Farm Stay Students

Every year we have a few older students who sign up to live and work with a farming family. We have two left who need families asap:
1. Antoine- Dates: July 9 to August 6, 2012
Age: 18
English Study: 10 years – Level: Good
Farm choices Agriculture, Cattle, Dairy
Non-smoking
Lives in Issy les Moulineaux which is suburb of Paris
Goes to school in Vesailles
Has two older sisters
Interests: Aviation (hopes to be a Pilot) – will go to engineering school first
Sailing and Motorcycles
Egyptian Civilization
Travel
Uncle has a farm where he cultivates wheat, rapeseed and corn

2. Damien- Dates: July 16 – August 13, 2012
Age 17
English Study: 7 years – Level: Fair
Farm choice: No preference but not horse (has no horse experience)
Non-smoking
Lives in small town near Tours, France
Last year in high school
Studies: Likes history and science – hopes to go to engineering school and be an engineer
Interests: Music (plays the trumpet, sports, triathelon – swimming/biking and running
Wishes to improve English….

More Scholarship Students…

We are now in full swing of the placement season– trying to get all of the students a great home and into the local school. Here are a few more scholarship students who need homes. The first two are FLEX, and the other three are YES. You’ll have to copy and paste the links into your browser bar:

FSA005 Zhibek KAZAKHSTAN F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/088dee19-7525-47d1-8c69-46dbd450209b.pdf

FSA101 Yuliya UKRAINE F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/7114054c-ed1b-499e-9d9c-2ba8ded933b4.pdf

YES042 Mohamed MALI M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/ef8db07e-e444-470c-b8b7-b98f3f6b63f5.pdf

YES045 Abdullah YEMEN M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/2e1dce29-db26-490b-8a47-bd7ea7a211f3.pdf

YES117 Mohamed SENEGAL M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/21a3ec9d-189a-4496-93f8-956cb6d64182.pdf

May 10, 2012: Students Who Still Need Host Families

Below are students who still need host families. I have to say that Sophie from France sounds like a great fit for our family, and Silvia from Kenya sounds quite interesting. Would you like more info? Email me at xchangestudents@gmail.com or call 717.587.0979  (You’ll have to copy and paste the links).

WAY078 Marta SPAIN F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/c322cbf4-d104-4d9f-92b8-ef82351bdb8a.pdf

HAN027 Seongyeon SOUTH KOREA F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/a204dff5-c147-440b-94ee-b8e729b68dd6.pdf

WEB044 Florence BELGIUM F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/b9b2cf09-450e-4db7-b82a-af081d19e3c8.pdf

My Group 1 Students

FIN001 Katariina FINLAND F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/be9e65ed-80d8-47f9-a4eb-84e5a5419ab3.pdf

GAL014 Jorge MEXICO M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/10409651-4b34-4869-81a1-e498f3f30f02.pdf

ICX020 Berit GERMANY F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/9138f3d3-7969-40f4-a5fb-5914dc64734e.pdf

Other Group 1 Students

ICX001 Philipp GERMANY M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/c30d133c-0208-4342-97c5-d93861e01b4c.pdf

GAL017 Rodrigo MEXICO M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/db355642-5951-4f7f-aa3f-9c6f5b090187.pdf

STE004 Johanna GERMANY F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/d251e712-60e6-4804-af78-a4f8ff1ca818.pdf

STE013 Anna-Charlotte GERMANY F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/7673dce8-3474-4f4a-a7d8-6d34dcee0b36.pdf

Available

DEN007 Julie DENMARK F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/4ded8f04-7d28-4e5c-913b-78af7cbb4108.pdf

HAN006 Dowon SOUTH KOREA M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/dc5b348f-d614-4328-a8e1-585539928259.pdf

ICX035 Laura GERMANY F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/f9549aad-7630-4dc2-a791-e9ba73c5932c.pdf

ICX038 Aline GERMANY F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/db7ad8cf-9413-478f-9d19-55b0166e0ae1.pdf

IEF003 Jinwoo SOUTH KOREA M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/993a8c10-7d78-40aa-b58d-67f86ef598bc.pdf

IEF011 Sieun SOUTH KOREA F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/60223394-de3f-4602-8d8c-a3ecea198689.pdf

PPV001 Nora SERBIA F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/2e9d8149-33c9-4496-b707-993b546a0033.pdf

STE052 Jan-Hendrik GERMANY M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/c40f5829-5ee5-4378-8f57-3662b5e65191.pdf

STL004 Yunying CHINA F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/7f978d9d-b947-43ad-90e4-7ac5ab689637.pdf

STP007 Mikel SPAIN M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/f6f5ac66-4243-4128-b691-dc106a738358.pdf

STP008 Inigo SPAIN M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/86ae21ac-e73f-4b95-b496-9e2c9508b317.pdf

