While most 16-year olds were shopping for school supplies, Shelby Balmer was packing her bags and boarding a flight to Oslo,...
As summer winds down and school starts back up, you might also be getting excited for all things fall. Whether it’s watching the...
“Have you tried cow’s tongue?”
This question came up as a group of friends was asking me about which typical Chilean foods I’d...
If you’ve ever been the new kid at school, you can probably recall those first few days: Not knowing which teacher was the...
The summer months are the perfect time to start getting to know this fascinating teenager that will soon become part of your...
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You’ve chosen your exchange student, and the placement is finalized—now what?
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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...
Every exchange student knows the feeling of anticipation while waiting for a host family, and the excitement and nervousness of...
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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...
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...
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