The Derryfield School is enriched by the presence of international students and we work hard to support them as they adjust to their new home and culture. Our international students live with host families coordinated by our partner agency. In recent years, students from Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Germany, and Vietnam have studied at and graduated from The Derryfield School with profound outcomes!
Aim High
Academics
Derryfield students experience a rigorous high school academic program, focused on building the critical skill sets needed to be successful in college and beyond, while also inspiring them to discover their talents as athletes, artists, and global citizens.
The Derryfield School is a SEVIS-accredited institution and is able to issue I-20 documentation for the F1-Visa application upon student enrollment.
Students that require both an F-1 visa and a homestay placement should apply to The Derryfield School through our Exclusive Agency Partner, ABC Education Group. ABC Education Group is fully CSIET certified and serves students from 50+ countries across Asia, North America, Europe, and Latin America. Interested students should complete an online inquiry, or contact Tammy Becker at tammy.becker@abceducationgroup.com.
Students requiring an F-1 visa and living with immediate family members may complete an international student application through our admission application platform, Finalsite Enrollment Management.
ABC Education Group provides a seamless and supportive experience studying abroad.
Simplified Admissions
The entire process is streamlined for quick decision-making.
Rigorous Host Family Vetting to Ensure Student Safety
Thorough screening, detailed application review, background checks for all aged 18 and above, in-person home visits and interviews, and comprehensive training for host families before the student’s arrival.
Precise Host Family Matching to Maximize Personality Fit
We understand the importance of an interest/personality match for students and host families to ensure the best possible experience.
Post-Arrival Support and Monthly Check-Ins
A landing orientation is done within two weeks of the student’s arrival, followed by regular monthly check-ins by our dedicated local team. ABC staff act as a bridge for students, parents, host families, and schools to promote smooth communication and mediation, as needed.
Homestays and Student Life
Homestays
At The Derryfield School, we prioritize your comfort and integration into the community. We collaborate closely with homestay coordinators and local families to provide a supportive and nurturing environment as you adjust to your new culture. Our goal is to ensure that you feel at home while experiencing the best of American education and lifestyle. Join us and become part of a caring community dedicated to your success and well-being.
At The Derryfield School, student life is rich with opportunities for international students to thrive and grow. Here, you can pursue your passions, participate in athletics, join diverse clubs and activities, and engage with the community through meaningful service learning projects.
Our dedicated International Student Advisor ensures that you can fully immerse yourself in the American experience. Enjoy visits to bustling metropolitan cities, renowned museums, and prestigious universities, all within easy reach.
The Multicultural Student Union (MSU) at Derryfield provides a welcoming space for students interested in exploring and celebrating cultural diversity. Engage in thoughtful discussions, address important issues, and connect with peers from different backgrounds.
Manchester, NH
Nestled on a picturesque 70+ acre wooded campus, The Derryfield School in Manchester, New Hampshire, offers an exceptional environment for international students. Experience state-of-the-art facilities in a vibrant community just an hour north of Boston and Logan International Airport, ensuring convenient access.
Kate graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Materials Science Engineering. She was part of the Vagelos Integrated Program for Energy Research, a dual-degree program emphasizing undergraduate research related to renewable energy and as a continuation of passion pursuits she began at Derryfield, Kate also managed to add a minor in Hispanic Studies.
Kate remembers her Derryfield Independent Senior Project as a great opportunity to get a better understanding of the semiconducting industry. Her internship at a company focused on traditional silicon-based solar cell devices, served as a great first encounter with materials science. Kate is continuing her post graduate studies as a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University working towards a degree in Materials Science and Engineering, working with perovskite materials, which are widely studied for use as high-efficiency solar cells.
Reflecting on her time at Derryfield, Kate commented, “I miss the cross-country and track seasons at DS. We had great teams, and everyone was always supportive of each other. Experiences at DS have pushed me to keep running over the years. I ran the San Francisco half marathon for the first time in the summer of 2023, which was a challenging but fun experience.”
She recalled holiday dinners with her host family where there was “always delicious food and good vibes. “Those are the moments that I felt I was at home even though I was thousands of miles away from the rest of my family.’
