The 2024 Wilson Language Immersion Grant Application Window is Closed. It will reopen in September of 2025.
Wilson Language Immersion Grants Eligibility:
- Open to students of a modern language in 9th, 10th, and 11th grades.
- For French, German & Spanish immersion programs, student must be currently enrolled in a level 1 course or higher. For the Chinese immersion program, student must be currently enrolled in Chinese 2 or higher.
Criteria for selection:
- The student will have an established track record of excellence as confirmed by his language teachers and other teachers both in and outside the classroom. The student will have shown exceptional potential and improvement or maintained superior performance in the language.
- The student will have a keen interest in both the language and the culture of the country whose language he is studying and will demonstrate such interest consistently in class.
- The student is able to attend the entirety of the High School Credit Concordia immersion program he has selected, he commits to traveling to and from the program site with the rest of the group and he understands that no modifications to travel are permitted.
- The student commits, to the best of his ability, to solely use the target language throughout the duration of the program.
- The student commits to continuing his language study at MBA the following academic year by enrolling in the highest level course available to him (Honors or AP).
- The student commits to use this experience to contribute positively to MBA and the wider community through service to others.
Immersion Programs – For Modern Language Students
- Dates of program set by Concordia. Please consult the website for more information regarding dates of the program.
Only four-week programs are considered. Although most 4 week programs are titled "High School Credit", MBA students do not receive High School credit.