Type High School Website www.meiacademy.com Province Ontario | Headquarters Ontario, Canada Phone +1 905-880-1492 Founded 1997 | |
Address 15816 Peel Regional Rd 50, Bolton, ON L7E 3E5, Canada Motto The World is Our Classroom Similar Brampton Christian School, King's College School, Tall Pines School, The Country Day School, Rowntree Montessori Schools Profiles | ||
Mei academy fall 2014 ala lysyk ubc portfolio piece
"The World is Our Classroom"
Contents
- Mei academy fall 2014 ala lysyk ubc portfolio piece
- Spring Semester Program
- Programs
- Reunions
- References
MEI International Academy is a Canadian high school that offers accredited summer, trimester, semester, and full year high school programs in several parts of the world. The academy was founded by history teachers Joe Mei and Bernie Burns in 1997 and continues to be run by Joe and a staff of teachers. Classes are conducted in locations relevant to the course of study, in keeping with the program's objective that education should be an interactive experience. Lectures are typically conducted at historical sites, cultural landmarks, museums and galleries.
Spring Semester Program
The spring semester odyssey is MEI’s flagship program. Students spend 80 days traveling through France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Greece, and earn four senior level high school credits. Courses of study include World History, Classical Civilization, English and an Interdisciplinary Studies course called Human Dimensions. The World History course is taught during the first half of the spring semester, and focuses on the history of Europe from the Middle Ages to present. Students travel to Paris, Strasbourg, the Swiss Alps, Heidelberg, Munich, Venice, Florence and Siena during this time. Over the second half of the semester, which begins in Rome and continues through Pompeii, the Peloponnese, Athens and the Greek Islands, students focus on ancient civilizations. The English and Human Dimensions courses run throughout the entire semester, which allows for the integration of the two history courses with literature, writing assignments, philosophy and physical activities.
Programs
MEI Academy offers one- and two-course summer programs. These trips range from 25–40 days in length. All nine summer programs commence in early July. MEI also offers three credit programs called trimesters; starting in September or February, and these trips are 50 days in length. Finally, MEI offers half or full year four course programs, one in Fall and one in Spring. These semester trips both spend 80 days abroad and together create a full year program.
Reunions
The academy encourages alumni to keep in touch after a program has concluded. To that end, MEI hosts post-trip reunions. In 2006, the MEI Games were introduced at the annual fall reunion; programs faced off in a variety of contests, and in the spirit of friendly competition, for a trophy.