Kate credits the critical thinking and writing skills she developed in Derryfield classrooms as useful in her coursework and research experiences over the years. She is grateful that Derryfield allowed her to explore her interests in the humanities through the diverse range of history, philosophy, and literature courses. She continued this passion in college by taking a philosophy and history courses in her areas of interest and claims that her time at Derryfiel also pushed her to pursue a minor in Spanish and become involved in Penn's literary translation magazine DoubleSpeak for the four undergraduate years at Penn.
Reflecting back on what inspired Victor Li ’17 to want to make the world a better place, leading to his focus in Robotics Engineering at the University of Santa Cruz, he will tell you it was the time he saw a problem that needed to be solved. Notably, he recalls witnessing his mother–with back pain struggling to pick up a suitcase out of the trunk of a car with a high lid design. As he pursued his degree, he found himself switching to the Intensive Research Psychology major with focus on UX. The UX (User Experience) field is the study of learning what end users of a system or product need and want, then employing those insights to enhance the design process for businesses, products, services or software. Throughout his time at university, Victor interned as a Project Manager at Didi Chuxing Technology company in Beijing China which serves the needs of customers through mobility such as food delivery, taxi services and much more. Victor also became a research assistant for a couple of his professors in their PHD level Lab projects. One of his professors was Professor Leila Takayama. She was the scientist who helped build the robot that starred in the hit Television show Big Bang Theory. During his time under Professor Takayama, he helped to design the interface of a website that promotes research opportunities for college students. The other professors he assisted were Professor Katherine Isbister and Professor Josh McVeigh-Schultz at Social Emotional Technology Lab. During his time under Isbister and McVeigh-Schultz, Victor researched the Social Superpowers through VR (Virtual Reality). Victor graduated in 2021, and was then accepted into the Human Computer Interaction Master’s Program at the University of Santa Cruz on their Saint Clara campus. As Victor pursued his Master’s degree, he continued to help research in his university labs, he applied to many internships and completed two corporate capstone projects in the UX field for Mastercard and Trust Financial. He graduated with his Master’s degree in 2022 and began work for a company called Zoox as a UX Researcher. Zoox as an independent subsidiary of Amazon, creates self-driving cars and are on a mission to revolutionize mobility. At Zoox, unlike Tesla, the cars are purpose-built self-driving robot taxis with no manual steering wheels, manual brakes, or gas pedals.
Victor was born in Japan, and his family all live in the United States. Victor pursued his education and dream of being a part of the UX Field but his main priority has always been to stay near to his family. When he is not working, his passions are spending time with loved ones, photography and driving cars around race tracks across California.
“Derryfield taught me perseverance and adaptability. Which have positively impacted me in my future endeavors. I even think that those two particular skills are the key to life.” -Victor Jialang Li ‘17
Upon leaving Derryfield, international alum Xiaoyue (Zoey) Guo ‘17 left the small town environment of Derryfield for a big-city life at New York University. Guo was an active member of the debate club and worked to take advantage of living in NYC. She recalled striking up conversations with people in Washington Square Park, idly strolling the city, and exploring new restaurants and bars. Guo has just graduated from NYU with a BA in philosophy and a minor in history. She is now working on law school applications and hopes to begin her studies in the fall of 2021. In the meantime, she will continue interning at Beijing Tiantai Law Firm. Guo is interested in environmental preservation and has plans to go into environmental and international law. She has worked as an intern at the China Ministry of Environmental Protection in the Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, the World Wildlife Foundation, and SynTao Green Finance. Guo has fond memories of Derryfield, particularly of her global trip to Nepal and Mr. Berk’s history class.
Marshall completed his undergraduate studies at Boston University, earning BA with majors in physics and computer science as well as minors in business and Japanese.
During his undergraduate work, Marshall worked with a Japanese literature professor for two years to develop a full-stack web application to analyze and present Japanese poetry from an eleventh-century novel, The Tale of Genji, a classic Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu. Page three of this poster, created by Marshall’s understudies for a talk presented on the project, helps illustrate the level of analysis Marshall’s project provides. To learn more about this project, go HERE and HERE.
