Bianca (15 years old at arrival)

Katharina (16 years old at arrival)

Nicolas (15 years old at arrival)

Theresa (15 years old at arrival)

Giancomo (16 years old at arrival)

Lorenzo (17 years old at arrival)

Valentina (16 years old at arrival)

Soichiro (16 years old at arrival)

Yudai (15 years old at arrival)

Austria

Germany

Italy

Japan

Father is a banker and her mother is a teacher. Has a twin sister. studied 5 years of English and 3 years of Spanish. Attends a Spanish Immersion High School. Swimming, jogging, basketball, volleyball, snowboarding and dancing. Independent, open-minded, self-confident, talkative, and respectful. Also cheerful, helpful and adaptable. Bianca likes to have fun and she is funny too. Spending time with friends. Well-liked by her classmates and her teachers. Occasionally attends Catholic Services. She would like teenage host siblings, dogs, but she is allergic to cats and horses.

Her Dad is an engineer and her Mom is a housewife. She has an older brother. 5 years of English, 1 year of Russian, and 3 years of Latin. An interested, motivated and reliable student. Her favorite subjects are Art, English, and PE. Well-liked by her classmates. She likes volleyball, drawing, music, and bowling. She wants to learn to play the drums. Katharina is ambitious, friendly, and honest. She is also helpful, a good friend, fun, and creative. At home, she attends church weekly. Katharina wants to play volleyball on exchange.

Both parents are doctors. Has a younger sister, but he has always wanted a brother. His Mother is an AFS returnee. 6 years of English ; a good student. From a small town. He plays soccer and the drums. He plays competitive tennis. He also likes to swim and to snowboard. He likes to camp. Family goes to musicals and theatre. Nicolas is independent. He is also friendly, polite, adaptable, and helpful. He has a good sense of humor. He would like to have a host brother and a dog in his host family.

Both parents work in business. Her parents are divorced. An older sister. 6 years of English, 4 years of French, and 4 years of Swedish. Soccer, snowboarding, swimming, and sailing. She works in her parish church organizing events for children. She enjoys babysitting. She enjoys reading books and listening to music. Theresa is open-minded, responsible, ambitious, helpful, and independent.

Parents are businesspersons. Older sister. 6 years of English and 3 of German. Excellent student. Attends a technical school. Soccer, skiing, and scouts. Likes meeting new people. Well-liked by friends, scouts, and teachers. Active, patient, helpful, positive, flexible and respectful. Also, easy-going and sweet natured. Attends Catholic services weekly at home, but not necessary while on exchange.

8 years of English and 6 of French and a good student. Dad is a doctor and Mom is a nurse. They met volunteering in Africa. Younger brother. Soccer, sailing, biking, and electrical guitar. Friendly, curious, open-minded, easy-going, and sincere. Also responsible, helpful, independent, and self-reliant. Curious about the world. Wants to be a doctor.

Dad is a banker and Mom is a housewife. Seeks advice often from parents. Relationship with parents based on trust and dialogue. Older sister. Attends music school. Plays bass guitar. Loves reading. Also likes cinema. Interested in art. Fascinated by science. Own person. Tolerant, independent, and determined. Never enough time in a day. She wants to be a researcher in the field of science.

Mother is a doctor and father is an accountant. 4 years of English. Likes history, and reading novels. Also likes baseball, basketball, rowing and soccer. Team sports. Patient, independent, a bit shy, intelligent, studious, punctual, thoughtful, and helpful. Would love a host family with a dog. Wants to study Japanese history at university.

His Dad works in an industrial gas company and his Mom is a school nurse. Has three younger brothers. 8 years of English. Loves all kinds of sports, but tennis is his passion. Soccer, volleyball, swimming, and bowling. Working out. Hardworking, mature, and dedicated student. Well-liked by all. Friendly. Yudai wants to study Humanities at University. He would like to play high school tennis.

Dad is self-employed in the bakery business. Mom is a teacher. Younger sister. Enjoys family activities. 6 years of English, 5 years of German, and 5 years of French. Likes volleyball. Works on school newspaper. Cooks. Open-minded, outgoing, competitive, creative, and adaptable. Good sense of humor. Trustworthy. Helpful around house. Lives in a small town. Works as a waitress. Wants to study public relations at University. Great if host family has a dog. Michelle can only attend Eagle Harbor, Enumclaw, Friday Harbor HS, Mt Baker, and Shorewood since she is a graduate.

