The PAX University student Exchange software is at present searching for host family members in San Diego and the bordering places (La Mesa, El Cajon, Santee, Poway, and Nationwide Town)!
PAX pupils are 15-18 many years aged, proficient in English, have their individual well being insurance policy, and are keen to experience what lifetime is like in the US! Host families offer PAX learners with a mattress, meals, a tranquil place to analyze, and a supportive surroundings where by they can engage in day-to-day American life. In flip, PAX learners share their nation and lifestyle in addition to providing a fresh viewpoint. All kinds of people are welcome to host, whether or not solitary dad and mom, retirees, or families with little ones of their possess.
Family members can choose a scholar centered on a amount of variables, which include hobbies they might have in common with host relatives customers. Host family members are not obligated to take learners on journeys or entertain them. Potential host households should comprehensive an on-line software and track record examine.
The nearby coordinator is the student’s advocate through the household remain, supplies support to the host relatives, organizes occasional gatherings for learners, and communicates month-to-month with the university student and host relatives.
PAX also enables for “Welcome Families” for everyone who is not sure they want to host for the full university yr. Welcome people greet learners at the airport, assistance them get acquainted with their new university and neighborhood, and get to love the pleasurable of sharing so quite a few “firsts” with the exchange college student they welcome into their dwelling. The PAX group coordinator then performs to recognize an additional relatives in the exact same school community–perhaps between the exchange student’s new faculty friends–who are ready to host the pupil for the remainder of the school year. Welcome families typically host for 6-8 months.
PAX also delivers a referral incentive to any non-profit business of $150 for every family referral that hosts a scholar.
If you or somebody you know could possibly be intrigued in internet hosting a student or would like far more facts, make sure you call me or stop by our internet site at pax.org.
Jasmine Lopez
PAX Group Coordinator
(858) 220-8731
jasminetlopez@gmail.com