ICES in Public Media
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Vietnamese exchange student in Patterson
Vietnamese exchange student in Patterson Patterson Irrigator, Patterson, California, May 28, 2020 by Cee Cee Howell / author Ngan Doan, known by her new American family and friends as “Nan,” has ...
Exchange Student Program Enriches Lives of Guests, Hosts and Those around Them
Exchange Student Program Enriches Lives of Guests, Hosts and Those around Them Juniata Sentinel, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, May 6, 2020 by Paige Smith / writer I have always been fascinated by ...
Coronavirus impact on exchange students
Coronavirus impact on exchange students WFMJ.com, Youngstown, Ohio, April 2020 Phone interview with Debbie VanWinkle, ICES field staff in Ohio Some students are thousands of miles at home while ...
Italian foreign exchange student finds strength during pandemic in San Antonio
Italian foreign exchange student finds strength during pandemic in San Antonio KENS5-TV, San Antonio, Texas, April 24, 2020 by Mat Gaskins / author Rebecca Padellini, originally from Florence, ...
Exchange students in central Indiana miss experiences due to virus restrictions
Exchange students in central Indiana miss experiences due to virus restrictions WISHTV.com, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 20, 2020 by Staff Reports The impact of coronavirus restrictions has been ...
Michigan City exchange student gets to have her prom experience
Michigan City exchange student gets to have her prom experience The Michigan City News-Dispatch, Indiana, March 25, 2020 by Jim Peters, staff writer It’s a modern-day Cinderella story, and the ...
For international students away from home, coronavirus is ‘scary’ and ‘stressful’
For international students away from home, coronavirus is ‘scary’ and ‘stressful’ USA Today, Orgon, March 20, 2020 by Lindsay Schnell USA Today interviewed our French ...
Brazilian exchange student finds second family in Rigby
Brazilian exchange student finds second family in Rigby Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho, February 24, 2020 by Brennen Kauffman Moving to another hemisphere, from tropical South America to ...
Local foreign exchange student recognized as Student of the Month
Local foreign exchange student recognized as Student of the Month The Jessamine Journal, Nicholasville, Kentucky, February 21, 2020 International Cultural Exchange Services (ICES) has named Lina ...
More Copper Country families needed to host ICES students
More Copper Country families needed to host ICES students TV 6 / Upper Michigan’s Source, Houghton, Michigan, February 6, 2020 by Remi Murrey When Amelie Adler heard she’d spend a year in ...
Jonesboro welcomes Spanish teen
Jonesboro welcomes Spanish teen The Sun, Jonesboro, Arkansas, January 27, 2020 by Alex Gladden, Sun Staff Writer Before Julia Matheu-Corominas arrived in the United States, she didn’t know ...
Neuntefel loves to travel
Neuntefel loves to travel The Eclipse, Flint, Michigan, January 27, 2020 by Jonathen Hart, Sports Editor Senior Julia Neuntefel came from Austria to complete a semester of high school in America. ...
Maltempi is happy making friends, setting goals
Maltempi is happy making friends, setting goals The Eclipse, Flint, Michigan, January 21, 2020 by Hope Wills, Special Projects Editor Traveling from Rio Claro, Brazil to Flint, Michigan, senior ...
Family hosts student from the Canary Islands
Family hosts student from the Canary Islands KAIT / Region 8 News, Jonesboro, Arkansas, January 16, 2020 by Jurnee Taylor / A program in town is calling on you for help, asking you to open your ...
Putnam County’s Luna Gonzales
Putnam County’s Luna Gonzales News Tribune, Illinois, January 6, 2020 Athlete of the week Year:Junior (foreign exchange student from Spain) Sport:Wrestling What is your favorite ...
Foreign exchange students help at homeless shelter
Foreign exchange students help at homeless shelter News Tribune, La Salle, Illinois, December 7, 2019 by Goldie Rapp, author From high school with love A group of five area foreign exchange ...
Exploring a new country
Exploring a new country Estacada News, Oregon, Tuesday December 03, 2019 by Emily Lindstrand, author Three Spanish exchange students are spending school year at Estacada High School through ICES ...
Mumford exchange students find fun, friendships
Mumford exchange students find fun, friendships DetroitDialogue.com, November 7, 2019 by Raechel Davis & Daija Thomas Mustang Voice America is not quite what German exchange student Til ...
Leo’s road to semi-state part of worldwide journey
Leo’s road to semi-state part of worldwide journey Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, Indiana, October 25, 2019 What has become a season of firsts for the the Leo High School boys soccer team has ...
Shawnee exchange student a net success in girls tennis
Shawnee exchange student a net success in girls tennis Springfield News-Sun, Ohio, October 09, 2019 by Greg Billing / Contributing Writer When she steps onto the court at the Lindner Family ...
