International students will be hosted in a volunteer Spanish host family and will attend regular classes in a local public or private High School. Placements will be arranged all over Spain, depending on availability of host families. Because host families are volunteer, students will not be able to make a location choice.

This program is only available to English native spakers. Within this specific program, our spanish host fmalies are volunteer families. They will naturally support the student with his/her Spanish studies, but are also eager to welcome students who may share their native language with the family members in return.

Participants will be placed in public (academic year) or private schools (term, semester, academic year).

The public educational system is divided into 3 stages: elementary education (from 6 to 12), secondary education (from 12 to 16) and the Bachillerato (from 16 to 18). The evaluation system is based on grading throughout the year, with grades issued before Christmas and Easter breaks. There are no national examinations in Spain, except the "Selectividad", used for the admission to Spanish University.

The school day usually starts at 8 a.m. and goes to 2:45 p.m. (with a 30 minute break at 11 a.m.). Some schools offer optional workshops or extracurricular afternoon activities which may be at an extra cost. Popular sports are football, basketball and nautical sports in some schools.