For this week’s Thank You Thursday, we share another round of thank you notes from some of our 21/22 students! This week we hear from Pedro from Brazil, Adita from Indonesia, Manuela from Italy and Sydney from France. The people who I met are the best part of my exchange experience and to live like … Continue reading →

We absolutely love the fact that those thank you notes keep coming in! For this week’s Thank You Thursday, we hear from Anna from France, Alejandra from Spain, Fiona from the Netherlands and Edouard from Belgium who all had a fantastic time with their American families during the 21/22 school year. I had the best … Continue reading →

For this week’s Thank You Thursday, we continue to share the thank you notes that keep pouring in from our 2021/22 Aspect students as they reflect on the past 10 months and the many, many truly wonderful people they’ve met along the way! Shokran( شكرًا) this is the Arabic word for thank you, this has … Continue reading →

For this week’s Thank You Thursday, we continue to share the sweet thank you notes we are receiving from our 2021/22 Aspect students as they express their gratitude for the many amazing people that have made their American adventure the best year of their lives! Thank you guys for such a fun and exciting year … Continue reading →

With the current school year drawing to a close, the 2021/22 Aspect students are returning to their home countries one by one. As the students are saying goodbye to their American families and friends we are sharing some of their heartfelt thank you notes for this week’s Thank You Thursday. I dedicate this letter to … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →