Schools attended by our students
North Little Rock High School - West Campus
North Little Rock, Arizona 72114
www.nlrsd.k12.ar.us/Schools/north2.htm
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My Evaluation : ++++++
Schools attended by our students |
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| Arizona: North Little Rock High School | Kansas: DeSoto High School | Oklahoma: Indiahoma Public School | |
| Arkansas: Vilona High School | Minnesota: Mayer Lutheran High School | Oklahoma: Vinita High School | |
| California: Evergreen Valley High School | Minnesota: Wayzata Public School | South Carolina: Lexington High School | |
| California: Justin-Siena High School | Missouri: Houston High School | Tennessee: Lawrence County High School | |
| Florida: Spruce Creek High School | Nebraska: Plattsmouth High School | Virginia: Lafayette High School, Williamsburg | |
| Indiana: Lawrence North High School | Nebraska: Waverly High School | Washington: Riverside Christian High School | |
| Ohio: Mississinawa Valley High School | |||
North Little Rock High School - West Campus |
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| 101 West 22nd Street
North Little Rock, Arizona 72114 www.nlrsd.k12.ar.us/Schools/north2.htm
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| ca. 1500 students (only 11th and 12th grade) | |||
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| The only requirement in NLR High School is that you have to attend the American History and English classes. You are not expected to have a certain average of grades, but you need to follow school rules as well as dress code. | |||
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| NLR High School offers a lot of different activities, such as sports, music, theater, arts, economy and science classes. There are many other choices and opportunities for a student to specialize in one subject or try out things you could not do at your German | |||
School Fees |
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| None (except school lunch, which is about 2 US dollars a day) | |||
My Evaluation : ++++++ |
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| DeSoto Senior High School is located approximately 30 miles east of Kansas City, Kansas in the small town called DeSoto. The school district is USD 232 and the exact address is: DeSoto High School, 35000 West 91st St, PO Box 469, DeSoto, KS, USA, 66018 KS. |  |
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| DeSoto High School is a Senior High School, so there are four classes: a Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Class. Each one comprises of 150 students. So the overall number of students is about 600. | |
Requirements |
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| If you want to attend DeSoto High School as a foreign exchange student you need fill in an application and present a health certificate. | |
School and Extracurricular Activities |
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| To graduate from DeSoto high School you need to have specific points in classes like Maths, English, Government etc. But there still are many subjects you can participate induring school time such as P.E., Music, Band, Technology, Fine Arts, Languages (Spanish, French), Communications and electives like Maths and Science during school time you have a 90-minute seminar where you are able to get help from teachers or do your homework. Outside the regular schedule there are many opportunities to have fun and be a member of a team. Among others you can join the football, cross-country, volleyball or basketball team. | |
Guidance |
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| At school every class has a counsilor who is in charge of simply everything. He is there if you have questions or need help. | |
School Fees |
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| None. | |
My Evaluation : ++++++ |
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| Address: 307 Chebahtah Street, Indiahoma,
Oklahoma. Indiahoma is a very small town, so for some people it might be not the right experience. There are not a lot of activities, but you will find friends very fast in this small community. |
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Size of school |
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| The High School has around 20 student per age group, enrollment of 80 High School students, official school type: Class B (the smallest category, next bigger types are A, AA, AAA, 4A and so on) | |
Requirements |
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| No special requirements, this school is meant to be fair, so just turn in all your exercises papers and homework in time and study for the weekly tests you write in every class and you will get A’s on your report cards easily. | |
Extracurricular Activities |
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| Academics, softball, basketball, Volleyball, baseball, cheerleading, FFA (agriculture). Since Indiahoma Public Schools is very small, sport is the most important event for the whole town, so don’t be shy, the best way to make new friends is to be a part of the sport teams, even if you might be just a benchwarmer or waterboy. The bus drives are the best of all, you get the chance to talk with the others, during school hours this is almost impossible because the breaks between classes are just five minutes, and you get the chance to talk to the cheerleader who are supporting the basketball team. | |
