Global Exchange Programs

The Madrid Exchange Program is a two-week peer-to-peer exchange program and partnership between Dominican Academy, Regis High School, and Colegio Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo, a Jesuit co-educational secondary school in Madrid, Spain. The trip, which takes place each June, is open to junior-year students who are studying or are already conversant in Spanish. Students are paired with host families, taking part in structured sightseeing and cultural activities, including trips to the Museo Reina Sofía, the Museo del Prado, and the Monasterio del Escorial. In the fall, Recuerdo students travel to New York to stay with their counterparts in their homes and attend programs organized and hosted by Dominican Academy and Regis High School.

Dominican Academy’s Paris Exchange Program offers juniors in French II an immersive experience that goes far beyond sightseeing. In partnership with Regis High School and Saint Louis de Gonzague, a Jesuit secondary school in Paris, students spend two weeks in June living with host families, learning alongside French peers, and experiencing daily life in the city. Rooted in Jesuit values, the program fosters community, cultural understanding, and global friendship.

The thoughtfully designed schedule blends iconic cultural experiences—like visits to the Musée d'Orsay, Monet’s garden in Giverny, Versailles, and the Catacombs—with time to explore independently. Students engage with art, history, and music, including an evening at Église de la Madeleine, while gaining confidence and independence. The exchange continues in when D.A. students host their French counterparts in New York, deepening connections that span cultures and continents.