departures from January 2024 up to and including January 2025. Application fee of $250 when applying. Price Guarantee: We reserve the right to increase the prices at any time, but once you have been accepted to the programme and have paid your $1,500 deposit you will secure the published price and be exempt from any subsequent increases.
Programme fee includes
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Return-trip economy flights with recognised airlines departing from Auckland to final destination.
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Comprehensive insurance while on your exchange.
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Pre-departure orientation meeting prior to departure for all students and parents.
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Host family and high school placement.
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Meet and Greet at final airport with transfer to your host family. Please note that in an additional surcharge may be applied. We reserve the right to apply a flight surcharge should availability at time of booking cause flight costs to be higher than expected. (We have specific flight dates for each destination. You may fly outside of these dates but additional costs will apply.)
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Full professional support both in New Zealand and abroad.
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Preparation materials.
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Advice from Returnees.
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24-hour emergency phone support.
Programme fee does not include
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Passport and visa costs.
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Pocket money (approx. 500NZD per month).
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School set up costs. Varies per destination but may include transport, uniform and school books.
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Transport to Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch for departure.
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Optional Tours and Travel Expenses.
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Any documents that require official Notarising or Apostilling.