Guidance |
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| There are no councils hired for the students, but the principle will help if there are any problems with others or with the class schedule. | |
School Fees |
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| No school fees, but to enroll in America in any high school you have to be in a exchange student program which costs about 10.000 DM. | |
My Evaluation |
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| There is no ranking possible, because I have made good experiences, but I know other exchange students who didn’t . | |
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| Address: Vinita High School, 801 N Adair Vinita, Oklahoma 74301. Vinita is located in northeastern Oklahoma, just along the famous Route 66. It has about 6000 residents. Around the town are a lot of cattle farms in an inviting landscape. There are some grocery stores and a wal-mart, also a couple of fast-food places and restaurants. For entertainment there is a movie theater and a golf course. |  |
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| This High School has around 480 students. | |
Requirements |
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| Exchange students have to take classes in English and American History. | |
Extracurricular Activities |
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| There is a big variety of classes to choose from, reaching from Spanish, Typing, Home Economics to Driver´s Rducation. There are also sports on offer: Golf, Wrestling and the standard classes of sports, of course. The school has a marching band and a speech team. | |
Guidance |
| There is a counsellor who helps you out when you have a question about classes or activities. |
School Fees |
| No school fees, lunch is about 1.25 $ |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
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| Location: Union City, Ohio | |
Size of school |
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| This High School has around 250 students in grades 7 through 12. | |
Requirements |
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| None | |
Extracurricular Activities |
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| Several sport teams (such as football, basketball, volleyball, softball, baseball...), cheerleading, band, Spanish club, SADD, Ag, Speeches, etc. | |
Guidance |
| Guidance counselor helped me a lot and showed me around, introduced me to the teachers and students, many helpful students and principal. |
School Fees |
| No school fees. Book fees paid for by organisation. |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
Spruce Creek High School - Daytona Beach |
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| Location: 801 Taylor
Road, Port Orange, FL 32127 www.volusia.k12.fl.us/schools/sprucecrkh |
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Size of school |
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| This High School has around 2000 students. | |
Requirements |
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| There are no specific requirements for exchange students, except having a health-certificate. | |
School and Extracurricular Activities |
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| You have to select seven periods (50min school lessons) the way you want to; You only need to have mathematics, English and a sciences class. After school activities offer you foreign languages and young political clubs, as well as sports. You can spend every day on football-, swimming-, diving-, baseball-, weightlifting- practice or attend the drama or theatre club. This will give you the opportunity to meet a lot of students. | |
Guidance |
| This school has an extraordinary counselor-system. It almost reaches the German bureaucracy-standard, but it will help you to feel sure about all decisions you make. |
School Fees |
| They might charge your exchange organization, however, they don’t do it differently to all the other public High Schools. |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
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Riverside Christian High School - Yakima |
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| Riverside Christian High School is located in
the very West of Yakima...Mc Donald is away approximately 2 minutes by car and it takes 10
minutes to get downtown Yakima. The address is : 6901 Summitview,Yakima, Washington 98908 The school is planning on moving soon to the very East of Yakima . The address of that location will be :721 Keys Road,Yakima, WA 98901 |
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Size of school |
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| This school is a really small school. The High School includes 98 students. Classes are given in portables. | |
Requirements |
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| This school is a private Christian school. Requirements are therefore to be a Christian, an admission fee and as an exchange student you are also tested in all kinds of subjects at the beginning of the school year. | |
School and Extracurricular Activities |
