Local families sought for hosting exchange students

The American Scandinavian Student Exchange (ASSE) International Student Exchange Programs is seeking local host families for boys and girls from various countries around the world.

ASSE International is a nonprofit educational and cultural exchange organization headquartered in Laguna Beach, Calif. It promotes global learning and leadership by offering a unique, richly personal experience for students, volunteer families, host high schools and local communities. ASSE reaches across interpersonal and international borders, celebrating worldwide community through the spirit, character and promise of our youth, according to an ASSE press release.

Students in the exchange program are 15 to 18 years of age and will be staying in the area for the upcoming high school year or semester. The personable and academically select exchange students speak good English and are curious to learn about the United States by living as part of an American family while attending high school.

Exchange students arrive from their home country shortly before school begins and return at the end of the school year or semester. Each ASSE student is fully insured, has his or her own personal spending money and expects to bear his or her share of household responsibilities as well, in addition to being included in everyday family activities and lifestyles.

Students are well screened and qualified by the ASSE. Families may also select the student themselves from extensive applications, family photos and biographical essays.

To become a host family or find out more about ASSE and its programs, call Sue at (732) 251-1517 or visit www.asse.com.