<p>okay, the title says it all. I really want to host an exchange student, but I don’t know how I go about doing it. </p>
<p>Anyone know?</p>
<p>Our family had a wonderful experience several years ago hosting a Rotary Youth Exchange student from Africa. Here’s a link for more information:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.rotary.org/programs/youth_ex/index.html[/url]”>www.rotary.org/programs/youth_ex/index.html</a></p>
<p>We had a great experience last year, too, with a German ASSE student:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.asse.com/[/url]”>http://www.asse.com/</a></p>
<p>Another one of the large, national groups is AFS. </p>
<p>D’s HS has many foreign students every year, and we’ve noticed wide variation in the quality of the local representatives from the sponsoring organizaitons. Some are great: they organize activities, check up on the students, and are really wonderful resources; others seem to vanish once the foreign students are on the ground. I’d suggest getting to know the local rep. before committing to any program.</p>