Jaime, Spanish exchange student in Oregon, is making headlines
Jaime, Spanish exchange student in Oregon, is making headlines Siuslaw improves to 6-0, beats Junction City Exploding Whale Sports, Oregon, October 8, 2019 The Siuslaw Vikings soccer team ...
Exchange student making immediate impact on Molalla volleyball program
Exchange student making immediate impact on Molalla volleyball program Molalla Pioneer, Oregon, September 23, 2019 by Derek Wiley / author In her first high school start, Romero, from ...
Quinn hopes to grow international exchange program
Quinn hopes to grow international exchange program Owensboro Times, Owensboro, Kentucky, August 12, 2019 by Laura Murphy / author In her third year serving as the Field Manager of Kentucky ...
Historic Victories Push Comet Water Polo to #1 Spot in State Rankings!
Historic Victories Push Comet Water Polo to #1 Spot in State Rankings! grandledgecomets.org Grand Ledge High School, Michigan, April 2019 For the first time in program history the Grand ...
Educator promotes international student exchange in Owensboro
Educator promotes international student exchange in Owensboro Owensboro Times, Owensboro, Kentucky, March 12, 2019by Jessica Jones / author Encouraging students to explore other cultures ...
Exchange student making impact at Idalia
Exchange student making impact at Idalia Colorado Preps Magazine, Fort Morgan, Colorado, January 2019 by Brock Laue / author When Bru Carreras was roaming the halls for the first time at ...
Rivera-Carrera makes new friends as foreign exchange student
Rivera-Carrera makes new friends as foreign exchange student The Eclipsy, Flint, Michigan, February 15, 2019 by Matt Ostrander / Reporter Francisco Rivera-Carrera, senior, is a foreign ...
Through the eyes of an exchange student
Through the eyes of an exchange student Redmond Proficiency Academy Newsletter, February, 2019 by Mos Suttiwetchakul / Staff Writer and Exchange Student Four months ago, I felt frightened ...
Your Character Matters
Your Character Matters Central Valley Today, California, January 15, 2019 by Stefanie Bainum / author Your Character Matters: Tulare Union High School’s Joanna Marucci TULARE, ...
Making Memories in a New Country
Making Memories in a New Country Estacada News, Oregon, January 02, 2019 by Emily Lindstrand / author This year through the ICES International Student Exchange program, Estacada High ...
My journey here has already been amazing
My journey here has already been amazing As I walked through the double doors, screams of the roaring crowd intensified. The red, black and white cheer uniforms reminded me of “High School ...
Louisiana family welcomes exchange student from Slovakia
Louisiana family welcomes exchange student from Slovakia KPLC, Lake Charles, Louisiana, November 11, 2018 by Shelby Trahan / author One student at South Beauregard High School is more than 5,000 ...
Matias Garcia: Owasso Area Spotlight
Matias Garcia: Owasso Area Spotlight VYPE Oklahoma, October 15, 2018 Most students don’t leave home for an extended period of time until they graduate high school. And even then, it may be ...
International feel: exchange students make impact
International feel: exchange students make impact Players from other countries bring their skills to the Thumb Huron Daily Tribune, Michigan, October 13, 2018 by Mike Gallagher / Tribune Sports ...
How U.S. High School Can Prepare International Students
How U.S. High School Can Prepare International Students U.S. News & World Report L.P., Ohio, September 18, 2018 by Anayat Durrani / Contributor While at a U.S. high school, ...
Exchange students find homes
Exchange students find homes The Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 03, 2018 by Chloe Cameron / author Local coordinator had life changed after becoming host family ...
Thankful for exchange program
Thankful for exchange program Pine Journal, Duluth, Minnesota, June 20, 2018 by Julia Elias Vilanova / ICES exchange student I am writing a thank-you letter to thank everyone who made this ...
Long Beach exchange student falls in love with U.S.A
Long Beach exchange student falls in love with U.S.A Long Beach Breeze, Mississippi, May 21, 2018 by Fred Weller Ken and Gail Walker raised one family and became sponsors for a foreign ...
Silva experiences Akron life
Silva experiences Akron life The Sentinel, Rochester, Indiana, April 11, 2018 Dateline: Akron by Leah Sanders / Staff Writer Samara Silva had a long way to travel to Tippecanoe Valley High ...
Meet Hanna Doyle of International Cultural Exchange Services in Houston Metropolitan Area
Meet Hanna Doyle of International Cultural Exchange Services in Houston Metropolitan Area VoyageHouston, Houston, Texas, February 14, 2018 Today we’d like to introduce you to Hanna Doyle. ...
From Italy, Di Giovanni enjoys playing sports in America
From Italy, Di Giovanni enjoys playing sports in America The Eclipse, Kearlsley, Michigan, January 30, 2018 by Hannah Hendley / Photo Editor Ricardo Di Giovanni is a 17-year-old senior who ...
