newsletter-jennie-fouts-february-2007

Susanne /Germany opened Christmas
presents while on the phone with her natural
parents. She has enjoyed snowboarding at
White Pass and Crystal Mountain. Due to the winter storm
she was able to catch up on sleep since school started late.
Nam/Vietnam has been encouraging by his AC to join a
club at school and reach out to make friends. He had fun
decorating holiday cookies with his AC and other students.
Luiza/Brazil volunteered at the nursing home where her host
mother works, talking to the residents and putting up holiday
decorations.
Christian/Norway and his host family went to California.
They visited Disneyland and Universal Studios. He will be
trying out for soccer next month. He feels his English is
improving and he is learning now to handle new situations
and new people.
Poliana/Brazil went shopping in Seattle and had dinner with 24
CHI exchange students. She stayed with her AC during the
winter storm and thought it was like “camping” in the house.
Yohie/Japan and his host family chose
their Christmas tree together. New Years
Eve they watched movies at the theatre and
then slept in late the next day. He continues to manage the
boys basketball team and plays ping pong with friends after
school. He received a letterman jacket that he had personally
designed from natural family and host family.
Hiromi O./Japan went to Seattle with friends and attended a fun
concert. She is doing well in school.
Saori/Japan has joined the chess club at school. She had fun at
a Christmas cookie party, making and decorating cookies.
Franziska//Germany enjoys spending time with friends. She
went to Seattle with friends during the winter break.
Jeanette/Norway enjoys spending time with other exchange
students in a club at school. She has been working behind the
scenes for the play “Beauty And The Beast”. She attended a
New Years Eve party with the cast and crew. She loved seeing
the “Nutcracker” with her host mother and host sister.
Pietro/Italy enjoys being a member of
the school jazz band. He went with his
host family to the EMP in Seattle and
had the opportunity to play a Jimmy
Hendrix guitar. He felt honored!
Stefano//Italy received all A’s on his report
card! He enjoyed seeing the Christmas lights
at Spanaway Park, IMAX and Seahawks
game in Seattle. He spent 4 days with friends while his host
parents were away. He has done a lot of skiing. New Year’s
Eve was spent with other exchange students.
Jan/Slovakia helped clean the host family yard after a big wind
storm. He went to a coach’s house for a
Christmas party. They had a gift exchange,
and most of the gifts were joke gifts. He
thought that was interesting.
Martin/Slovakia and his host family took a car trip to
California. They spent time in San Francisco, visiting Pier 49,
Hard Rock Café, and saw sea lions fighting. They also visited
Disneyland and California Adventures, did some body surfing,
visited a mammoth and fossil museum in Hemet and saw the
Redwood Forest. He is working on conditioning for soccer.
Sung Whan/Korea enjoyed taking pictures of his host family in
traditional Korean dress. Christmas and New Years were
wonderful. The family toasted with apple cider.
Marina/Brazil had a going away party and her friends made
her a scrapbook. She went skiing during the winter break.
She saw a Seattle Thunderbirds hockey game.
Malina/Germany, a 5 month student, loved her trip to San
Francisco. There were lots of fireworks for New Years. She
was sad that her Homestay program has ended.
Haichuan/China enjoyed the Christmas holidays. She is
looking forward to playing tennis.
Su//China has been taking skiing lessons. She is a member of
the school choir and her host family attended her concert.
Hiromi M./Japan spent time with her extended family in
Yakima. She rode on the back of a
snow mobile for the first time.
Batsoyombo/Mongolia continues to keep busy with break
dancing. His top class is computer design in which he is pulling
127%!
Nina/Norway is on the school tennis team. She keeps busy
with school choir activities and will be going to Vancouver,
B.C. during the spring break with the choir. New Years Eve
she attended a concert with her host family then went to Seattle
to watch fireworks at the Space Needle.