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TOP 10 REASONS WHY THREE W IS THE
LEADING INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS PROGRAM IN NORTH AMERICA.
1. We represent over 130 schools in 23 states in the U.S and 10
schools in Canada.
2. We coordinate the choice of both homestay and boarding.
3. We work with over 2000 students yearly.
4. We are the only program to offer school and educator training
on working with international students.
5. Our students have a better chance for acceptance to a
competitive University. Most of the schools we
work with offer college counselors, including workshops on
writing, interview techniques and college tours.
6. We pride ourselves in unsurpassed customer service. Our
Account Managers are not only assigned to
schools, but also to our students. Any concerns or issues are
resolved quickly.
7. We are a family business with the emphasis on “family.” We
emphasize the value in the educational
experience as well as the family cultural experience when
taking advantage of a homestay program.
8. A refined host-family matching process that yields
unparalleled success rates for student placement.
9. Our staff is on call 24/7 to address any and all emergency
situations and ensure the parents are notified
promptly of any emergencies.
10. One Stop Shop; from finding the perfect match between
student and school, travel arrangements,
homestay management and guidance throughout the University
application process. |
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Natalia Graca Warga
is the Latin America Business Development Manager for Three W
International, with over ten years of experience in business
development, sales and marketing. During the course of Natalia’s
sales and marketing experience she has performed market research
to identify sales opportunities, developed and implemented
strategies for product launch and brand visibility, and created
strong relationships with customers and agents.
Natalia’s most rewarding endeavors were opening several new
territories in Latin America including: Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.
Natalia is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and has traveled
extensively in the region.
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ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
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Dr. Debra Farar.
Dr. Debra Farar is currently serving as a member of the
Board of Trustees of the California State University System, the
largest and most diverse university system in the country. She
was appointed in 1999 by Governor Gray Davis and reappointed in
2006 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. She served as Chair of
the Board from 2002-2004 and Vice Chair from 2000-2002.
Dr Farar was a Senior Advisor on Education Policy in the office
of then Lieutenant Governor Gray Davis of California. She
continues to provide services as an educational consultant and
is often a featured speaker and panelist at national and state
education and business conferences.
Some of her past professional appointments include board
membership on; the advisory board of the House of Taylor
Jewelry, owned and operated by the late Elizabeth Taylor; The
Association of Governing Boards (AGB), a national association
that supports the boards of directors for foundations and
universities; funds for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education (FIPSE), a grant providing unit of the US Department
of Education, appointed by the US Secretary of Education; The
California Student Aid Commission, California’s guarantor agency
for college grants and scholarships, appointed by the State
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Dr. Farar earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and
Master of Arts Degree in Education from California State
University, Northridge as well as a doctoral degree in Education
from Pepperdine. She has been recognized both locally and
nationally as a leader in higher education and for her community
and public service. |
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Dr. Lawrence Callahan
Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Callahan brings twenty-three
years of experience as Superintendent for the Archdioceses of
Baltimore and D.C. to his current position in education and
business management. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of
Education Strategies, Inc., a national consulting firm
specializing in strategic planning, leadership training,
administrator search and selection, school board training,
feasibility studies, and school marketing. Prior to his business
venture, Larry spent ten years as the Superintendent of Schools
for the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. and thirteen years as
the Superintendent of Secondary Schools for the Archdiocese of
Baltimore. He also served nine years as the Director of
Secondary Education for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Larry has also served on the Executive Committee of the NCEA
Department of Boards and Councils, Executive Committee of the
Maryland Catholic Conference, and the Executive Committee of
CACE. He is a Member of the State of Maryland Governor’s
Advisory Council, the Board of Trustees for the Middle States
Association of Colleges and Schools, and the State of Maryland
Physical Fitness Commission. Larry also spent time as a Blue
Ribbon Site Visitor for the U.S. Department of Education.
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James V. Adams
Mr. Adams served as
President of Chaminade College Preparatory from 1996 to 2014 and
has worked in Catholic education for 42 years. Prior to his
joining Chaminade, he served as a teacher, principal, assistant
superintendent and Superintendent of Schools in the Diocese of
Sacramento.
He is a native of the San Fernando Valley and a graduate of
Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks and California State
University, Northridge. He also holds a masters degree from the
University of San Francisco in Education Administration. He has
served on the adjunct faculty of the Education Leadership
program at St. Mary’s College in Moraga and is a part-time
consultant with Meitler Consultants, Inc., an educational
planning firm located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Over his 18-year tenure as President, Jim Adams guided Chaminade
College Preparatory through a period of unprecedented growth,
and maintained a strong foundation for Catholic education. Under
his leadership, both campuses have benefited from the addition
of new, state-of-the-art buildings and two capital campaigns.
