Youth Exchange

Hosting a Youth Exchange Student from another country is a challenge — and an opportunity. Involvement with an exchange student challenges a host family to become familiar with another culture, while providing the opportunity to share a student's hopes and ambitions. These challenges and opportunities promise to enrich the lives of every member of your family.

Because Rotary exchanges with more countries than any other exchange organization, you could have a student from one of 82 countries living in your home. Not only will you provide an unforgettable service to a student from abroad, but you also will educate your family about the world around them.

Types of Exchanges …. and participants from Skaneateles

Each year, local Rotary districts and clubs worldwide arrange thousands of international exchanges for high school-aged students. The primary goal of the program is to foster world understanding by way of intercultural exchange. There are two principal types of exchanges:

Long-term exchanges: These exchanges usually last an academic year in the host country, during which the student lives with more than one host family (usually three families for three months at a time) and attends school.

See below for those students currently participating in Skaneateles Rotary Youth Exchange

Short-term exchanges: These vary from a few weeks to three months. They often take place when school is not in session and usually do not include an academic program. Short-term exchanges usually involve a homestay experience with a family in the host country, but also can be organized as international youth camps and tours that bring together students from many countries.

Contact Information: Please contact Skaneateles Rotarian Lee Bennett or Lori Ruhlman for more information on participating in the Youth Exchange Programs. Lee’s email is: peglee862@aol.com and phone: 685-3937 - Lori’s email is: loriruhlman@msn.com and phone: 729-2831

Skaneateles High School:

creating a peaceful world through youth exchange .. Kudos to Lori Ruhlman, the High School, the Youth Exchange students, the community to all those in our community that sponsor and support Youth Exchange programs, including, Rotary YE, PAE, YFU, AFS and EF .

Lori authored an essay which was submitted to CSIET’s (Council on Standards for International Educational Travel) Inaugural Global Classroom Awards program. And ..... the Skaneateles High School was picked as one of the winning schools. The awards were presented on Feb 28-29, 2008 in Indianapolis. It’s a proud moment for Youth Exchange programs in Skaneateles.

We all know the Skaneateles stands among the best in it’s participation and support of our youth through these life-changing programs, and Lori’s essay brings it all together in an eye opening and wonderful way. A copy of the essay can be view by clicking here: award essay.pdf.

Contact Web Master: Ward Vuillemot - wardtvweb@mac.com

Jamie Alberici

ARGENTINA

2011-12 Outbound Exchanges: The following students have been selected to spend their 2010-11 academic year in the countries listed below their names.

2011-12 Inbound Exchanges: The following students have been selected to spend their 2010-11 academic year in Skaneateles and are from the countries listed below their names

Click on the student’s individual picture to access their Home Rotary District’s web-page (translated to English, thank to Google translate.

Thomas Boxho

BELGIUM