Michelle (18 years old at arrival)

Netherlands

Moritz (15 years old at arrival)

His Dad is a sales manager and his Mom is a businesswoman. He has studied 5 years of English, and 4 years of Latin. He is an excellent student. Moritz likes volleyball, soccer, swimming, and snowboarding. He is outgoing, open-minded, cooperative, honest, and easy-going. He is also ambitious, self-motivated, and organized. He wants to be either a professional volleyball player or an architect.

Her Dad is an architect and her mother is a clerical secretary. Lives in a bi-lingual house as Mother is German and Father is French. Two younger brothers. Likes to hike ski, swim, and camp. Likes being outdoors. Cooking. Movies. Plays the flute and takes singing lessons. Is a scout leader and responsible for a group of young children. Good listener. Independent, ambitious, serious, happy, and spontaneous. Easy-going. Wants to study medicine at University.

Jeanne (17 years old at arrival)

Switzerland

Mom is an interior designer and Dad is in the military. Only child. Lives next door to relatives. 12 years of English. Good student. Tennis once a week and guitar twice a week. Member of Dreams and Teams Club associated with British Council. Enjoys reading. Large group of friends with varied interests. Self-confident, friendly, self-motivated, energetic, and funny. Independent. Loves to try new things. Natcha’s moral is “Past is history, future is mystery, and present is the gift.” Wants to study logistics as related to commerce and accountancy at University.

Natcha (15 years old at arrival)

Thailand

Both parents are businesspersons. Has an older sister. Their family is close-knit. An excellent student and 5 years of English. Dances jazz, plays the guitar and the piano. Also travels, swims, and goes to the movies. Volunteers for a program called INTERACT short for International Action helping organize activities for lesser fortunate children, food drives etc. Self-disciplined, hardworking ,open-minded and calm. Her mother says that she is kind and sweet-natured. Marina says that “one should never stop learning new things.” Marina wants to be a lawyer.

Marina (15 years old at arrival)

Brazil

Parents both accountants. An older sister(1984) and a younger brother (1998).3 years of English. Excellent student. Class president. Competitive swimmer who has swum for his city and for his country. Fernando wants to swim during his AFS year. Teachers state that Fernando is even tempered, respectful, hard working, and academically motivated. His Mom says that he is a boy with good principles and good morals. He always tells the truth. Fernando’s parents will pay for club swimming costs when he is here.

Fernando (17 years old at arrival)

Chile

His Dad is a manager and his Mom is a section chief. Only child.Studied English for 6 years. Excellent student. Basketball, running, table tennis, and swimming. Loves being outdoors. Spends most of his leisure times with friends. Likes museums. Plays the violin. Movies once a month. Easygoing, sensible, and helpful. Parents state Fanyu is kind-hearted ,easy-going, respectful and sincere. Well-liked by friends, relatives neighbors and teachers. . Parents see this year as a year for Fanyu to become more self-confident and less shy. Would like host family to have a host sibling.

Fanyu (15 years old at arrival)

China

Dad is a consultant for Telecom ;mother is a bank teller. Two older siblings have been AFS exchange students. Family hosted a Brazilian girl. 5 years of English. A good student. Swimming, soccer, and rugby. Enjoys cooking. In middle school, Did ballet, karate, and gymnastics. Played the oboe and took singing classes. Her parents are divorced but her Dad lives nearby so she sees him often.

Marie-Ange (16 years old at arrival)

France

Give the Gift of Friendship

Host An AFS student for the 09/10 School Year.

Exchange students placed in Seattle public schools are grandfathered into the schools where your own child attends. For the Seattle families without children in the public high schools, it is potluck for the school assignment.

AFS families are not paid with money but with everlasting memories. Host families are responsible for room and board including school lunches. Students have personal spending money and full health benefits. Students are supported by a student/family liaison and three overnight orientations spaced throughout the year.

If you see a student who you would like to host, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY e-mail Heidi Cook, the Hosting Coordinator for AFS Greater Puget Sound at heidicook@aol.com. Heidi will know if the student whom you would like to host is a good fit for the closest school to your home. Sadly, we have some schools with language requirements for exchange students. Best student/family placements are based on shared leisure interests not exclusively on language and nationality alone. Heidi will reserve your chosen student for your family and start the hosting process.

These students need to family and school placed by the mid-June2009. However, some of our school districts/school do not accept exchange students after June 1. Do not procrastinate as the early bird gets the worm/exchange student.

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