July 15, 2016
New Academic Year Exchange Students Arrive for 2016-17
For 2016-17 school year, a student from Japan and a student from Tajikistan will be hosted by Kansas 4-H. Academic Year Exchanges are managed by States’ 4-H International Exchange Programs. The Japanese partner is Labo. The Tajik student is part of the Future Leaders’ Exchange (FLEX), which is sponsored by the U.S. Government for students who are in former Soviet Bloc countries. Academic Year students will each be hosted by one family, attend high school, participate in school extra-curricular and community activities including 4-H. The students, their home countries, host families, high schools, counties and their local coordinators are:
Mitsuki Sakuma, Japan, Jim & Stephanie Zamrzla, Ellsworth H. S., Ellsworth co. (Midway Dist.), Debbie Jacobs
Muhammadali Baratov, Tajikistan, Evan Watson & Angee Sisco, Belle Plaine H. S., Sumner Co., Randy Hein