Mr. Adams led Chaminade after the economic downturn of 2008; a
period during which Chaminade maintained a balanced budget,
launched a One-to-One Student Tablet PC Program, instituted a
program that furthered diversity and global education by bring
international students from China to study at Chaminade. He also
tripled Chaminade’s financial aid budget He has always
demonstrated a commitment to financial aid. From 1996 to 2014,
Chaminade has increased its financial aid budget from $84,157 to
$2.9 million. His vision has furthered the school’s mission to
form academically capable and morally aware young people to be
outstanding contributors to the future.
In 2010, Mr. Adams was named by San Fernando Valley Business
Journal as Best Not-for-Profit Executive. In 2012, he received
the Catholic Secondary Education Award from the National
Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) for his distinguished
service to Catholic education.
Mr. Adams is active in the community and served on the board of
the Boys and Girls Club of the West Valley, Advisory Council for
Community Bank, Sacramento Blood Bank, the Heart Research
Foundation, and Catholic Charities. He currently serves as a
board member for the Floating Doctors who provide medical
services to under-served indigenous populations in Central
America. Mr. Adams’ interests lie in the areas of skiing,
hiking, biking, reading, theater, music, sports, fitness and
classic cars. |
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Dr. Charles O’Malley
Dr. Charles (Chuck) O’Malley is an independent education
consultant specializing in private education public
policy-related issues. He was a founder and executive director
of the National Council for Private School Accreditation. Chuck
served as Executive Assistant for Private Education to three
U.S. Secretaries of Education (Ted Bell, Bill Bennett, and Lauro
Cavazos). He also served as Coordinator of Private Education
Services for the Florida Department of Education, Coordinator of
Education for the Florida Catholic Conference, and Assistant
Superintendent for Governmental Programs for the Archdiocese of
Miami. Chuck has also been a contributing editor with the Center
for Research in Private Education and the National Rural and
Small Schools Consortium.
Chuck holds a Doctorate in Postsecondary Education Leadership
from Florida State University.. |
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Patrick F. Bassett
Patrick (Pat) Bassett co-founded Heads Up Educational Consulting
in 2013, a consulting firm that provides strategic, operational,
governance, and programmatic guidance and consultation to
educational enterprises.
He began in 1970 as a teacher in an independent school, then
subsequently becoming the head of two independent schools,
followed by assuming the role of president of ISACS, a regional
association of independent schools, on his professional path
that ultimately led in August 2001 to appointment as the
president of the National Association of Independent Schools.
NAIS, a membership organization for approximately 2000
independent (private) schools and associations of schools in the
U.S. and abroad, is the “national voice for independent schools
and the center for advocacy for independent K-12 college-prep
education, research and trend analysis, leadership and
governance guidance, and professional development opportunities
for school and board leaders. He retired from NAIS in June of
2013, and became co-founder and senior consultant of Heads Up
Educational Consulting. In that role, he continues to lead
workshops, give keynote address, facilitate strategic planning
and executive searches, and train boards, school leaders, and
faculty on what constitute great schools, great teachers, and
great leaders.
Bassett began his career in independent schools in 1970 as an
English teacher, lacrosse coach, and dorm parent at Woodberry
Forest School (VA), an all-boys boarding school. In 1980, he
became headmaster of an all-girls school, Stuart Hall (VA),
where he remained until 1989, when he was appointed head of
school at Pomfret School (CT). From 1993-2001, Bassett was the
president of the Independent Schools Association of the Central
States (ISACS). He was also an adjunct faculty member of
Teachers College, Columbia University during his tenure at NAIS.
Bassett has served on the board as a trustee of NAIS
(1985-1989), The Multicultural Alliance (1994-2000), The Council
for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE 1996-2013), The
Council for American Private Education (CAPE 2001-2013), the
National Network of Schools in Partnership (NNSP, a
public/private school consortium, 2012-2014), and his alma
mater, Williams College (2010-15). He currently serves on the
board of trustees of United Educators (a school and university
risk management insurance company), Finalsite (a website &
mobile technologies company), Woodberry Forest School (VA), the
Benedict Foundation, and Grab the Torch (a non-profit dedicated
to inculcating philanthropy in youth).
Professional recognition has included being named a Kellogg
National Leadership Fellow in 1986; recipient of the Educational
Leadership Award in 2000 by The Klingenstein Center of Teachers
College (Columbia University) and global leadership awards from
The European Council for International Schools (ECIS), from the
Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools (NESA), and
from NAIS.
A Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Williams College
(’70) where he was captain of the lacrosse team, Bassett also
holds a master’s degree in film studies from Northwestern
University (’73). He and his wife, Barbara, have two grown
daughters and two grandchildren living in Boulder, CO. |
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William G. Fluharty
William G. (Willy) Fluharty is the founder and Director of
the Nexus Center for Global Studies at Cape Henry Collegiate,
Virginia Beach, Virginia. Since it’s inception in 2004, Cape
Henry students have visited over 40 countries with 260
participants in 2014. Fluharty received a bachelors degree in
International Relations at Lehigh University and a masters in
Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. After creating
Hi-Ho Silver, a sterling silver jewelry manufacturer with 20
stores in the UK and USA along with wholesale distribution in 38
states, Fluharty directed the corporation for 13 years before
moving into education. As one of the four founding members of
the GEBG and the first Director, Fluharty has been involved in
moving the national global education agenda forward. He has also
been History Department Head since 2005 and serves as the
Director Emeritus of the Global Education Benchmark Group. |
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Mick Horwitz
Mick Horwitz is a Co-Founder of both the Sierra Canyon Day Camp
and the Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, CA. He currently
serves as a Board Member for Sierra Canyon School.
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Susan Morrissey
Susan Morrissey has served as a school administrator in
independent schools in New England and California for over
twenty years, including ten as Assistant Head and Head of
School. In addition to her school experience, Susan worked as
Senior Director of Academic Support for the Cambridge Institute
of International Education, where she built and managed a
multi-million dollar academic program in 107 schools across the
continental U.S. primarily for Chinese, secondary school
students. |
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Howard Wang
Howard Wang is a Co-Founder of both the Sierra Canyon Day Camp and
the Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, CA. Howard has also
served as the Accreditation Chairperson of the National
Independent Private Schools Association, Chair of Dean’s
Advisory Committee at California State University, and Lead Site
Visitor for the U.S. Department of Education’s Blue Ribbon
Program. He currently serves as a Board Member for the Sierra
Canyon School.
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Dr. Marc Winger
Dr. Marc Winger served as an elementary school teacher, principal,
and assistant superintendent in three southern California public
school districts. He was appointed superintendent of the Newhall
School District in July 1997 and he retired from Newhall in
2015, after 18 years as superintendent.
Newhall’s ten diverse elementary schools, half with large
numbers of English Language Learners and students living in
poverty, consistently received high rankings for achievement and
state and federal recognition for excellence. During his tenure
as Newhall’s superintendent three schools received national Blue
Ribbon School recognition and all ten schools received
California Distinguished School status (most received this honor
at least twice during his tenure). Four schools received Title I
Academic Achievement Award recognition under No Child Left
Behind (NCLB), and nine schools were named to the California
Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) Foundation’s “Honor
Roll” of top achieving schools. Newhall’s California Academic
Performance Index (API) was perpetually the highest in the Santa
Clarita Valley area of Los Angeles County.
Marc served on the Association of California School
Administrators (ACSA) Superintendency Council for six years, and
was a five-year board member for the School Employers
Association of California (SEAC). In 2015 Winger received ACSA’s
Ferd Kiesel Memorial Distinguished Service Award, the statewide
organization’s highest honor. Active in his community, Marc has
received numerous awards in recognition for his service. He
currently serves on the board of the Santa Clarita Child and
Family Center, a community mental health agency.
Winger graduated from the University of California, Berkeley
with a BA degree in history, received his master’s and doctorate
degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Since his retirement Winger has served as Superintendent in
Residence with Capitol Advisors, Sacramento’s premier consulting
firm, and he has served as an interim superintendent.
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Bradford Reed
Brad’s career in independent schools spans more than 40 years.
After five years as a classroom teacher in the Classics
Department, he spent 13 years in the admission office at
Northfield Mount Hermon School as Assistant Director and
Financial Aid Officer. At the time, NMH enrolled 1000 boarding
students and 125 day students in grades 9 – 12. Brad then spent
13 years as Director of Admission and Financial Aid at Saint
Andrew’s School, a day and boarding school in Boca Raton,
Florida. During his tenure, the School grew from 600 students in
grades 6 through 12 to a school of nearly 1100 students in
grades K – 12. Most recently he was Associate Head of School and
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid for 11 years at The Bolles
School in Jacksonville, Florida, a PK – 12 day and boarding
school of 1700 students on four campuses. In 2015, he formed
Admission Management LLC.
Brad is a founding and current member of the Board of Directors
of the Association of Independent School Admission Professionals
(AISAP). He also was a founding Steering Committee member of the
Southeastern Association of Boarding Schools. Additionally, he
was Chair of the National Association of Independent Schools’
Financial Aid Services Committee. Brad has made presentations at
numerous conferences including: NAIS, Secondary School Admission
Test Board, Florida Council of Independent Schools, Educational
Records Bureau, AISAP, Mid South Business Officers Association,
and the Florida Independent Schools Business Officers
Association. |
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Dr. Kevin Mattingly
Dr. Kevin Mattingly has been a science teacher, administrator,
coach and dorm head for 35 years in day and boarding schools.