Exchange student adapts to American culture in Senatobia
– Southern Comfort – Exchange student adapts to American culture in Senatobia Tate Talk, Mississippi, January 23, 2018 by Brett Brown / Reporter Damian Jimenez has only lived ...
Brazilian exchange student hopes to develop independence
Brazilian exchange student hopes to develop independence The Eclipse, Kearlsley, Michigan, January 8, 2018 by Jenna Robinson / Managing Editor Brazilian foreign exchange student Carlos Macedo ...
Cross country is helping Italian exchange student adjust to life in Dallas, Oregon
Cross country is helping Italian exchange student adjust to life in Dallas, Oregon Statesman Journal, Oregon, September 20, 2017 (part of the USA Today Network) by Pete Martini DALLAS — ...
Foreign Exchange program brings the world closer
Foreign Exchange program brings the world closer Clark County School District Newsroom Las Vegas, Nevada, September 15, 2017 What do Germany, Italy and Spain have in common? More than half ...
High school, American style
High school, American style Sierra Star, Oakhurst, California, May 10, 2017 by Morgan Voorhis Three German teens, along with a student from Spain and Thailand spent their senior year in ...
Peachtree Road Farmer’s Market reusable bag design contest
Peachtree Road Farmer’s Market reusable bag design contest Peachtree Road Farmer’s Market, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17, 2017 Congratulations Ella! ...
European exchange students at Moffat County High School shatter stereotypes
European exchange students at Moffat County High School shatter stereotypes Craig Daily Press, Craig, Colorado, January 7, 2017 by Sasha Nelson Four students have traveled from Europe to ...
Brazilian Vitoria Hahn loves discovering new things
Brazilian Vitoria Hahn loves discovering new things The Eclipse, Kearlsley, Michigan, November 30, 2016 by Haylie Brooks / Reporter ICES exchange student Vitoria Hahn expresses a love for ...
In the cool waters of Oregon
ICES exchange student Tommaso from Italy has made himself a name in the cool waters of Oregon Local masters swimmers introduced Marshfield exchange student Tommaso Gabi of Italy to ...
Congrats Math Geniuses!
Congrats Math Geniuses! 3 students from Richwood High School in Nicholas County were invited to attend the WV State Math Field Day competition at Fairmont State University April 30, 2016. ...
ICES foreign exchange student joins Russellville Lady Cyclones basketball team, Arkansas
ICES foreign exchange student joins Russellville Lady Cyclones basketball team, Arkansas Ester is a senior from Valladolid, Spain. “The first friends I made here were on the basketball ...
ANNA SMITTEN BY EXTENDED SIUSLAW FAMILY PARTS OF ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN EXPLODING WHALE SPORTS, OREGON
ANNA SMITTEN BY EXTENDED SIUSLAW FAMILY PARTS OF ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN EXPLODING WHALE SPORTS, OREGON Belgium exchange student Anna speaks four languages. Five, if you count superlative as ...
To Host or Not to Host – Still time to Share your Life
To Host or Not to Host – Still time to Share your Life Article on LinkedIn, May 3, 2016 by Linda Deutmeyer Host what? Foreign Exchange Students. Why? The first reason to host a ...
Cuban of the Month: Margaret Murray
Cuban of the Month: Margaret Murray SW News 4U, Wisconsin, February 25, 2016 by Dena Harris CUBA CITY — Continuously surrounding herself with young people is Margaret Murray’s key to ...
Foreign exchange students enrich lives
Foreign exchange students enrich lives Wilmington Star News, North Carolina, January 30, 2016 by George Barley / Your Voice correspondent International Cultural Exchange Services students ...
Bozeman Foreign Exchange Student’s Experience
Bozeman Foreign Exchange Student’s Experience abc FOX Montana Montana Right Now Montana, February 23, 2015 BOZEMAN – A group of 50 high school students in the International ...
Opening your home
Opening your home Lumina News, North Carolina, January 14, 2015 by By Cole Dittmer Each year a handful of families around the lower Cape Fear region open their homes to foreign exchange ...
Meet Zhexuan
Meet Zhexuan ICES exchange student Zhexuan from China is the first Asian student his high school has had in 22 years who has made the varsity team. Zhexuan goes by the name of ...
A family away from home
A family away from home Clark Fork Valley Press Mineral Independent, Montana, June 4, 2014 by Alex Violo HOT SPRINGS – The small town of Hot Springs is a long way from Germany, but ...
For a smaller world
For a smaller world The Livingston Parish News, Louisiana, August 18, 2013 by Jamie Webb / writer “It is a really great experience, not only for the family who’s doing it, but for the people ...