Host Family Story – The Robbins

Host Family Story – The Robbins

What do you do when you can’t decide who to host? You host TWO students! We asked the Robbins family to tell us about their year hosting a boy from Germany and a girl from China, and we just had to share it with you! It is stories like these that fuel our...
Share YOUR America!

Share YOUR America!

How will YOU celebrate our great nation this 4th of July? Did you know that there there are many iE students still awaiting a host home? These young men and women dream of the opportunity to soak up American culture – to shadow YOU and see what life is like in...
Repeat Host Families: Once Wasn’t Enough!

Repeat Host Families: Once Wasn’t Enough!

What makes a family decide to host a student? And…what makes that family decide to host again? We talked to two iE families to find out! (They have hosted 28 students between them! Wow!) We interviewed Glen and Donna Blazer of Tennessee. The Blazers have hosted...
Global Competency: The New Necessity

Global Competency: The New Necessity

Modern schools face a new challenge: how to prepare students for success in a globally connected workplace. Beyond the mastery of core subject matter, our students will be expected to compete in the global arena. To confront global issues. To collaborate across...
The Way We See

The Way We See

[perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]”Life became something to notice again instead of being routine.”[/perfectpullquote] Charlotte Powell and her...