It was my first time outside my home country… … outside Brazil. I remember how scared I was during the flight to San Francisco. What is going to happen? Is my family going to be nice? What about the place: is it cold? So many questions but they only could be answered during the semester. I woke up during … Read More
We knew hosting would be different
We knew hosting would be different “I was supposed to have 5-6 more years before I sent a child off to prom. But sometimes life throws you a curve ball and you take a chance on something that most people tend to think is crazy. We knew hosting would be different, possibly strange, but never would’ve imagined how much we … Read More
Historic Victories Push Comet Water Polo to #1 Spot in State Rankings!
Historic Victories Push Comet Water Polo to #1 Spot in State Rankings! grandledgecomets.org Grand Ledge High School, Michigan, April 2019 For the first time in program history the Grand Ledge Varsity Water Polo Team is the number 1 ranked team in the state of Michigan. The ranking comes on the heels of the Comets defeating previous #1 and the … Read More
New Friends – New Experiences – Wonderful Memories
New Friends – New Experiences – Wonderful Memories This trip is the best trip that I’ve ever had. Bring me lots of new friends, new experiences and tons of wonderful memories. For the whole trip we played a lot, chat a lot. I will never forget about how much we love takin pictures. I remember we went to lots … Read More
Ashley’s volunteer time at Bayside Terrace
Ashley’s volunteer time at Bayside Terrace Today we had the opportunity to learn about Belgium from an amazing exchange student with the International Cultural Exchange Services program (ICES). Host mom Debbie is the marketing director and has told the residents about Ashley and all of the stories she had shared with her. Today during Coffee and Current Events we had … Read More
An unforgettable art competition
An unforgettable art competition I love art. And that means that when my coordinator told me that I can join one of the art competitions, I did not even think about it and I decided to join it. After I read the rules, I drew some sketches and talked with my art teacher about my plan. She really liked … Read More
ICES Exchange Students participate in the CSIET 17th Annual Art Cover Design Contest
ICES Exchange Students participate in the CSIET 17th Annual Art Cover Design Contest “I had this opportunity to come and meet the other side of the world, meet a lot of people and live intensely. In my language we have a expression whose if I try to literally translate means “hugging the world” and we use that to indicate that … Read More
Cherith and Todd opened up their hearts and home to Adelka
Cherith and Todd opened up their hearts and home to Adelka Let me introduce myself. I´m Martina, the mother of Adelka, a student from Slovakia. She was placed with a host family of Cherith and Todd Farmer in Oklahoma City for her academic exchange program. I would like to share with you the moments Adelka has experienced with the … Read More
American Adventures with Ludo
American Adventures with Ludo I never thought about being a host parent and then one night a Facebook post looking for local host families caught my eye, and on an impulse I replied. In just a few short weeks, before I knew it I was on my way to the Tampa airport, anxiously waiting to pick up Ludovico, my … Read More
Italian exchange student and friends win ‘catapult’ competition at science fair
Italian exchange student and friends win ‘catapult’ competition at science fair Hi, my name is Gabriele and I’m an exchange student from Italy in Sisters, Oregon. Recently in my high school we had a science fair, pretty big event since mine is a really small community with 3,000 habitants and less than 500 students in the high school. … Read More