A CRAZY INTERNATIONAL FAMILY

1. Do you have any questions for us? I usually start out communications with a quick summary of us, the school, and our area. And then...

The Covid-19 virus has come through and rocked all our worlds and continues to cause havoc worldwide. But it seems that things are slowly...

So, our students for this year (class of 2020) have been gone, back to their home countries, for two weeks now. While I am still upset...

Are you ready for your life to change for 10 months? Are you ready to open your heart and home to foreign teenager? Are you ready to...

Homesickness happens. It does not happen to all students, it doesn’t always look the same, and it doesn’t happen at the same time for...

Teenagers and money are a bad combination. And that is the blog post. Ha. Just kidding. Maybe. But in all seriousness, most exchange...

Everyone involved in exchange students has heard a horror story, but this is the exception not the rule. As humans we tend review or...

In polite society we tend to veer away from the taboo topics of sex, religion, and politics; though I personally believe talking about...

Most of our students have had fantastic grades throughout their exchange year. But there are some that struggle a bit more. Some of this...

The big day has finally come!!! OMG!!! This post will be all about the airport pick-up. Ready? Start with checking in with your student...

Who am I and who are we? I reference “I’ and “we” and “us” all the time and you might be asking who are these people? Who are the Crazy...

I am not a parent. I AM a host parent. So when hosting exchange students you are their custodian. You are a stand in parent and can make...

Your International Exchange Coordinator (IEC) (lingo alert) is your first stop for questions or concerns during your exchange year (and...

Expectations. We have them. The students have them. Their parents have them. The school has them. The exchange organization has them....

Communication is key. A super cliché saying that is super cliché for a reason. Communication can solve so many problems! Everyone from...

If you have teens or have ever seen a teen you know that they have permanently attached their phones to their bodies. And if they some...

Make rules. If you have kids, expand on their rules. If you don’t have kids (in living the house), make rules. It is better to have too...

The days, weeks, and months have flown by and now it’s very close to the arrival of your exchange student! Yay! The anticipation has...

You’ve signed up. Did the paperwork. Looked through so so many applications. And finally picked the perfect student for your family....

The most asked question we get about hosting exchange students, besides “they still do that?” (I even asked that too!), is WHY? And do we...