Most recently he was dean of faculty and then director of
teaching, learning & educational partnerships at the
Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. Over the years he has helped
start a school (Milton Academy’s Mountain School), been a
consultant to systemic school reform initiatives and worked with
over thirty schools on curriculum design, teaching strategies
and professional development programs. He has been involved with
a variety of summer academic programs for students including the
New Jersey Scholars, Vermont Governor’s Institute on Science and
Technology, Hotchkiss Summer Portals and a number of summer
enrichment programs for public school students from New York
City, Philadelphia and Trenton (NJ). He also has a background in
experiential education and has led students and faculty on trips
around the world. Mattingly was a lead teacher in the
Klingenstein Center’s Summer Institute for 17 years and has
taught in their year-long and summer master’s leadership
programs for the past ten years. Beginning in the fall of 2015
he will be the director of the co-curriculum for the Riverdale
School (NYC). Mattingly holds a Ph.D. in zoology and a B.A. in
biological sciences from Indiana University. |
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Marc Levinson
Since 2011 Marc has served as Executive Director, MISBO. Prior to
accepting this position, Marc spent four years as a Senior
Director with the National Business Officers Association (NBOA).
Marc managed the live and web-based programs at NBOA as well as
consulting for dozens of independent schools on matters of
finance, operations, governance, technology, and more. Marc
founded Independent School Solutions to provide consulting
services to independent and international schools. Prior to
joining NBOA, Marc spent six years as the Business Manager at
Alexander Dawson School (ADS) in Lafayette, Colorado.
Over the past 10 years, Marc has presented and facilitated
workshops for well over 100 state, regional, national, and
international school association events.
Before entering the Independent School world Marc spent three
years as Director of Operations and Finance at Sounds True, a
Spoken Word Audio Publishing company and three years in a
similar position at Community Food Share, Boulder County’s Food
Bank. Much of his career had been in the food service industry,
owning and operating a number of very successful restaurants in
Boulder and Denver, as well as providing executive direction for
a natural foods grocery store.
Marc currently serves as a Trustee for The Watershed School and
is a member of the Finance Committee and Chairs the Head’s
Compensation Committee. He holds a bachelor’s degree in
Political Science and a MBA (Organizational Development) from
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Partners
Three W International is the exclusive corporate partner of the
following organizations and associations:
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NCEA
National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) The NCEA is a
private, professional educational membership association of over 200,000
educators in Catholic schools, universities, and religious education
programs. It is the largest such organization in the world. |
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SAIS
Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) The SAIS is a
voluntary organization of independent elementary and secondary schools.
SAIS has 357 member schools from 11 southeastern states, the Caribbean,
and Latin America, making SAIS one of the largest regional independent
school associations in the country. SAIS represents over 200,000
students. |
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CAPE
Council for American Private Education (CAPE) CAPE is a
coalition of national organizations and state affiliates serving
private elementary and secondary schools. Throughout 31 states,
CAPE member organizations represent about 80 percent of private
school enrollment nationwide |
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PA CAPE
Pennsylvania Council for American Private Education (PA CAPE) PA
CAPE is 1 of 31 state affiliates of CAPE. Through its common
commitment to quality education, the PA CAPE serves to unify its
member jurisdictions and schools while respecting their
diversity |
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FACTS
FACTS / Nelnet Business Solutions started with one school and 30
families. They now serve approximately 6,000 schools, over one million
families, and more than $3 billion in tuition funds each year. But
tuition management is not all they do. They offer a comprehensive suite
of services for schools, including financial-needs assessment, and
powerful fundraising solutions. Their programs are supported by a team
of committed, service-oriented professionals that retain nearly 99% of
their schools from year to year. |
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Edified
Edified Online partners with Catholic schools worldwide to
provide rigorous online curriculum that exceed national standards and
expectations. With a wide selection of online courses for secondary
education and dual credit options from leading universities, Catholic
schools are able to create online programs that expand learning options,
increase scheduling flexibility, and grow new revenue streams. Edified
Online positions Catholic schools as leaders in their local communities,
while also providing a technology-inclusive education. |
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Sevenstar
Sevenstar exists to help Christian schools worldwide deliver
high quality Christian education to students. Our complete online
learning solution includes more than 90 courses for grades 6-12 and over
130 dual credit courses from leading Christian colleges and
universities. Sevenstar desires to glorify Christ and encourages
students to learn how to process information and think critically in the
context of a Biblical worldview. Our courses are rigorous and exceed all
national standards and recommendations. |
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Contact Us
Questions? Comments? We are delighted you
are considering us for your international study experience.
For questions or personal service with help in your search for the best
suited school, please feel free to contact us at any time. One of our representatives will be in touch.
Write to us at
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