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American.  It's a word that means different things to different people.  For exchange students, experiencing all things American is...


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Tags: Student Experience, Photo Contest

By ICES On May 6, 2022

Host Moms are the Best!

Moms everywhere work hard to care for their families while providing love and encouragement. Host moms take that to another level...


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Tags: Cultural Exchange, Youth Exchange, Host mom,

Congratulations to Paula Martinez Martinez for being chosen as the ICES April Student of the Month! Paula is from Madrid, Spain...


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Tags: Student of the Month, Reasons to host, Student Experience

With our students returning home soon after months in the U.S., their language skills have likely improved drastically.

Idioms...


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Tags: Cultural Exchange, Exchange Student, Learn a language

When I stepped off the train in Germany and met my host family for the first time, my German vocabulary was limited to the...


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Tags: Exchange Student, Youth Exchange, Learn a language,

By Brad Owens On March 25, 2022

March Student of the Month

ICES congratulates Rafael Hormaechea for being selected as the Student of the Month for March. Rafa is from Majadahonda, Spain...


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Tags: Student of the Month

I asked 10 American friends from different parts of the country to name their top American foods. And….I got 10 different...


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Tags: Host an exchange student, Student Experience, cultural immersion

Every exchange student knows the feeling of anticipation while waiting for a host family, and the excitement and nervousness of...


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Tags: Host Families, Exchange Student, Study Abroad,

High school exchange students are not allowed to make life-changing decisions such as getting a tattoo or...getting married! But...


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ICES is very proud to introduce our February Student of the Month, Matilde Eleonori from Piacenza, Italy. “Mati” lives with the...


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Tags: Exchange Student, StudentoftheMonth, Youth Exchange

When I decided to travel to Muscat, Oman at age 15 or spend my senior year of high school in southern Germany, I never paused to...


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Tags: Exchange Student, Study Abroad, Youth Exchange

By Brad Owens On February 14, 2022

Share the Love Winners

In preparation for Valentine's Day, we ran a photo contest in which we asked our exchange students to submit a photo showing us...


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Tags: Host Families, Host an exchange student, Student Experience,

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