Ten Peruvians walk out of the gate at DFW after an 8-hour flight from Lima, Peru. Excited about the 5-week long journey in America they were about to embark on, each of them was greeted by Mrs. Maggard and then boarded a bus to Jesuit where they met, or in my case, reunited with their Jesuit brothers.
Three of the...
For the past sixteen years Jesuit Dallas has participated in an exchange program with the Instituto de Ciencias in Guadalajara. This program serves as a long-standing reminder of the connections we have amongst the Jesuit community worldwide and a staple of our commitment to global inclusion and citizenship.
In early February, nine Jesuit students, a mix of juniors and seniors,...
Imagine yourself in a different country, with a different language, different friends, a different school, and even different weather patterns. While these differences may seem intimidating to most, some are willing to take a leap of faith to experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to a foreign country.
For the first time in five years, Jesuit hosted exchange students from...
On February 6, 2023, a group of students from Le Caousou in Toulouse, France arrived in Dallas. This group of students are part of an exchange program where they will accompany their host brothers to classes and extracurricular activities. The objective of the exchange is for students from both schools to experience what differences and similarities there are in...
For the fourth consecutive year, Jesuit is hosting exchange students from Mexico, allowing them to attempt to experience the United States at a brother Jesuit school. The group of five exchange students will be attending classes like all other students from Jesuit Dallas, hoping to experience a taste of the Jesuit brotherhood.
Championed by Mike Earsing, Tom Garrison, Jesuit Conselors,...
"Ay, ¿qué ónda? (Hey, what's up?)" A group of excited students in red t-shirts burst through the terminal doors and flocked to their new families. New friendships were beginning and old friendships were strengthening as the Mexican students were welcomed into the Jesuit Dallas community.
For three weeks this April, eleven students from the Jesuit school, Instituto de las Ciencias...
2015 marks the beginning of the new Peruvian foreign exchange program. Our Mexican exchange program, which will occur for the seventh consecutive year this spring, allows for six students of all grade levels to spend five weeks experiencing life at our campus. This year, however, five students traveled 3400 miles from Lima to Dallas for the first time.
Mr. Perry,...
“My family in Mexico is like … I used to live with my grandma, and 2 cousins, with my father and mom, and we were 6 in the house ... now we are living just my parents and me in the house … There was no exchange program in my school (Bachillerato Pedro Arrupe, a Jesuit School in Mexico),...
