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Congratulations to Paula Martinez Martinez for being chosen as the ICES April Student of the Month! Paula is from Madrid, Spain...
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...
When I stepped off the train in Germany and met my host family for the first time, my German vocabulary was limited to the...
ICES congratulates Rafael Hormaechea for being selected as the Student of the Month for March. Rafa is from Majadahonda, Spain...
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...
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...
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...
ICES is very proud to introduce our February Student of the Month, Matilde Eleonori from Piacenza, Italy. “Mati” lives with the...
In preparation for Valentine's Day, we ran a photo contest in which we asked our exchange students to submit a photo showing us...
Tags: Host Families, Host an exchange student, Student Experience,
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has almost arrived.
We’ve been yelling at the TV for months watching the games. We’ve been...
Tags: Cultural Exchange, Exchange Student, cultural understanding,
Our story really began when we lost our four-year-old son to cancer...