ICES staff members spend their days providing exchange students with the valuable opportunity to learn, experience, and enjoy a...
In preparation for Thanksgiving, we launched a photo contest in which we asked our students and host families to share captioned...
Tags: Host Families, Host an exchange student, Student Experience,
A few years ago, the Browns' first exchange student literally stormed out of their home, leaving them heartbroken. Fortunately,...
Tags: Host Families, Cultural Exchange
A few weeks ago, we shared our students' first impressions of life in the U.S. Now we'll give our host families a turn to share...
It seems cruel to limit a foreign teenager's contact with family and friends back home. Why on earth would anyone suggest such a...
Tags: Culture Shock, Youth Exchange, cultural understanding,
Do you want your host family to adore you? Then this post is for you!
Tags: Cultural Exchange, American values, Gratitude in the USA
Have you ever wondered what it's like for an exchange student to arrive in the U.S.? What cultural differences stand out to them?...
Tags: Student Experience
The first time we hosted an exchange student, the coordinator gave us a list of topics to discuss with our new student.
Tags: Host Families
What if you could make a life-changing impact on a young person, enrich your local school and community, and bring some fun and...
It’s hard to believe that Katie Schlagel is only 18 years old. International youth exchange has made her particularly wise about...
In honor of Exchange Student #7 joining our family, I thought it would be fun to take a little trip down Memory Lane. . . I'm...
Tags: Cultural Exchange, Host mom, Reasons to host,
Jill Bonin was a mom with a mission: connect her son and daughter – adopted from Korea – with their homeland in meaningful ways....
Tags: Host Families, Cultural Exchange, Homeland Tour Korea,
