Meet our students

Dear Host Family, My name is Malena, and I am very excited about the opportunity to spend a year with a host family in the United States. I would describe myself as a friendly, open-minded and responsible person. I enjoy meeting new people, discovering new places and learning about different cultures. I am also quite independent and like taking on new challenges. One of my biggest passions is horse riding. Through this activity, I have learned responsibility, patience and perseverance.

Hello dear host family, my name is Jan, I am 15 years old, and I live in Germany in a small town between Duesseldorf and Cologne with my parents. My dad works as a tax advisor, and my mom is a strategic buyer. 40 years ago my mom has also spent a high school year in the United States (in Inverness in Florida). I am an only child, so I am really excited about living with a host family, especially if there are siblings. But of course it is perfectly okay for me if you don't have any childre

Dear host family, My name is Madeleine, I live in France and I'm currently fifteen years old. Since I was ten years old, I have wanted to live an experience in a foreign country. For me, learning new languages is very important because it allows us to communicate with people from all over the world. I also think that discovering a new culture can be a wonderful experience. I choose to live for one year in the United States because I think that this is a unique opportunity. This country

Dear Host Family, Hello! My name is Geonwoo, and I am very excited to introduce myself to you. I would describe myself as active, hardworking, cheerful, and positive. I enjoy spending time with my friends, especially playing sports and games together. I like many different kinds of sports, but boxing is my favorite. Recently, I have also become interested in soccer. These days, I often run at the park to improve my stamina and stay healthy. I have not decided exactly what I want to do i

Dear Host Family, Thank you so much for welcoming me into your home and giving me this opportunity to have such an amazing experience. I’m a Chilean girl writing this letter while I’m in my first year of high school, but by the time I’m with you, I’ll already have completed half of my second year. I really like trying new experiences that take me out of my comfort zone, and I can’t wait to experience the American way of life. My favorite hobbies are going out with my friends, reading, a

Dear Host Family, My name is Sharp. I am from Changhua City, Taiwan. I am good at communicating with other people and also good at teamwork. I like to try different sports. I have played rugby, tennis, and baseball. Although I am not a top player, I would like to give every sport a try. About my family, I have a sister and we live together with my parents. My parents are kind and very patient with us. They always support my decisions and give me a hand whenever I need help. They are th

Dear host family I consider myself an outgoing person, and I find it easy to make friends . My friends would probably describe me as someone who is funny, smart, understanding, respectful, and athletic . In my everyday life I prefer being with my friends instead of being at home by myself because I don't like having nothing to do and being idle .Most of the time I enjoy having fun with my friends, but I always make sure not to disturb my teachers. I love helping my classmates, especially i

Dear Host Family, Hello! My name is Sihun, and I am very happy to introduce myself to you. I would describe myself as friendly and sociable, and I enjoy meeting new people and spending time with others. I hope this will help me build a good relationship with my host family and adjust well to my new life in the United States. In my free time, I enjoy playing the drums and learning Spanish. I also really enjoy cooking, and I would love to cook some Korean food for my host family someday.

Hello, I write this letter to tell a little bit about me. I consider myself a very extroverted, happy, communicative girl. I love make new friends, talking to people, and getting to know differents personalities and cultures. I´m also very caring, and I enjoy being around children, animals, and helping others. I love cooking (mainly sweets) and I have some favorites recipes that I would love to prepare and share whith my host family. I also enjoy playing volleyball, and I´m in the team of my ci

Dear Host Family, My name is Naelle, I am 15 years old, and I live in a small town. I really like where I live because it is calm while still being close to the capital, which creates a good balance between a peaceful environment and access to many activities. Through this letter, I would like to introduce myself and share more about my daily life, my personality, and my motivation to join your family. I live with my family, who are very important to me. I have an older sister who is 19 ye

Dear Host Family, I’m so excited and grateful to share this experience with you. I can’t wait to meet you. First of all, I want to tell you a little bit about myself. I am Chilean and I live in a rural, agricultural area of the country. I consider myself a responsible, kind, affectionate, and respectful person. I am very active and love spending the day doing outdoor activities. In my free time, I love baking or sometimes painting with watercolors. I also have a great connection with little ch

