Global Education

   

Click on the video to find out more about the benefits of hosting:

 

 

Host an exchange student for 9 weeks

 

Each student's experience is enhanced by living with four host families from the Weston community.  The benefits of hosting an exchange student are innumberable.  Students typically spend nine weeks with a host family before moving on to another family.  Exact dates are flexible and short term "substitute" host families are also needed. 

 

Click here for more information about hosting a student

 

Your family and the visiting student will mutually benefit from this marvelous experience.  Help make this a reality by becoming a host family!

  

If you are interested in hosting an exchange student,

check one of the programs on the left to see if there are opportunities.

 

Thank you for your interest!

 

Contact Host Family Coordinator Kim Young for more information.

 

Volunteer

In addition to hosting, there are other meaningful ways you can lend a helping hand.  Please consider enhancing your life by making a connection with a student visiting from another country...the benefits are immense!

 

We are currently looking for a Chair for the Global Education Committee.  Contact the PTO preseident for more information.

 

We are always accepting volunteers!

 

Global EducationStudent Opportunities

 

Click on a link at the left to learn more about

available global education programs for Weston student participation.

 

Applications for the upcoming year will be due before February break.


 

 

Find out more about past student experiences by reading the Weston Global Education Blog.

 

US Department of State designated Exchange Visitor Program(EVP) 

for J-1 Visa Secondary School Students

 

Weston Public Schools are committed to supporting a robust international student exchange program in our community.  

 

Since the 1950s, Weston has welcomed students from France and Brazil to attend classes full time and learn what it is like to be an American Teenager.

 

Weston High School is one of only ten high schools nationally desginated by the  U.S. Department of State to participate in the Exchange Visitor Program for Secondary School Students. 

 

 

 

 
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