Foreign Exchange Student Hosting Opportunities
By Susan Alexander
February 16, 2008
If you have ever considered hosting a foreign student, please
contact Susan Alexander, co-sponsor of the PLHS International Club.
Dr. Alexander works with Nacel/Open Door, a non-profit student
hosting program. Host families have the opportunity to select
students from the countries of their choice with interests that
will match with their own families' interests. In addition, Nacel
sponsors students in the Foreign Leadership Exchange program (FLEX)
who come from the former Soviet Socialist Republics and have won
the opportunity to attend a year of high school in the US through
strenuous competition conducted by the US State Department.
Host families provide students with room and board, but students
bring their own spending money. Host families do not have to have
children but do need to plan to provide their students with the
opportunity to spend time with students their own age.
The PLHS International Club functions as a hosting organization for
all foreign students. If you are interested in hosting, Dr.
Alexander can be reached at salexander@usd343.org or by phone at
PLHS.
