This week’s Thank You Thursday, we are sharing a very special thank you letter! Usually we only rarely hear from our students’ parents back home but this time we received a wonderful letter from the father of one of our 21/22 students. Manuel’s daughter, Lucia, spent the past school year in Utah and only returned … Continue reading
Today we share a special student spotlight! Celina from Germany was an exchange student with Aspect 10 years ago spending an amazing time in Texas during the 2012/13 school year. During her most recent visit to see her American family, she kindly took some time to tell us more about her experience, how it has … Continue reading
This week’s Thank You Thursday, Alessandra from Italy shares some advice for our 22/23 exchange students starting to arrive soon as well as some heartfelt thank you to those people who made her time in the US special. Alessandra spent the 2020/21 school year in Wisconsin and her memories of those 10 months couldn’t be … Continue reading
Today, we hear from Lilli from Germany. She spent the 20/21 school year in a small town on a farm in Michigan as part of a double placement with another exchange student from Spain. Read on to learn why – even though everything was different from what Lilli was used to in Germany – her … Continue reading
As our 21/22 students are starting to return to their home countries, their suitcases are packed with wonderful memories of their time in the US. This week’s Thank You Thursday, Soffian from Sierra Leone tells us about some of his favorite American memories: his first experience of playing card games, going camping, watching a movie … Continue reading
For this week’s Thank You Thursday, we hear from Victor from France who spent the 2020/21 school year in Nebraska. Victor has been back home in France since last May, but the people he met during his exchange and the wonderful memories they created together are always on his mind. Of course I’m still thinking … Continue reading
For this week’s Thank You Thursday, Mercedes from Spain tells us about her exchange in Montana where she spent the 2020/21 school year. Mercedes encourages other exchange students to not be afraid and to enjoy every little thing because – as she only knows too well – time flies when you are an exchange student! … Continue reading
One of the most common assumptions people make about hosting an exchange student is that only two parent households with teenagers can host a student. Far from it! In reality, our host families come in all shapes and sizes: couples, single parents, families with young kids, old kids, no kids, you name it! What all … Continue reading
For this week’s Thank You Thursday, Syed from Bangladesh is sharing is favorite memory with his American host family so far! Syed is studying in Utah with the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. My favourite exchange experience was when I celebrated my first ever Christmas with my host family. We … Continue reading
At Aspect, February is “Share the Love” month! Is there a better way to share the love between our students and their host families than by bringing everybody together for a Valentine’s party? We don’t think so! Aspect host mom and International Coordinator (IC), Tonya from Texas, says: “It was actually my exchange daughter Pien’s … Continue reading
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