Hungarian exchange student Tamas Orosz is spending his summer working at Crossroads 4 Kids Camp Wing in Duxbury, Massachusetts (just south of Boston), as a support staffer. In his spare time, Tamas happens to enjoy fixing bikes. Before joining CHI’s Camp
CHI Academic Program Administrator in Kentucky, Shawn Rowton, was recently featured in local paper The Paducah Sun. The article tells how a simple conversation in 2008 lead to Shawn hosting her first foreign exchange student. Shawn later went on to become part of
Imagine walking up the gangplank of a historic ship knowing you are going to be part of its history that very day. Having the chance to explore below deck, experience flight simulators, climb up and down metal stairways as you
Sigrid is currently participating in CHI’s Academic Year Program. Here is her exchange experience. I’ve been in the US for over five months now, and I absolutely love it here. I’m from Norway, a very small country in Europe, and
The holidays are an exciting time of year and we make sure our CHI participants have every opportunity to join in the fun. We arrange get-togethers and encourage them to spend time with friends and (host) families. We want them
It is very important that our high school exchange students enjoy fun group activities while they are in the U.S. CHI’s Sarah Jenson recently took a large group of participants to visit Los Angeles. They had a great time visiting
CHI Internship/Trainee participant Atria Kenn Tapalla, from the Philippines, recently wrote to tell us what a wonderful time she is having living and interning in New Hampshire. Atria has made new friends and even celebrated her birthday away from home for
Academic Year Program participant Carlos Arizpe Garcia-Nieto, from Madrid, Spain, was an exchange student in Tennessee this year. There was something extra special about the bond that Carlos shared with his host family. Carlos lived with a single mom with
CHI host mom Karen Edwards, from Arlington, Washington, recently had to say goodbye to her two Academic Year Program students Betina and Fernanda. Betina, from Brazil, and Fernanda, from Mexico, spent this past school year with Karen in Arlington, about an hour north of Seattle.
Academic Year Program students in Illinois get into the Halloween spirit with a trip to a haunted house.
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