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CCDS enrolls 115 international students from nearly 40 countries, comprising approximately 7 percent of our student population.
Since 1992 more than 1,200 students and teachers have participated in study abroad programs, and over 700 CCDS families have hosted a foreign student in their home.
We offer travel/study opportunities through sister school exchange programs in Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, and Mexico.
Our students participate in the following international exchange and language immersion programs: School Year Abroad, Amigos de las Americas, Nacel Open Door, Concordia Language Camps, and Putney Student Travel. These programs, and many others, allow our students to experience different cultures while practicing skills through homestays, language study, community service, and travel opportunities.
In 2007, CCDS began a teacher exchange program with our China Sister School, the High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University (NJFZ) in Nanjing.
Country Day was the first independent school in North Carolina to offer an International Baccalaureate diploma and now offers a full range of IB courses.
Country Day is the only independent day school in North Carolina with a full-time English-as-a-Second-Language program.
In the past decade, we have welcomed to our campus more than 70 international guest speakers including Mikhail Gorbachev, Shimon Peres, John Majors, and Lech Walesa.
International families are assisted in their transition to a new country and school and are encouraged to take part in the International Parents' Group, which offers monthly programs.
Country Day students and faculty regularly take part in community events that forge greater understanding of other countries and people. These include Model UN, foreign language luncheons through the World Affairs Council of Charlotte, the World Citizen Award Dinner, the IB Career Conference at UNC Charlotte, WorldQuest and WorldQuest Junior, the Ambassadors Series, the Latin American Festival, the Festival of India, the ECHO Foundation, and the Great Decisions Lecture Series.
Country Day is affiliated with the World Affairs Council of Charlotte, World View, and NC in the World.
CCDS students have earned scholarships through the World Affairs Council of Charlotte and Alliance Française.
Each spring the International Studies Award is given to a CCDS senior who has opened his or her mind and heart to learn about other cultures and has shared this enthusiasm with others at CCDS.