Dear host family, My name is Lucas, and I am French. I live with my parents, my little sister and my pet rabbit in the countryside in a small town. During school time I go to school from monday to friday, everyday I wake up at six in the morning and take the bus to school at seven a.m. The school is a little bit far and it takes around thirty minutes to get there. School starts at eight a.m and finishes at five p.m. Lunch is always around twelve o'clock and last thirty minutes to on

Dear Host Family, Thank you so much for hosting me during my exchange experience! I'm so glad to be able to spend five months with you, and I can't wait to meet you. I hope you are so excited as I am! For many years now, I've been dreaming about doing an exchange semester, and I still can't quite believe that it is about to happen. I've always wondered what life on the other side of the world would be like: what's different? What is the same? I'd also like to discover your traditions and c

Dear Host Family, Hello! My name is Florencia, and I am very excited about the opportunity to become part of your family and experience this new adventure. Ever since I was little, I have been fascinated by the United States. I grew up watching ''High School Musical'', dreaming of becoming a cheerleader, imagining what it would be like to celebrate Thanksgiving with a big family dinner or Halloween with costumes, pumpkins, and lots of candy, and admiring how magical Christmas celebrations see

Dear Host Family, Thank you so much for being willing to participate in the exchange program and considering opening your home to me. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to live with your family and become a part of your daily life. I am a girl from Chile, and I love trying new things. I am a very open-minded, flexible, and adaptable person who loves to take on new challenges. One of my biggest goals in this program is to fully immerse myself in American culture and work to improve my Engl

Dear host family, thanks for considering me, I‘m so excitd to become a part of your family! My name is Clara and I‘m from Germany. I want to see the world and it‘s many different cultures and I think an exchange year is the perfect opportunity for that. I would describe myself as a friendy, creative, reliable and open minded person. I speak three languages, fluent German, good English, which I have been learning for seven years and I’m looking to become fluent in, and French, which I h

Dear Host Family, My name is Philipp, and I am very excited about the possibility of spending a school year in the United States. I would like to learn more about American culture, improve my English, and experience everyday life from a different perspective. I believe that living with a host family is the best way to truly understand a country and its people. I am looking forward to becoming part of your family, sharing experiences with you, and creating memories that will stay with me for a

Dear host family! My name is Matilda, and I am very excited to introduce myself. I am really looking forward to meeting you and becoming part of your family during my exchange. I mainly live with my mom, her partner, and my older brother, Baltazar. I also spend every other weekend—and often more time whenever we feel like it—with my dad, his partner, and my younger brother, Lorenzo. I feel very lucky because I have a close relationship with both sides of my family, and I enjoy spending tim

Helloooo my family, how are you. I´m very exited to start my new experience with you and your culture. I´m not gonna lie i am a bit nervous because it´s a differnt place, lifestyle and languaje but i´m glad to hve that experience. Since i was a kid i´ve wanted to live in another country and have this experience. I will tell you a bit about myself. I am the youngest of 6 kids and a dog, i know it sounds like a lot, i mean it is a lot, but i love them and i cannot imagine my life without t

Dear Future Host Family, First of all, thank you so much for taking the time to read my letter. I really appreciate it, and I am already incredibly grateful that you are considering welcoming me into your family for 10 months. My name is Aurelia, and I am from Germany. I live with my mom, my dad, my brother, and our unbelievably cute dog. Next year I will be in 10th grade at a German high school. My favorite subjects are Math, Biology, and Music. I enjoy Math because I like solving prob

Dear future Host Family, My name is Flora, and I am so excited about the prospect of spending a year in the USA! I would describe myself as an outgoing, open-minded, and empathetic person with a good sense of humor. I love meeting new people and discovering new things. I also have a big heart for animals: I have a dog that I take full care of, which includes feeding him, taking him on long walks, and everything in between. In my free time, I love being outdoors and spending quality time wit

