Long Term Exchange
This involves a school year and is only open to students who will be 15-18 1/2 years of age at the time they leave to commence the program abroad
The student typically leaves in late summer and spends the entire year in the country of their choice going to school, learning another language, and becoming totally immersed in the culture.
During that time they will stay with 2-4 different host families, travel extensively, and experience a year that will color and shape the rest of their lives
The long term exchange is sponsored by a local Rotary club and is a true exchange, meaning that the year the student is abroad the Rotary club is sponsoring an “inbound” student from another country and is therefore responsible for finding 2-3 host families to house the student within their own community.
There are only small expenses incurred by the sponsoring Rotary Club and the rewards are great as they totally involve a foreign student in all their club activities for the year.
For more information, contact Long Term Outbound Chair: Greg Garofolo (worldwise@comcast.net)
To download the extensive application to start this process, to read more about it, and to view the country selection list which changes frequently due to State Dept. regulations, go to: www.exchangestudent.org
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Beginning of November each year
