Host a French Student
Enrich Your Child’s Education:
Host a French Student
Who: 30 Students ages 15-17, and 2 Teachers from Metz, France near Germany
What: They will visit Los Angeles, staying with families from Arcadia for 9 nights while they are guests at AHS and visit local attractions.
When: From: Thursday April 15 (7 pm) To: Saturday April 24 (7 am)
How:The basic guidelines on how to be a host family and provide student housing are simple, straightforward and ideal for people who want to make a difference as well as receive a rewarding lifetime experience.
1. Visiting students must have their own bed in a room where they can sleep well. They can share a bedroom with another child, as long as the student and the host sibling are the same sex and within five years of age of each other. You are not providing a hotel accommodation, so it does NOT need to be extravagant in any way.
2. The host family will need to provide all breakfasts and dinners for the 9 days, and lunch during the one weekend your guest will be with you.
3. Host Families will need to drop off their host student at a predetermined location each morning (probably the parking lot next to the Golf Course) just before 8:00 am for their daily adventure, and pick them up around 5 or 6pm each evening from the same location. The French students will attend school with their AHS host student on the two Fridays they are here.
4. We understand that many members of our community have moved here from another country, and may normally speak a language other than English at home. We ask only that when the host student is in your home, you try to use English (or French!) to communicate. We hope to encourage more cultural exchange in this manner!
Closer to the date of their arrival, there will be an orientation meeting to review the details of this student group visit.
If you are considering embarking on this adventure and would like further details, please complete the attached information sheet so that I may contact you. You may email it back to me, or print it and have your child give it to me at school.
If you have ANY additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me, preferably via email, but also via my cell and my home phone, included below.
Merci Beaucoup and Best Regards,
Christina Vaughan
French Teacher, Arcadia High School
cvaughan@ausd.net
Home: 626 441-3950
Cell: 626 399-3833
Enrich Your Child’s Education:
Host a French Student
Yes! Our family is interested in hosting a French Student from April 15-24, 2010.
Here is our information:
AHS Student Name: __________________________ Age: _____ Grade: ______
Parents Names: ______________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________
Home Phone: ___________________ Parent Cell/Work _________________________
AHS Student Cell _______________ Parent Cell/Work _______________________
Please answer the following questions to assist us in choosing the best match for your family:
1. We would like to host a (circle one) Girl Boy Either Girl or Boy
2. Would you be able to host two students if we needed extra families? (Circle) Yes No
3. He / She would (circle one) share a bedroom have his/her own room
4. What pets do you have in your home? _________________________________________
5. Does your family have any unique eating habits (vegetarian, etc) ____________________ _________________________________________________________________________
6. Ages/gender of other children living in your home ________________________________
7. What do (AHS student and family) you enjoy doing in your free time? Name all activities/hobbies which your family participates in, even if only occasionally (we are looking for points of interest, not activities which you would be required to do!) _________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
8. Please share any questions or concerns you may have about this experience, so that I may clarify them for you! _________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
The French Department at Arcadia High School greatly appreciates your consideration of this remarkable cultural opportunity. I look forward to meeting you and your family as we participate in this adventure !
Merci, Madame Vaughan
