The Rotary Club of Appleton will be presenting an informational meeting on the Rotary Youth Exchange on Tuesday, September 20 at 6:00 p.m. at the Appleton Public Library in meeting room D. The full year and the short term (summer) exchange programs will be discussed.
Interested high school students who are in the top 50% of their class and who will be between the ages of 15 and 18.5 on their departure (if selected) in the summer of 2012 should attend this meeting with at least one parent. Rotary is primarily looking for a sophomore or junior student. Some exceptions can be made for seniors. It does not matter whether your parents are members of a Rotary Club - the program is open to children of Rotarian's and non-Rotarian's alike. Exchange student candidates must be outgoing, self-confident, friendly, adaptable, and adventurous, willing to learn a foreign language, with above average grades in school. The application form will require you to tell about yourself your family, and provide references from school teachers and/or administrators.
The mission of the Rotary Youth Exchange is to foster world peace, international understanding and good will by extending international communication at the personal level through the exchange of students of high school age. It is our hope that these young people will be able to observe, first hand, the problems and accomplishments of other countries by living with and meeting people of cultures, creeds and colors other than their own. For further details follow this link.
http://www.rye6220.org/dbimages/Am_I_eligible_to_be_a_Rotary_Exchange_Student_8-09.pdf
Questions can be referred to Steve Taylor at 731-4351 or Robb Waugus at 450-9201.
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