World Heritage Is Seeking Host Families For High School Students

STORRS — World Heritage, a public benefit organization, is seeking local families to host high school students from France, Germany, Thailand, Japan, Russia, China, Switzerland, Denmark, and Italy. Students are already awaiting word on their host family for the 2006-2007 academic school year.

Host families provide room, board, and guidance for a teenager living thousands of miles from home. Students are well screened and are selected based on academic performance, English proficiency, teacher recommendations, and personal interviews.

Couples, single parents, and families with or without children at home, who are adventurous, fun-loving, responsible, and most of all, caring, are encouraged to apply.

The exchange students arrive from their home country shortly before school begins in fall. Each student is fully insured, brings his/her own personal spending money, and expects to bear a fair share of household responsibilities, as well as being included in formal family activities and lifestyles.

For more information, call Ande Bloom at 800-888-9040 or visit the website world-heritage.org.