German exchange students experienced football, pumpkin carving, celebrating Halloween and an early Thanksgiving dinner as part of their visit in homes Hopewell Valley Central High School students.
In the past two weeks, the high school welcomed 21 students and two teachers from the partner school Friedrich Gymnasium in Freiburg, Germany. The students were hosted by local families with children in grades 10-12.
The students arrived Oct. 19. In addition to spending five full days at the high school shadowing their partners from class to class, the FG-Freiburg guests traveled to New York, Philadelphia and Princeton before leaving Monday for Washington, D.C.
CHS students flew to Freiburg on April 3 and returned April 17.
The language and cultural immersion program is, first and foremost, academic, providing participants with focused language immersion and cultural education opportunities. Students live with host families, attend school with their partners and participate in educational field trips.
Freiburg’s location near the French and Swiss borders affords high school students the opportunity to explore Germany, France and Switzerland on the same exchange program.
CHS students who made the exchange to Freiburg and/or who hosted a German student pictured with their German partner are Madeline Hoedemaker, Naomi Kinnamon, Natalie Kinnamon, Peter Ryseck, Sarah Griffen, Thomas Vite, Caroline Iten, Catherine Dabrowski, Cecily Mills, Claire King, Delaney Graham, Elisabeth Peters, Ethan Jeffs, Grace Sawicki, Luke Nash, Max Clark, Melina Boutris, Reinah Bauer, Samkit Siyal, Victoria Lintott, William Chandler and Yash Balaji.
