Stories from Academic Year in America

AYA Families Share Special Moments Across the USA

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AYA host families are volunteers, sharing the rich and varied culture of the U.S. with international students from around the world. With the school year just underway, it's a great time to look at some wonderful stories our host families have shared about the special moments … [Read more...]

AYA Mom Shares Experience Hosting an Exchange Student

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Host mom, Denise, contributed the following story to share with you as a guest blogger, about her experience hosting an international high school student from Germany with AYA—and what hosting exchange students has done to help her family. Tomorrow, we'll share a similar account … [Read more...]

AYA Students Volunteer at Ronald McDonald House for Global Youth Service Day

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Academic Year in America (AYA) Local Coordinator, Regenia S. in Ohio, recently reflected on the experience she and her exchange students had during Global Youth Service Day.  We started our day at a local park picking up trash for two hours in an effort to support the … [Read more...]

Student Volunteers: Fun at the Firehouse

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Local Coordinator Dina Berg organized a community service project for a group of AYA students in South Carolina to help out and learn a little at the Howe Springs Fire Department. Here's what she had to say about the day: A Day at the Fire Department This fall, I brought my … [Read more...]

AYA Student Volunteers: Habitat for Humanity

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Community service is often an engaging and rewarding way foreign exchange students can learn something new, help out and have fun as part of a team. In Ohio, Local Coordinator Cindy Anderson arranged for a group of AYA foreign exchange students to volunteer with Habitat for … [Read more...]