Dear future host family, My name is Alessia but my friends calls me Alessi. I live in Germany in a middle-sized town with my parents, my big brother, and my dog Lilly. I love spending time with my family. We often play board games together or spend time outside. I also love spending time with my little cousins. When we meet, we spend a lot of time outside and play football or walk through the neighborhood. I really love my dog Lilly. I enjoy going on walks with her, teaching her little tri

Dear Host family, First of all, I would like to thank you for being ready to open your doors and include someone in your everyday life. My name is Luna, I am 15 years old and I’m a girl from Germany. If I had to describe myself I would say I’m a cheerful, funny, creative, artistic, and hardworking person. My friends would also describe me as smart and open-minded. I enjoy learning new things and trying new experiences, which is one of the reasons why I am so excited about living in another

Dear Host Family, Thank you so much for taking the time to read my letter. I am very excited about the possibility of spending a year in the United States, and I hope this letter helps you get to know me a little better. I would describe myself as a cheerful, open minded, and caring person. I really enjoy spending time with other people and creating memories together. I am someone who gets excited about the little things in life, whether it is a beautiful sunset, a fun conversation, or simply

Dear future host family, my name is Olivia and I am really excited to be an exchange student 27/28. My family and friends would describe me as heartfelt, fair, funny, creative and kind human being. An exchange year is a dream since I was in the US for the first time during summer holiday, where my family and I were doing an road trip through California, Arizona, Utah and Nevada. We did this road trip when I was 13 years old. What made me wanna do an exchange year so bad is when I first met th

Dear Future Host Family, Thank you very much for taking the time to read my letter. I am very excited about the opportunity to become a part of your family and experience everyday life in the United States. For me, this exchange is a unique chance to gain new experiences, meet new people, and grow as a person. I am friendly, open-minded, respectful, and dependable. My family and friends are very important to me, and I enjoy spending time with them. Whenever someone needs help, I always try

Dear future host family, my name is Mia and I am from Germany. I live in a small village one hour with train from a bigger city and I love to go there with my friends. I live with my mom and sometimes I sleep over at my dads. I have two big sisters one is 19 and one is 22 but they don’t live here anymore. Sometimes I drive to them to visit them. A few years ago I had a Hamster but now we don’t have any pets. My grandma has a dog and I grew up with her and when they come to visit I always

Dear future host family, first of all I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my letter. My name is Louisa and I live in a city in the south of Germany. I´m writing this letter, because I´m really looking forward to becoming part of your family and your life for a little while. About me: I´m the girl who´s never able to find stuff with her name on it here in Europe, because my parents thought they´d add an ò`to my name (in Europe Louisas mostly written without the "o") I

Dear future host family, Firstly, I want to thank you for welcoming me into your family. I would be very thrilled to become your next exchange student in the year of 2027/28 in the United States of America! My name is Victoria and I am from Germany. I live near a big city in southern Germany with my mother, my dad and my dog whose name is Jamil. He is a Rhodesian Ridgeback. Jamil will turn six years soon. I was raised as a catholic and believe in God. My favorite subjects at school are Spor

Dear Future Host Family, First of all, I wanna say thank you for taking the time to read my letter and consider welcoming me into your family. My name is Amy and I’m from Germany. Here I live with my parents and my sister in a little town near a bigger city. We have a few chickens, guinea pigs and a dog, which I love playing or cuddling with. I’m really close with my family. I have a little sister, who is 11 years old. We do things like riding around on our bikes or making jokes and laugh abo

Dear host family, my name is Julia and im already looking forward to experience life in the USA. I think I adore the thought of experiencing life there for about 4 years now. I would love to experience your culture and way of life, but im also interested in the school system and i wonder how different it is to the one here in Germany. I especially look forward to highschool and all the special events, for example football games and prom. I think one reason is also that I want to grow and meet

Dear Host family, My name is Melissa. I’d like to thank you for hosting me. I believe this program will be an important experience that will enable me to learn more about a new and different world and culture. I think this experience will allow me to learn and improve how to relate and interact with new people in a new environment and community. I’m a very open person and I enjoy meeting new people and spending time with them. My friends would describe me as very empathetic, kind and fun.

