October 17, 2016
Academic Year Exchanges (AYP)
November is a good time to let families in your District/County know that Kansas 4-H hosts Academic Year Exchanges with Japan, Korea, Mexico and Eurasia. These programs involve welcoming a teen into your family for the school year from August until June. They are screened for English skills deemed adequate to participate fully in U.S high schools and are expected to maintain an academic program, as well as participate in family, school and community activities and contribute as volunteers. 4-H AYP programs are conducted through States’ 4-H International Exchange Programs with the high standards for school programs that provide a support system for families and students through 4-H.
The Eurasian students are part of the FLEX Program for countries in Eastern Europe and Asia. They are selected from large numbers of applicants in their home countries and funded by the U. S. Government. We hope 4-H families will consider school-year hosting through 4-H. We encourage interested families to apply by January for fall 2017 in order to have the broadest choice of students accepted in the 4-H programs. Contact Mary Kay Munson for information and application. Her phone is 785-238-3631 and email is munson@ksbroadband.net.