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| The school has a very good, awards-winning choir; a drama group, a self-defense class, a computer web page design class, a yearbook class and art classes. Sports that are offered are: During fall: soccer, cross country and volleyball. During winter: basketball, and in spring: track and baseball. | |
School Fees |
| $ 4.500 for one school year. |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
| I had a great year at this school. The students and everyone of the staff are so incredibly nice and welcoming. The standard of the classes is also supposed to be better than at public high schools. Thumbs up for this great school! |
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| Plattsmouth is a little town in Nebraska of about 6500 people, 18 miles south of Omaha, Nebraska’s biggest city. For more information on Plattsmouth, Plattsmouth High School and everything else you may want to know about Plattsmouth, check out |
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| Plattsmouth High School belongs to the Plattsmouth Community School District, which owns an elementary school, a middle school, a high school, and an alternative school. There are about 550 students that attend PHS.. | |
Requirements |
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| There are no special requirements to enroll in PHS once you are accepted at an exchange organization. I don’t know though if you have to have a certain grade point average to enroll if you want to do the exchange on a private basis. | |
School and Extracurricular Activities |
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| They offer a pretty wide variety of classes, reaching from English and Spanish to maths, sciences, social studies and computer - business classes to "exotic" classes such as cooking and journalism. There are about 15 to 20 students per class. PHS offers the usual variety of extra curricular activities, especially sports. There is American football, basketball, wrestling, volleyball, golf, track, and soccer. You can also participate in things like math and science club, jazz band, swing choir, and so on. Their music program is pretty good. | |
Guidance |
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| Students are being counseled by two professional guidance counselors; they provide the kids with information and help concerning the selection of classes and advice if they want to continue studying after high school, and so on. | |
School Fees |
| There are no school fees at PHS; although you will have to calculate about $3 per day for lunch. |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
| They have some pretty good teachers, but of course there is always the problem that the American school systems puts all students of different IQ´s together in one high school; so the variety of subjects in some required classes (such as social studies) is sometimes a bit smaller than in other countries. For more information, feel free to contact me at philkra4@netscape.net |
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| Lawrence North High School (LNHS) 7802 N. Hague Road Indianapolis IN 46256 # (317) 849-9455 http://www.msdlt.k12.in.us/msdlt/lawrencenorth/ |
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Size of school and general information |
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| About 2400 students; one of two High Schools in Lawrence Township; recognized by the Indiana Department of Education as a Four Star High School; High School from 9th to 12th grade; Freshman School since 2001; two semesters each year; six marking periods, one every six weeks; 180 school days (make-up days at the end of the school year); LNHS is applying for the IB (International Baccalaureate) program | |
School and Extracurricular Activities |
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| Sports: Fall:
Tennis (boys), Volleyball, Football, Cross Country, Cheerleading, Soccer, Golf (girls).
Winter: Basketball, Swimming, Cheerleading, Wrestling, Gymnastics. Spring: Tennis (girls),
Track&Field, Baseball, Softball, Golf (boys) Music: Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble, Choir, Dance, Musical, Orchestra Competitive Academics: Academic Decathlon, Academic Super Bowl, Brain Game, Business Professionals of America, Forensics, Spell Bowl Clubs: Anime-, Art-, Bowling-, Chess-, Drama-, Euchre-, French-, Key-, Latin-, Piano-, Science-, Spanish- Other activities: LNTV, Cat’s Eye (daily announcements), character awareness troop, Intramurals, Journalism Explorers, Model United Nations, Moot Court, North Star (school paper), Tri-Hi-Y, Yearbook (lynx), Amer. Sign Language |
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Guidance |
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| Eight counselors for the school, one counselor for about 300 students; your counselor organizes your registration for school, helps with the planning of your schedule, gives you every information about school you need and is always there if you have any questions or concerns. I experienced the counseling to be very good. |
School Fees |
| Payments for school books and other material are made at the beginning of each semester and they amount to $60 - $110 depending on the courses you take. A normal lunch is available for $1.30 in the cafeteria. Most excursions and the yearbook cost extra. |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
