ICES Newsletter
Posts & Articles 2015
Read the ICES Newsletter posts and articles 2015 to learn about previous activities and what ICES students and host families say about their exchange experiences!
It has to be hard – It cannot be easy
It has to be hard – It cannot be easy It always amazes me how teenagers from foreign countries can go to a totally different culture, live with total strangers, go to school and ...
“Hosting is a blessing – It opens your minds and hearts to a whole new world”
“Hosting is a blessing – It opens your minds and hearts to a whole new world” Hello ! We are Teresa and Scott Kelly from a small town in West Virginia called Nettie. We have been ...
“I’m really thankful to everybody”
“I’m really thankful to everybody” When I decided to choose to be an exchange student I was worried about really different culture and food etc … and when I arrived Vermont I ...
Our Life Through Fresh Eyes
Our Life Through Fresh Eyes Our family decided in Spring 2015 to host an exchange student for the 2015-2016 school year. When we started telling friends and family, we kept getting asked ...
When I received my host family placement confirmation …
When I received my host family placement confirmation … I was shocked! I was going to live for 10 months in a little town of 1,243 inhabitants, in central Vermont, a state of which ...
Everything is better than I thought
Everything is better than I thought On the 30th of January, I received an E-mail. The title was: Welcome to Texas Heidi This is the beginning of my U.S. journey … In my host family, there ...
“It has been amazing too see how well they have just fit into our family …”
“It has been amazing too see how well they have just fit into our family …” Introducing… The newest members to the Jackson’s … (now a household of 8) Yes we are crazy, but we ...
My year here was way more than what expected and it was way better too
My year here was way more than what expected and it was way better too Benny was an ICES student last year and she shares what her exchange has meant to her: My experience in ...
They come to you as a stranger…
They come to you as a stranger, but leave as a loved one. Each of us learning from the other. We take note of all the qualities. We note that all are positive. We wonder if she is happy. We hear ...
The last two years that I spent in the United States have been a total blast
The last two years that I spent in the United States have been a total blast I had the opportunity to attend to Notre Dame Academy thanks to my exchange organization. The last two years ...
ICES Outbound Student returns from Ecuador
ICES Outbound Student returns from Ecuador ICES Outbound Alumni Sean from Cassville, Wisconsin recently returned from his semester abroad in Ecuador. Sean is a senior in High School and decided ...
Bozeman Foreign Exchange Student’s Experience
Bozeman Foreign Exchange Student’s Experience abc FOX Montana Montana Right Now Montana, February 23, 2015 BOZEMAN – A group of 50 high school students in the International ...
“The best experience of my life”
“The best experience of my life” “This program that I participated in was honestly the best experience of my life. The experience itself was amazing and I got the opportunity to make ...
These experiences will always be with you…
These experiences will always be with you… “The ICES Study Abroad program is an excellent way to get out into the world, see new things, and meet new people. These experiences will always ...
A sister for Nyasia
A sister for Nyasia Getting to the point of hosting my first exchange student is truly a funny story. I applied with ICES in early January 2013 and the application sat in a draft state ...
Opening your home
Opening your home Lumina News, North Carolina, January 14, 2015 by By Cole Dittmer Each year a handful of families around the lower Cape Fear region open their homes to foreign exchange ...