Dear future host family, my name is Lorin and I am from Turkey, because both of my parents were born there, but I live in Germany, since my parents moved here a long time ago. First of all, I want to thank you for choosing me. It means a lot to me. In this letter I want to tell you more about me: My name is Lorin and my hobbies are horseback riding, playing the guitar, crocheting and badminton. I took guitar lessons for 8 years and although I don’t have them anymore, I can still read notes or ch

Hello, future host family My name is Kiame and I'm excited for a exchange year in the USA and a host family who makes this experience more enjoyable. Seeing the American High School life in movies inspired me to spend a year aboard away from my family and friends and start a new chapter in my life where I meet new people, make new friends and experince what it's like to be apart of an american high school. I wish to join a AP class because even here in Germany I'm very active in school ac

Dear Host Family, my name is Ally, and I would describe myself as a very open, friendly, and ambitious person. I really enjoy meeting new people and spending time with others. I love having long conversations, going on walks together, or simply spending time with people I care about. I think sports, especially track and field, helped me become much more confident and open over the years. Through sports, I learned how to connect with different people and step out of my comfort zone. I would

Dear host family, Thank you very much for taking the time to read my letter. I am a German girl who will have finished Year 10 by the time I start my exchange year. I like trying new things and love exploring the world. I would like to learn about American culture and the American Way of Life especially in your family. I love doing sports and spending time outside. I especially enjoy track and field and horse riding because I like challenging myself. I also go skiing with my family in

Dear Host Family, Thank you so much for being willing to participate in the exchange program and for considering me to be part of your family. My name is Manuela, I’m 16 years old, and I am from Brazil, I was born in São Paulo. I’m a sophomore in high school. I’m very excited about the opportunity to live this experience and share my culture with you. I live with my parents, and we have a very close and loving relationship. Our home is always full of life because we have pets — two dogs

Hello everyone! My name is Mikhail, and greetings from Russia with love! I am very happy to have the opportunity to introduce myself. I am incredibly excited about the chance to live with your family and study at an American high school. This is an important step for me because I want to improve my English, learn more about American culture, and share my own traditions with you. A little bit about my life in Russia: I am currently in the 10th grade. I really enjoy Math and Social Studie

Dear Host Family, I am very excited about the opportunity to possibly stay with you and become a part of your family for some time. I would like to tell you a bit about myself so you can get to know me better. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, and I really like doing activities together, such as going out, shopping, or just relaxing at home. I also like meeting my friends and going out with them, for example to concerts, or festivals, where I can enjoy music and have fun to

Dear host family, Thank you so much for being willing to participate in the exchange year program and accepting me to live with your family. I am so excited to get this opportunity! About me My name is Melina, but I love to be called by my nickname, Meli, and I am from Germany. I am 15 years old, and I will be 16 when I go to America. I live in a small-sized city in the northwest of Germany. I just finished 9th grade, and in summer 2026, I will start my 10th grade. My favorite series is

Dear future host family, my name is Tanem, but my friends and family call me Tani and I‘m already looking forward to the stay in the US. I am really excited about the American culture and every day life for example experiencing Halloween or Christmas there. Trying food we don't have here or going to schools sport games. I am very open for new things .I love doing sports , especially playing soccer. I played soccer for three years. Before playing soccer in a real team, I was in a swim team. Un

Dear Host Family, I am very excited about the opportunity to stay with you and become a part of your family. I am a friendly, and positive person who enjoys spending time with others and trying new things. At the same time, I can also be calm and relaxed, which helps me adapt easily to different situations. I like being spontaneous, especially with my friends, because I enjoy experiencing new things and just seeing where the moment takes me. In my everyday life, I go to school and spend time

Dear Host Family, Thank you for taking time to read this letter and letting me live with your family. My name is Mia, I’m a German student and I am currently in 9th grade. I am participating in an exchange year to improve my english and learn about American culture. I love travelling and seeing the world, which made me even more determined to do an exchange year. I've been riding for 9 years and it’s a sport I am really attached to and I really like doing. I do not train regularly anym