SWE007 Anna SWEDEN F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/7ac8fc59-a918-491b-a2c7-85fea5ce1afe.pdf

TLI012 Huiyu CHINA F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/033cbfb4-8816-433c-917a-1ac3d5d15a71.pdf

WAY016 Jana SPAIN F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/7a3cd3e1-4c1b-47da-b855-51ce253e8272.pdf

WEB040 Stan BELGIUM M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/766fef40-5c58-487a-8342-be57887842d6.pdf

WEF012 Sophie FRANCE F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/bc7a1d13-07f0-4564-ba74-888fdcd29cd5.pdf

WEI021 Guglielmo ITALY M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/00a81fd5-6717-4569-bc92-ff1d9469a4f7.pdf

YAZ002 Luiz Felipe BRAZIL M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/257748cf-7867-4a95-ab60-206bc1162e61.pdf

YES008 Aya OMAN F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/71ca5a3b-6f85-455e-a8dd-d1f82f91dabd.pdf

YES036 Genting INDONESIA M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/4a0d6f26-5f0d-4399-ad9c-92a96e720d95.pdf

YES045 Abdullah YEMEN M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/2e1dce29-db26-490b-8a47-bd7ea7a211f3.pdf

YES051 Arizza PHILIPPINES F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/4baf8130-9629-47fc-ab23-8ecc691027b2.pdf

YES069 Stephanie LEBANON F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/c3e6ccc2-bc6c-4910-911d-9e33737c738a.pdf

YES077 Nishat BANGLADESH F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/d304cc78-dc32-421b-bccd-bc2b0b9689d8.pdf

YES098 Muhammad PAKISTAN M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/b10cf3b2-1c08-432c-ba7d-dc15b532f8ef.pdf

YES107 Darshan INDIA M

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/cf506e16-7302-4662-9893-cd3634ad6b17.pdf

YES131 Bengunur TURKEY F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/a0528c38-0a9e-46a5-b568-4731eb0f0217.pdf

YES133 Doga TURKEY F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/35c56c68-5831-4740-bb94-3458bf6af35d.pdf

YES146 Silvia KENYA F

http://forms.pax.org/profilepdf/681016e4-fb88-4b6b-bc00-ba719828d944.pdf

 

Student Profiles Arriving Daily

Yes, it’s that time of year again.  I’m looking for host families for both the upcoming school year, 2012-13, and for short summer stays.  PAX has students from 75 countries, and we are receiving student profiles on a daily basis.  One of the things to be aware of is that your local high school must sign a high school enrollment form and many high schools have limits and deadlines that we need to meet.  Are you interested in hosting?  Send me an email and bring a little world culture to your home.

Will you be a host family?

There are several hosting options– 3-4 weeks during the summer,  5 or 10 months during the school year.  Students come from many countries around the world.  Some want to live and work on local farms, often horse or dairy farms.

Many are here on US State Department scholarships to promote peace and understanding–  http://www.yesprograms.org and  http://exchanges.state.gov/youth/programs/flex.html

http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/org63559.jsp and http://www.pax.org/

I am always happy to answer your questions, email me at:  xchangestudents@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

1993: Our very first student

The first time we hosted a student was in 1993 when our girls were very young.  We hosted Pablo Orbaiz, who was 14 at the time.  Pablo went to the boys’ soccer practice at McCaskey with my husband who was a volunteer coach and insisted that Pablo was good enough to turn pro.  As it turns out, he was right.  Pablo has been playing pro in Spain for years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Orbaiz He still looks pretty much the same, and it’s very cool to seem him on TV playing against teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Farm Stays

Farm Stay students are usually older– college age– from France or Spain, and agree to live with a farm family and work along side the family for 5 hours per day.  Some of these students have a great deal of experience working with horses, in particular, or with farm life.  Others are from cities and want the experience, but will not have any special skills.  We have had some really happy students and farm families the past few years!  Maybe a little romance too.  Hmmm…

Afghanistan?

Yes, believe it or not, I have a boy from Afghanistan who needs a host family for the school year 2009-10.  He’s a recipient of the YES Scholarship that the US State Dept awards to students from 35 or so  countries with significant Muslim populations in an effort to build peaceful relations well into the future.

Intro/ Seeking Host Families

As much as I’d like to go through my story of hosting exchange students and working with exchange student organizations and the YES Scholarship Program, right this minute, I need to find a host family for a particular YES student– a boy who likes soccer and who appears to be outgoing and friendly. Mmmm…I guess I should say that we’re talking about Lancaster County Pennsylvania, or vicinity. Of course, there are a few other students who need host families for the upcoming school year. And there isn’t much time left. Please email me at XchangeStudents@gmail.com with any interest!