In an effort to raise cultural awareness and understanding in Ascension Parish the STS Foundation would like to invite families to host an international exchange student this August.
Host families provide room and board, a safe nurturing environment and have a genuine interest in learning about a different culture. Students range in age from 15 years to 18.
Students will have all of the money they could possibly need and their own health insurance. The school that the students will attend is dictated by the host family’s home address.
The STS Foundation will interview the families in their home to find the best match for the students that they have available. The STS Foundation invites families of all shapes and sizes to host. The foundation welcomes empty nesters, single parents, newly-weds, retired parents, families with several kids at home or none. The matches are made according to personality, background, family structure, hobbies, interests, talents, affinity with animals and or pets, allergies, religion, academic interests, sports interests, maturity level, level of independence, musical interests and playing instruments.
A student’s lifestyle may be better suited for an “outdoors” family who ride four-wheelers, like to hike, camp and fish, live on a farm, and enjoy horseback riding or a student may be better suited for a family who enjoys primarily indoor activities such as playing cards, reading, playing music, watching movies, playing video games, board games or cooking. The foundation then connects them on as many levels as they possibly can. Children of families that host will receive a scholarship to study abroad. The students will attend public high school for one academic year, which begins this August.
STS Foundation is a not-for-profit organization designated by the Department of State, a member of CSIET and has been raising cultural awareness through cultural exchange since 1986.
For more information, call Brian MarGrave at 1-800-522-4678 or e-mail: brian@stsfoundation.org
