Welcome Dinner

Every year I have a huge welcome dinner in conjunction with the host family/student orientation.

Host families and students come to have a refresher on the rules and regulations as well as learn more about the cultures that are being represented by the kids. We also learn some great communication skills related to  hosting situations.

I also ask each student to bring items with them that represent them so the host families and other students as well as myself can get to know them.  This year I actually remembered to take pictures of the tables!

Welcome 2012 Students!!!

What a great group of kids this year!   What is the most exciting thing for me I think is that 5 of my families are families that have hosted before!  It is so great to know that these families enjoyed the experience so much that they want to do it again and again!

The 2 new families are equally as amazing in their excitement to host.

This is going to be a great year!

This year the countries represented are small but It will be fun to really get to know the cultures in greater depth.

Italy - 1
Germany - 1
Norway - 2
Spain  - 3