During his undergraduate studies, Marshall also worked with a Boston University physics professor on a condensed matter experimental project for a year where he studied the T1 relaxation of nitrogen vacancy centers coupled to an ensemble of spin-1/2 particles.
Marshall is continuing his education as a Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign studying experimental quantum computing.
Looking back at his time at Derryfield, Marshall recalls many fond memories: running cross-country and track; working with the science and technology faculty in a school-wide “hackathon project”; playing trombone in the upper school band; and leading the math team with Mr. Induni to win multiple state championships!
All of these experiences, reflects Marshall, helped to shape “a solid foundation for my more advanced technological studies.”
“Last but certainly not least, I am very glad that I met my host family, the Engs, and we are still in touch. They taught me a lot, both school-wise and life-wise.”
Kate graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Materials Science Engineering. She was part of the Vagelos Integrated Program for Energy Research, a dual-degree program emphasizing undergraduate research related to renewable energy and as a continuation of passion pursuits she began at Derryfield, Kate also managed to add a minor in Hispanic Studies.
Kate remembers her Derryfield Independent Senior Project as a great opportunity to get a better understanding of the semiconducting industry. Her internship at a company focused on traditional silicon-based solar cell devices, served as a great first encounter with materials science. Kate is continuing her post graduate studies as a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University working towards a degree in Materials Science and Engineering, working with perovskite materials, which are widely studied for use as high-efficiency solar cells.
Reflecting on her time at Derryfield, Kate commented, “I miss the cross-country and track seasons at DS. We had great teams, and everyone was always supportive of each other. Experiences at DS have pushed me to keep running over the years. I ran the San Francisco half marathon for the first time in the summer of 2023, which was a challenging but fun experience.”
She recalled holiday dinners with her host family where there was “always delicious food and good vibes. “Those are the moments that I felt I was at home even though I was thousands of miles away from the rest of my family.’
Kate credits the critical thinking and writing skills she developed in Derryfield classrooms as useful in her coursework and research experiences over the years. She is grateful that Derryfield allowed her to explore her interests in the humanities through the diverse range of history, philosophy, and literature courses. She continued this passion in college by taking a philosophy and history courses in her areas of interest and claims that her time at Derryfiel also pushed her to pursue a minor in Spanish and become involved in Penn's literary translation magazine DoubleSpeak for the four undergraduate years at Penn.
Reflecting back on what inspired Victor Li ’17 to want to make the world a better place, leading to his focus in Robotics Engineering at the University of Santa Cruz, he will tell you it was the time he saw a problem that needed to be solved. Notably, he recalls witnessing his mother–with back pain struggling to pick up a suitcase out of the trunk of a car with a high lid design. As he pursued his degree, he found himself switching to the Intensive Research Psychology major with focus on UX. The UX (User Experience) field is the study of learning what end users of a system or product need and want, then employing those insights to enhance the design process for businesses, products, services or software. Throughout his time at university, Victor interned as a Project Manager at Didi Chuxing Technology company in Beijing China which serves the needs of customers through mobility such as food delivery, taxi services and much more. Victor also became a research assistant for a couple of his professors in their PHD level Lab projects. One of his professors was Professor Leila Takayama. She was the scientist who helped build the robot that starred in the hit Television show Big Bang Theory. During his time under Professor Takayama, he helped to design the interface of a website that promotes research opportunities for college students. The other professors he assisted were Professor Katherine Isbister and Professor Josh McVeigh-Schultz at Social Emotional Technology Lab. During his time under Isbister and McVeigh-Schultz, Victor researched the Social Superpowers through VR (Virtual Reality). Victor graduated in 2021, and was then accepted into the Human Computer Interaction Master’s Program at the University of Santa Cruz on their Saint Clara campus. As Victor pursued his Master’s degree, he continued to help research in his university labs, he applied to many internships and completed two corporate capstone projects in the UX field for Mastercard and Trust Financial. He graduated with his Master’s degree in 2022 and began work for a company called Zoox as a UX Researcher. Zoox as an independent subsidiary of Amazon, creates self-driving cars and are on a mission to revolutionize mobility. At Zoox, unlike Tesla, the cars are purpose-built self-driving robot taxis with no manual steering wheels, manual brakes, or gas pedals.
