Hosting a high school exchange student is a unique opportunity to welcome a young person from another country into your home, allowing you to share your culture and build a meaningful relationship. Due to the bonds formed during this experience, host parents often consider their … [Read more...]
Can I Host Two Exchange Students at Once?
Hosting a high school exchange student allows you to positively impact an international student’s life while enriching your own with a new cultural perspective. For everyone involved, hosting a high school exchange student is an incredible experience; even the local community … [Read more...]
How Long Can I Host a High School Exchange Student?
Hosting an exchange student is an experience like no other. It’s a win-win-win situation: you gain a new “son” or “daughter” and can expand your global perspective, the exchange student can come and live in America and learn about our culture, and your community becomes all the … [Read more...]
Can Single People Host Exchange Students?
Hosting an exchange student provides an incredible and unique cultural exchange experience. Welcoming a high school exchange student into your home allows you to make a lifelong connection and expand your global perspective, all while improving the life of a young person and … [Read more...]
Do You Get Paid to Host an Exchange Student?
When speaking with families from across the United States, we often get asked, “Will I get paid to host an exchange student?” While there are some types of international exchange student organizations that compensate host families, people who host through the Academic Year in … [Read more...]
How Do I Host a High School Exchange Student?
For some, the process of becoming a host family to a high school exchange student is a bit foreign — a lot of people haven't done it before! If you find yourself interested in the opportunity but aren't sure where to start, you're in luck. We've made it easy to become a host … [Read more...]