We are thrilled that New Summit Academy Costa Rica is featured in the Winter 2025 edition of International School Magazine. ​The feature story highlights our unique Supportive Immersion approach to learning and growth at our small boarding school.

As we embark on our twentieth year of offering transformational Supportive Immersion experiences in Costa Rica, we are so grateful to receive messages like this one from alumni students and families:

Here is a look back at some of those moments of joy and purpose over the past year at our supportive boarding school's beautiful campus in Atenas:

I remember January 2005 like it was yesterday. A group of professional 20-somethings were entrusted with 11 young men eager to graduate high school and get started with their futures.

We all worked together to convert a farmhouse into staff offices and classrooms, to brighten cabin bedrooms with a fresh coat of paint, to build study desks, to write the handbook with Mario and Danny, and to design our activity curriculum with Andy. They played soccer, learned Spanish at homestay and cooked rice and beans with Roy. They hooked up their laptops to our frustratingly slow internet and read Shakespeare in English class with Heather and learned math formulas with James.

They loved the agency and ownership they shared in creating what New Summit Academy continues to be today - a relationship-focused, empowering, co-created supportive immersion experience in beautiful Costa Rica.

We honestly didn’t know if we’d continue beyond that first group of 11 who needed a semester to graduate high school. But thanks to countless people who believed in Costa Rica’s ability to heal and inspire growth and our ability to create powerful supportive immersion experiences, here we are - 20 years later.

And - calling all alumni for reunions March 2 and August 9 this year. Let’s get together and share, reconnect, create new support networks and opportunities for mentoring.

Email us at [email protected] or connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn or Instagram to let us know if you can come to Costa Rica to attend!