Seeking Host Families for High School Exchange Students Interested in Drama and Performance
Host Families needed for the 2015/2016 School Year for Drama/Theatre Students from Spain and Germany
Educational Merit Foundation (EMF), licensed by the United States Department of State to organize student exchanges, is looking for families willing to host these 15-year-old high school students for the 2015-2016 school year. More information about EMF is available at their website, www.emfusa.org. Contact EMF at 1-800-467-8363 or e-mail: mcdijoud@emfusa.org
2015-2016 Drama/ Theatre Students
Ariadna is from Spain. She is 15 and will be in the 11th grade when she arrives. She would like to come to America for the 2015-2016 school year. Ariadna lives with her mother, father and 2 younger sisters (3 & 11). She loves animals and has a dog. Her father is a customs agent and her mother is a secretary. Ariadna enjoys attending concerts, attending the theatre, drama, drawing, listening to music, painting, photography, reading, singing (choir) skiing, social dancing, visiting museums and volleyball. Ariadna has taken years of rhythmic gymnastics and is interested in learning about cheerleading. Ariadna adores the theatre and movies. She has drama classes once a week for 2 hours. Her chores at home are to clean her bedroom, take out the trash, pick up the table, and take care of her dog. Her favorite subjects in school are biology because she loves nature and arts because she loves to paint. After high school she would like to be either become an actress or a cardiac surgeon. She describes herself as adaptable, extroverted, flexible, friendly, open, optimistic, polite, responsible, sociable, studious, and tolerant. Ariadna would like to come to the U.S. because she wants to learn about the culture and because she loves the English
language and wants to improve in speaking it. She knows the English language and her stay in America will be very important for her future. Ariadna loves meeting new people so she is looking forward to coming to America and meeting her host family and knows it will be a very good experience
Katharina is from Germany. She is 15 and will be in the 10th grade when she arrives. She would like to come to America for the 2015-2016 school year. Katharina parents are divorced. She lives with her father, little sister (12), and brother (13). Her father is a machinist and her mother is a task manager. She enjoys attending concerts, drawing, painting, and visiting museums. She loves reading fantasy books and watching TV, mainly comedy series. Katharina listens to music every day and really enjoys musicals and theater shows. She is not currently playing a sport, but she has tried ballet which she did for 7 years, modern dance which she did for one year as well as tennis, golf, and badminton. Her chores at home are to clean her room and wash the dishes. Katharina’s favorite subjects in school are English because she can improve her English and Sports because she is glad that after sitting in a chair all day she can finally move. In addition to English she studies French. She describes herself as adaptable, flexible, friendly, independent, neat, optimistic, patient, polite, responsible, sociable, spontaneous, and tolerant. Katharina would like to come to America to improve her English and learn more about the American way of life.
Student photos available for families who have completed their application and have been screened.
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The Educational Merit Foundation for Student Exchange, or EMF, is a non-profit educational foundation which was founded in 1991 by its current President, Ms. Marie-Claude Dijoud.
Since its beginning, EMF has been actively involved in working with foreign secondary school students, both individually and in groups. Recently, we have added a work/travel program for foreign college students.
EMF offers both short and long term educational programs, and is authorized by the United States Information Agency to issue form DS-2019 for both high school students and work/travel program participants. This form allows students to apply for a J-1 visa.
EMF is dedicated to the promotion of global understanding through international friendship. In its high school program, EMF links secondary school students with volunteer host families and high schools throughout the United States. With our work/travel program, we do the same between college students and US employers. We believe that the experience of living in a foreign country, learning both its language and culture, changes one's outlook on life for the better. Through its programs, EMF offers students the chance to become "citizens of the world!"
Mission Statement
Through international educational and cultural exchange, young people from many nations have the unique, eye-opening experience of being immersed in the family, school and society of a foreign country.
The result is a real recognition of the value of diversity, an appreciation of the unique qualities of other countries and cultures, increased self-esteem and confidence and a better developed ability to recognize opportunities and solve problems with a multi-cultural perspective. The EMF student experience reaches teenagers and young adults at the time when they are shaping their views of the world and making critical, lifelong choices about their continuing education and careers.
Our inbound High School Exchange Program brings high school student from abroad for either a semester or full academic year of study and life in the United States. Each student is matched with a suitable volunteer host family and attends a public or private high school in the area.
Our work/travel program allows international college students to work legally in the United States during their main vacation from school. The program is designed to give American employers the opportunity to diversify their work force and meet their need for seasonal workers, while offering international students an inside perspective on American working life.
We offer outbound programs for American high school and college students in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Mexico, Canada and many other countries.