After school, students participate in extra-curricular activities, such as sports, clubs, a band or orchestra, community service projects, and special interest organizations. Public high schools in the United States offer free schooling to U.S. residents. The public school system is administered jointly by the individual states and their local city or county governments. Recently, international students who attend public schools have been charged a tuition for their education despite staying with families or friends during their time in the U.S. To avoid or lessen the tuition costs of public high schools in the U.S., contact one of the organizations listed below. In addition to public schools, there are private schools, where you pay a tuition.
Some private schools are also boarding schools.
These are schools where you can live as well as study. The Advising Center can also direct you to such organizations as Intrax and the American Boarding Schools Foundation, which specialize in finding private high school opportunities for foreign students. On the back side of this handout, you will find the addresses and telephone numbers of organizations in the Czech Republic that arrange both public and private high school stays in the United States for Czech students. Praha 1, tel.