Support for High School Students for Language Study:

U.S. Government Programs:

National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y). Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, this intensive language immersion program provides merit-based scholarships for high school students to study abroad for a summer or an academic year and learn Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Hindi, Korean, Russian, and Turkish. www.nsliforyouth.org and http://exchanges.state.gov/youth/programs/nsli.html

STARTALK Summer Language Programs.
http://startalk.umd.edu/

Non-Government Programs:

American Field Services.
http://www.afs.org/afs_or/focus_on/high_school

Concordia Language Villages.
http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/

Confucius Classrooms. Chinese learning programs organized by Confucius Institutes.
http://college.chinese.cn/en/node_1979.htm

Middlebury-Monterey Language Academy.
http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/mmla.htm

Middle East Institute. Offers Arabic, Dari, Hebrew, and Persian classes.
https://www.mei.edu/Languages/CurrentClasses.aspx

Virginia Governor's Academy.
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/foreign_language/language_academ...