Victor was born in Japan, and his family all live in the United States. Victor pursued his education and dream of being a part of the UX Field but his main priority has always been to stay near to his family. When he is not working, his passions are spending time with loved ones, photography and driving cars around race tracks across California.
“Derryfield taught me perseverance and adaptability. Which have positively impacted me in my future endeavors. I even think that those two particular skills are the key to life.” -Victor Jialang Li ‘17
Upon leaving Derryfield, international alum Xiaoyue (Zoey) Guo ‘17 left the small town environment of Derryfield for a big-city life at New York University. Guo was an active member of the debate club and worked to take advantage of living in NYC. She recalled striking up conversations with people in Washington Square Park, idly strolling the city, and exploring new restaurants and bars. Guo has just graduated from NYU with a BA in philosophy and a minor in history. She is now working on law school applications and hopes to begin her studies in the fall of 2021. In the meantime, she will continue interning at Beijing Tiantai Law Firm. Guo is interested in environmental preservation and has plans to go into environmental and international law. She has worked as an intern at the China Ministry of Environmental Protection in the Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, the World Wildlife Foundation, and SynTao Green Finance. Guo has fond memories of Derryfield, particularly of her global trip to Nepal and Mr. Berk’s history class.
Marshall completed his undergraduate studies at Boston University, earning BA with majors in physics and computer science as well as minors in business and Japanese.
During his undergraduate work, Marshall worked with a Japanese literature professor for two years to develop a full-stack web application to analyze and present Japanese poetry from an eleventh-century novel, The Tale of Genji, a classic Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu. Page three of this poster, created by Marshall’s understudies for a talk presented on the project, helps illustrate the level of analysis Marshall’s project provides. To learn more about this project, go HERE and HERE.
During his undergraduate studies, Marshall also worked with a Boston University physics professor on a condensed matter experimental project for a year where he studied the T1 relaxation of nitrogen vacancy centers coupled to an ensemble of spin-1/2 particles.
Marshall is continuing his education as a Ph.D. student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign studying experimental quantum computing.
Looking back at his time at Derryfield, Marshall recalls many fond memories: running cross-country and track; working with the science and technology faculty in a school-wide “hackathon project”; playing trombone in the upper school band; and leading the math team with Mr. Induni to win multiple state championships!
All of these experiences, reflects Marshall, helped to shape “a solid foundation for my more advanced technological studies.”
“Last but certainly not least, I am very glad that I met my host family, the Engs, and we are still in touch. They taught me a lot, both school-wise and life-wise.”
Kate graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2022 with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Materials Science Engineering. She was part of the Vagelos Integrated Program for Energy Research, a dual-degree program emphasizing undergraduate research related to renewable energy and as a continuation of passion pursuits she began at Derryfield, Kate also managed to add a minor in Hispanic Studies.
Kate remembers her Derryfield Independent Senior Project as a great opportunity to get a better understanding of the semiconducting industry. Her internship at a company focused on traditional silicon-based solar cell devices, served as a great first encounter with materials science. Kate is continuing her post graduate studies as a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University working towards a degree in Materials Science and Engineering, working with perovskite materials, which are widely studied for use as high-efficiency solar cells.
Reflecting on her time at Derryfield, Kate commented, “I miss the cross-country and track seasons at DS. We had great teams, and everyone was always supportive of each other. Experiences at DS have pushed me to keep running over the years. I ran the San Francisco half marathon for the first time in the summer of 2023, which was a challenging but fun experience.”
She recalled holiday dinners with her host family where there was “always delicious food and good vibes. “Those are the moments that I felt I was at home even though I was thousands of miles away from the rest of my family.’
Kate credits the critical thinking and writing skills she developed in Derryfield classrooms as useful in her coursework and research experiences over the years. She is grateful that Derryfield allowed her to explore her interests in the humanities through the diverse range of history, philosophy, and literature courses. She continued this passion in college by taking a philosophy and history courses in her areas of interest and claims that her time at Derryfiel also pushed her to pursue a minor in Spanish and become involved in Penn's literary translation magazine DoubleSpeak for the four undergraduate years at Penn.