| A well organized school, well equipped, with a big selection of courses and extracurricular activities and good care for students. |
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| Waverly High School is located about
seven miles from Lincoln, the capital of the state Nebraska. The population of Waverly is
approximately seven thousand. The whole state has a population of 1.5 million people. |
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Size of school and general information |
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| Waverly High School has 659 students and the senior class I participated in had 149 students. My high school included freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. To stay at Waverly High School with an exchange program, most of the times, you have to have an average of at least C. To participate in physical activities you have to hand in health certificates. | |
School and Extracurricular Activities |
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| Every class that could be taken had also a club that met once a month and talked about excursions and other businesses, for example, Spanish club, German club, art club, FFA (future farmers of America), FBLA (future business leaders of America), etc. And sports are divided into seasons: Spring sports are soccer (for girls and boys), boys' and girls' track, girls' tennis. Summer sports, held in the summer break were baseball and softball. After that the girls had volleyball and there was a cross-country team and other kinds of sports like basketball, and football only for boys. | |
Guidance |
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| There was a counsellor at the school who talked about the classes you had to take and the credits you had to earn. He was practically the person to talk to at school, even if you had problems you would come to him. |
School Fees |
| Lunch was 1.30$. And if you participated in sports you had to pay different amounts for every sport. Uniforms could be borrowed from the school for free. |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
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| Vilonia High School is located about 25
miles from Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas. Vilonia is a very small town with approximately 1.130 people living there. Closest to Vilonia is Conway with a population of 25.000 people and restaurants and places to shop. |
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Size of school and general information |
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| Vilonia High School consists of sophomores (10th grade), juniors (11th grade) and seniors (12th grade). The high school had about 600 students.If you want to participate in an exchange program, you have to have an average of at least C. If you want to participate in any sports activities, you also have to have a health certificate, and you have to be drugtested. | |
School and Extracurricular Activities |
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| There are a lot of different clubs, like Spanish club, Art club, FCA (fellowship of Christian athletes), FBLA (future businell leaders of america), FFA (future farmers of america), FCCLA, Math club and many others. There also were a lot of different sport activities like football, basketball, cross country, track, volleyball, baseball, and softball. Vilonia High School also had a marching band with 150 students. They are among the best bands in Arkansas and have a very good reputation. | |
Guidance |
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| Every club had a sponsor who planned excursions and trips with the club. The school also had a counselor to whom the students could talk to if they had problems. |
School Fees |
| Lunch was $1.25. Students who participate in sports have to pay for their uniforms and sometimes for the bus to meetings. |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
| For more information: sanne.v@gmx.de |
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| Lexington is a suburb of Columbia, South
Carolina |
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Size of school and general information |
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| ca. 2000 students. It’s an AAAA size school. It´s very big. | |
School and Extracurricular Activities |
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| You have to take one English class and one US-history class. And, of course, follow the school rules and the dress code.There are a lot of sports offered for example: football, basketball, soccer, track, cross-country, which I did, cheerleading and in your classes you might do field trips. | |
School Fees |
| None - sometimes you have to pay for classes in a lab or something like that |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
| For more information: lukas.schuetz@gmx.de |
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| The High School has about 1400 enrolled students in the grades 9 to 12 (Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior). The official school type is Class AA. | ||
Requirements |
