Host An Exchange Student
ORGANIZATION: ASSE Internation Student Exchange Programs
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Make dreams come true by hosting an exchange student from another country! We have students from over 30+ countries who would love a family to open their home to them so they can experience a culture different from their own. Host family recruitment is active through August 31st and we have 18 scholarship students still waiting to be placed.
When you host a foreign exchange student, your entire family will discover a world of fun and enlightening adventure. Simply by sharing your home for as little as three months, a semester or a school year, you will be giving an exceptional young person from another country the opportunity of a lifetime--to live with your family and experience the language, customs and culture of our country. In return, your exchange student will bring to your family a bit of his or her homeland. Students come from Europe, Asia/Pacific, the Middle East, the Americas and Africa.
Each year, ASSE and its affiliates place several thousand students, ages 15 to 18, in host families like yours throughout the world. ASSE International Student Exchange Programs invites you and your family to join all the families in our country and throughout the world in this memorable and valued cultural experience.
Our Students:
- Aged 15 to 18 1/2
- Come from over 30 countries
- Arrive with spending money and full health insurance
- Speak English
- Must maintain good grades
- Want to share cultures
Host Family Requirements:
- An English-speaking home environment
- A genuine interest in opening your home and heart to an international student and welcoming them as part of your family
- Provide 3 balanced meals a day (2 if your student elects to purchase lunch at school; they will use their own spending money), and snacks
- Provide your student with a quiet place to study and their own bed (they may share a bedroom with a sibling of the same sex and similar age)
- Pass an interview and criminal background check
Our Host Families Receive:
- Host Family Orientation
- 24/7 local, regional and national support
- A $50 per month charitable contribution deduction on your itemized tax returns
- The best fit for your family--you choose your student
- Opportunity to learn about new cultures and customs, and participate in outbound programs
- Friends for life in another country
What are you waiting for, pick up the phone and host a student today!!!
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About ASSE Internation Student Exchange Programs
Location:
Lexington Area, Lexington, KY 40509, US
Mission Statement
ASSE's mission is to foster international understanding through educational and cross cultural programs.
Description
Committed to connecting foreign exchange students from over 30+ countries around the world with warm and welcoming families, ... ASSE adheres strictly to the United States Department of State regulations and our programs are conducted in accordance with the standards established by the U.S.A. Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET). Our purpose is to foster international understanding through student exchange programs. Our students are girls and boys, 15, 16, 17 or 18 years of age who are carefully screened and selected by the ASSE Representatives abroad. School administrators, teachers, and ASSE Representatives evaluate the students. Only those who can demonstrate excellent character, deportment, and proficiency in the English language are chosen. All ASSE exchange students have at least three or more years of English study (or the equivalent) in their home countries.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Lexington AreaLexington, KY 40509
DATE POSTED
August 26, 2015
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Orientation or Training