Off-Campus Study

The following programs all earn some academic credit; applicants should be certain, however, that their time off campus will not jeopardize the fulfillment of the regular requirements for the diploma. Particular attention must be paid to the requirements in Modern and Classical Languages, as well as Religion and Science. Day students who are selected to participate in off-campus programs become boarding students for that term (year) and must pay the boarding tuition for that term (year). Some programs also include a surcharge. The availability of financial aid varies from program to program. Students should ask the director of the particular program for information. The availability of some of these programs is dependent upon sufficient enrollment and the staffing needs of the Academy.

Milton Mountain School Program

Washington Intern Program

MILTON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL PROGRAM

Exeter participates in the Fall and Spring semesters of the Mountain School Program of Milton Academy for 11th-grade students. The program offers students the opportunity to enjoy a different living and learning experience, while at the same time retaining a rigorous college-preparatory academic schedule. The school is located on a 300-acre farm in eastern Vermont and is intimate in size—44 students and eight faculty members. The purpose of the program is to provide students, through their studies, their work on the farm, and their day-today life in rural New England, with a new understanding of their relationship with the natural world and the responsibility this relationship creates.

Students wishing to participate in the program must apply in January of the previous school year. Students in need of financial aid should ask the chair of the Milton Mountain School Committee for information.

WASHINGTON INTERN PROGRAM

The Washington Intern Program, inaugurated in 1966, is open to qualified Seniors. Successful completion of the program grants two course credits, but neither of the two credits may be applied to any of the course requirements for the diploma. An English seminar in Political Literature and American Culture may be offered depending on the availability of an instructor. Students should consult the head of the Washington Intern Committee. Interns must satisfy the residency requirement of attendance on campus at Exeter during at least three terms during the Upper and Senior years. The program begins in March, shortly after the end of the winter term, and ends late in May.

Each student is assigned to the office of a United States Senator or Representative, or an agency of the federal government, and works in that office during the day. Though the initial work tends to be clerical, interns often assist their offices in other ways, including answering constituent mail, researching legislative fact sheets, writing drafts of speeches, and reporting business conducted at hearings. They are also given time by their offices to observe the various branches of government in operation. In addition, seminars arranged by the director of the program bring interns together with prominent Washingtonians of various professions and divergent political philosophies. Speakers, about 15 in number, include legislators, members of the administration, judges, lobbyists, and officers of regulatory agencies. Interns live in Washington. The director of the program is in residence. Students in need of financial aid should ask the program director for information.