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| There are no special requirements and most of the teachers at this school are very fair, so just do all your homework in time and study for the weekly tests and your final exams you write in every class and you will get A’s on your report cards easily. | ||
Extracurricular Activities |
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| The school has very good sport teams. The Football team won the State Championship in 2001 and was 2nd in the 2002 season. Other teams include soccer, basketball, baseball, golf, and swimming. But there are also academic clubs, the school newspaper and best of all the yearbook team. An interesting club is Model UN in which you play the United Nations and discuss important international topics at conferences with participants from other schools. That might sound a little geeky but is definitely fun. | ||
Guidance |
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| The guidance department offers great help finding the right course for you which is very important as you only have four different courses each semester. | ||
School Fees |
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| There are no school fees, but to enrol in any high school in the US you have to be in an exchange student program. Lunch is quite good for an American High school and costs about $2.50 per day. | ||
My Evaluation |
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| For US standards LHS is quite a liberal high school with mostly kind people. Williamsburg and the area are fun, if you know where to go, as Williamsburg itself does not offer many things to do. There is a lot of military in the area and Camp Peary (training base for the CIA) though. |
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| Address: 305 Fifth St. NE Mayer,
MN, 55360. Homepage: www.lhsmayer.mn.org Purpose: Mission Statement: To prepare the next generation of Christian leaders. Mayer Lutheran High gives you a unique opportunity to get a good relationship with God and being a big part of a family. Mayer is a very small town, a 45-minute drive away from the twin cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. |
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Size of school |
| Mayer Lutheran High School is a community of approximately 300 students in grades 9-12. Students commute from 52 surrounding communities (distances of up to 30 miles), including Hutchinson, Shakopee, Buffalo, and Wayzata. Situated in a beautiful rural setting on 26 acres, the campus has an ever-expanding facility, including a 1997 addition of a state-of-the-art fine arts facility. Mayer Lutheran was founded in 1961 and is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Mayer Lutheran's student/faculty ratio is 14:1, allowing continuous opportunities for individual help and attention. |
Requirements |
| Students generally carry seven periods of classwork daily. Graduation credit requirements include: Religion 1/2 credit per semester enrolled; English 4; Social Studies 3 1/2; Science 3; Math 3; Physical Education 1 1/2; Computer Skills 1; Art 1/2; Music 1/2; Health 1/2; Fine Arts 1 1/2 credits combined Art/Music; Electives 6. Elective choices include additional credits in core courses, industrial arts and modern language opportunities. There are no special requirements for exhange students. To graduate from Lutheran High, you need to have specific credits, which you get by taking certain classes. You also need to have a specific grade point average that is about 2.75 (no problem if you do all your homework). |
Curricular and extracurricular Activities |
| Along with school activities, Lutheran High students are given many opportunities to develop new relationships, as well as maintain involvement with family, work, church and community. Over 90 percent of all Lutheran High students are involved in school-sponsored co-curricular activities. Athletics - Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Cross Country, Basketball, Cheerleading, Dance, Wrestling, Baseball, Softball, Track, and Golf; Fine Arts - Destination Imagination, Drama, and competitions; Leadership - Active Christian Teens (ACT), Student Activities Team (SAT), Worship Team, and Devotions; Music - Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, Pep Band, competitions, tours and musicals. |
Guidance |
| The counselor helped me a lot and showed me around, introduced me to the teachers and students, there are many helpful students and the principal. |
School Fees |
| The yearly school fee is about $ 5,000, but there is financial aid available. The lunch is $ 2.75. |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
Perfect, this school is unique, it is worth every cent. For more information: pascalpaul@rtlworld.de |
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| Address: 4026 Maher Street Napa, CA Homepage: http://www.justin-siena.com |
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Size of school |
| Justin-Siena is a Catholic high school. The school has about 650 students from 9th to 12th grade. |
Requirements |
| Every sudent has to take an English class, a history class and a Religion class. Every sudent has to follow the dress code. Even though it is a catholic school, it is not a requirement to be a catholic. It is a requirement to respect the catholic tradition of the school. |
Curricular and extracurricular Activities |
| Sports: The school offers about every sport
