Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2009
BE AN EXCHANGE
STUDENT:
If you’re thinking
about becoming a high
school exchange student
What The
Students
Have to Say
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The Holidays...
During the familiar holidays, students of home, and it is
Hayley’s Blog 8 students may enjoy the especially hard for kids when
celebrations of their new host they know that their family and
families. But will likely also feel friends are getting together
Chapter News 9
a little sad and lonely. Major and celebrating without them.
Straight 10
holidays tend to remind
Talk—Host
Sibling News
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Our Mission
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A Message From the Area Team Chair
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Wow, it’s been a busy to discuss strategies for making will remember for the rest of
Fall here in Columbia- this year a great year for every- their lives.
Pacific. We had an incredi- one. It’s always nice to have We have more big holidays
bly successful and fun Post- some fun while learning and coming up in the next couple
Arrival Orientation at Camp sharing. months as well. I hope you all
Adams. A million thanks go The Area Team outing to focus on cultural learning and
out to the many volunteers the Scream at the Beach sharing, whether you’re a host
who put together a great haunted house provided great parent, a host sibling, or an ex-
weekend for us all. You insight into a uniquely American change student. We have a lot
would be surprised at how holiday for the students as well. to teach each other and a short
much work goes into prepa- We’re very fortunate to have seven months remaining to do
ration for Camp Adams. It AFS friends who run Scream at it. Enjoy making those memo-
was a great opportunity for the Beach and offer free admis- ries that will last a lifetime. And
the students, host parents, and sion and preferential treatment stay dry!
host siblings to reflect on what to the exchange students. I
they’ve learned so far as well as think it was a night the students James Spears, Area Team Chair
Spotlight on Turkmenistan
Hi I am Serdar and I am theatres, amusement parks, some
from Turkmenistan! I am from government buildings, the big mosque,
the third biggest city in some banks, hospitals and a river named
Turkmenistan which is named Murgap. The summer time is very hot but
Mary. There are five regions in nights of summer time is so nice and I like
Turkmenistan and my city is in to walk at night. The winter is not too
the fifth region also called Mary. cold even some years there is not much
The Mary region is the ancient snow. I like more summer time! Because
region in Turkmenistan. In the I like to hang out with my friends at the
history it’s name was Merv than it changed to amusement parks. I really like the
Margush and is now Mary. Mary is a nice city. amusement parks and I would like to go to
The city is not so big and a lot of people know roller coasters in America. It will be one
each other. There we have shopping centers, of my amazing American experiences! Turkmenistan
The biggest Mosque in my city. The main theatre in my city. Me and my best friends.
in my host
impression of our
people.—Exchange
Teacher, 2006-07
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