International Programs at Shoreless Lake School
Two pathways for international secondary students in Spain: a one-year Mobility Program for ESO-age students from partner schools, and Bachillerato studies for students aged 16 and over.
Welcoming students from abroad since 1998, with full boarding, academic guidance and pastoral care.
Welcoming international students since 1998
For nearly three decades, Shoreless Lake School has welcomed students from outside Spain. What began in 1998 with a sustained exchange program with the United States has grown into a broader international community: families across Latin America, Europe and North America have entrusted SLS with a year, or several, of their children’s secondary education.
In May 2025, Spain’s new Immigration Regulation, Royal Decree 1155/2024, reorganized the legal framework for foreign secondary students. SLS adapted, and today operates two parallel pathways under that framework: a one-year International Student Mobility Program for ESO-age students from partner schools, and Bachillerato studies in Spain for students aged 16 and over. Both build on the same boarding tradition, academic standards and pastoral care that have shaped SLS since its first international cohort almost thirty years ago.
International Student Mobility Program (Royal Decree 1155/2024, art. 52.1.c)
A one-academic-year program for secondary students (ESO age range, typically 12-16) coming from schools with which Shoreless Lake School has signed a bilateral mobility agreement.
Partner schools currently active:
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Unidad Educativa Santa Narcisa de Jesús, Daule-Guayaquil (Ecuador)
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Partner school in Tuluá (Colombia)
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Shoreless Lake School, Wisconsin (United States)
Duration: one academic year, non-renewable under ordinary provisions (Article 55.5 of the regulation expressly excludes this program type from standard renewal).
Includes: full boarding at La Isla campus during the school week and at our weekend and holiday facility "El Pedregal" in Mazarrón; full participation in the regular curriculum; ASISA health insurance equivalent to the Spanish public system; pastoral and academic tutoring; documentation for the Spanish consular authorities of the student's country of origin.
What this is and is not. This program is a formal educational mobility framework for the duration of one school year. SLS issues the documentation required for the family to apply for a national mobility-of-students authorization at the Spanish consulate of the student's country. The grant of the visa is the decision of the Spanish consular and immigration authorities, not of SLS.
Bachillerato studies in Spain (Royal Decree 1155/2024, art. 52.1.b)
A pathway for international students aged 16 or older who wish to complete their secondary education in Spain through the full two-year Bachillerato program, or who have already begun secondary studies abroad and wish to continue them at SLS.
Duration: the duration of the studies (typically two academic years for full Bachillerato), with the possibility of annual renewal as long as the student is enrolled and meets academic-progress requirements.
Access requirements: academic record from the school of origin; demonstration of the educational equivalence with Spanish Bachillerato (managed by the Spanish Ministry of Education); admission interview with SLS academic direction.
Includes: the same boarding, curriculum and pastoral framework as the Mobility Program. The legal route differs (general student stay rather than the mobility-specific authorization), but day-to-day school life is the same.
What this is and is not. This is the standard student-stay route applicable to international students in post-compulsory secondary education. It does not require a bilateral school agreement, but it does require Spanish equivalence of the prior studies and a successful visa application at the relevant consulate.