one can possibly think of. Justin-Siena is also very successful in Sport events. Music: Musical class performs a musical every 3 months. Clubs: Democrat&Republican club, History club, International Club, Chess Club, Art club. |
School Fees |
| About $8500 per year |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
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| Address: 1800 Springer
Road, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464 Lawrenceburg is a small town (20.000 inhabitants) in the south of Tennessee near the border to Alabama. For more information visit www.lawrenceburg.com. |
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Size of school |
| The school has around a 1200 students; freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors ( grade 9th-10th). |
Guidance |
| Every student was assigned to a student counsellor. I talked to him but once. When I had a problem I could talk to the teachers or the principle, they would help me out. |
Curricular and extracurricular Activities |
| Sports: football, baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, tennis, track. Others: band, chorus, theatre, and several other minor clubs |
School Fees |
| You have to pay for your lunch ( $2) and other small fees depending what classes you take (for example: if you take science classes, you have to pay a $5 lab fee). |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
| The classes are O.K., unless you take any language courses, they have a very low standard. But everybody is very friendly and helpful to you and you can make lots of friends. |
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| Address: 3300 Quimby Road,
San jose, California http://ev.ca.campusgrid.net/home
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Evergreen Valley High School befindet sich im Norden Californiens, genauer gesagt in San Jose (ca. 45min von San Fransiso entfernt). Die Schule ist mit 2500 Schülern für Amerikanische Verhältnisse mittelgroß, allerdings relativ neu. Vor drei Jahren wurde sie eröffnet und ist High Tech mäßig auf dem neuesten Stand. So steht für jeden Schüler ein Laptop mit Internet zur Verfügung. Die Traditionellen Feste wie Prom, Homecoming und Valentines day werden natürlich auch hier gefeiert. Ein Sportler besitzt an der Schule hohes ansehen, genau wie ein sehr guter Schüler. Das Niveau ist im Vergleich zum Gymnasium Steglitz eher niedrig, allerdings lassen sich Universitätskurse, so genannte AP Kurse angeboten. Außerdem dürfen Schüler in den letzten beiden Jahren, dem so genannten Junior und Senior year, in die Biotech academie gehen, was bedeutet alle Klassen werden auf dem naheliegenden Evergreen Valley College genommen. Die Schule ist sehr divers, mit einer 70% asiatischen Population (Vietnamesen, Koreaner, Inder, Chinesen und Menschen von den Philipinen). 10% sind Europäer, 15% Südamerikaner (vor allem Mexico) und 5% aus Africa Stammende. Die Schüler dort sind sehr aufgeschlossen gegenüber allem Neuen und man findet sehr schnell Freunde. Allerdings ist es eher schwierig dort mal etwas "zu unternehmen", da der so genannte curfew, d.h. die Zeit ab der man zu Hause sein muss, 11 Uhr beträgt. Das Wetter war das ganze Jahr über traumhaft, es gab an ca. 10 Tagen regen. Viele der Schüler hatten noch nie in Ihrem Leben Schnee gesehen. Alles in allem erlebte ich dort ein tolles, spannendes Jahr mit vielen Erreignissen die mein Leben geprägt haben und es weiterhin prägen werden. Einen Auslandsaufenthalt kann ich somit jedem auf´s Wärmste empfehlen. |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
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| Wayzata Public Schools 210 County Road 101 N. • P.O. Box 660 • Wayzata, MN 55391 • (763) 745-5000 |
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Size of school |
| The High School has about 3200 enrolled students in the grades 9 to 12. It is a very large school with four floors and three wings. |
Requirements |
| You just have to take US History and English classes. |
Curricular and extracurricular Activities |
| Wayzata has almost every sport and excellent drama clubs. The school is also offering language clubs and computer projects. |
School Fees |
| No fees, just lunch for $ 2.50 a day. |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
| The school has good teachers and a warm class atmosphere. It is treating foreign exchange students fairly and well. |
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| 423 W Pine St Houston, MO 65483-1147, United States |
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Size of school |
| about 350 students (9th to 12th grade) |
Requirements |
| The only requirements for exchange
students are to take an American History and an English class. Students also have to
follow the dress code and other rules from Houston High School. |
School and extracurricular Activities |
| Houston High School offers a lot
of different classes students can choose from, like some classes you can’t usually
take in Germany, for example Multimedia, Nutrition or Building Traits, and of course also
different Science, Math, English classes… Students can also choose to participate in
Extracurricular Activities, for example different Sports, Math and Science Clubs… |
School Fees |
| There are no school fees, but
students can buy lunch at the cafeteria. |
My Evaluation: ++++++ |
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