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GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITIES!
2008
Tulsa-Utsunomiya Student Exchange Program
Is Seeking Host Families and Travelers
Have you ever wanted to learn more about Japan? How about
"adopting" a Japanese student for a few days this
spring? Two groups will arrive in Tulsa in March for a week.
Or you might consider traveling to Japan in June.
When you open your home to one of these students, your family
will have a meaningful experience you will never forget! Since
1995, our Sister City of Utsunomiya, Japan, has sent students
to Tulsa for homestays and school visits. More than a dozen
schools have welcomed our sister city friends over the years.
The friendships formed have been numerous and the memories
incredible!
Interested families will attend an orientation and will be
invited to participate in a potluck dinner. While in Tulsa,
the Japanese students will attend local schools with their
host family kids for three days and spend two days of community
service and sight-seeing. Students also will have an unscheduled
weekend, in which families can enjoy time with thier visitors.
Host
Family application & principal forms are due by Feburary
28. If you are interested in hosting a student, please
contact Tulsa Global Alliance at 591-4750. For more information,
contact Rebecca Fowler, 591-5251, rfowler@dsda.com or Gayle
Long, 481-3624, glong2825@aol.com.
2008
Student Exchange Opportunities
- 25 Japanese middle school students
& 3 chaperones visit Tulsa March 28-April 4, 2008.
- 15 Tulsa Students (graduates
of grades 7-12) travel to Japan June 5-15, 2008.
SEE PICTURES
ANNUAL STUDENT
STUDY TRIP & CULTURAL EXCHANGE
WHEN / WHERE:
Incoming Japanese visitors: Utsunomiya to Tulsa-March
28-April 4 (approx. 25). If you would like to be a host family,
sign
up here.
Outgoing Tulsa Students: Tulsa to Utsunomiya-June 5-15.
If you want to travel to Japan, sign
up here.
WHO: Students from
Tulsa who graduates of grades 7-12 and 3-4 chaperones travel
to Japan to attend Japanese school and learn about Japanese
culture.
WHAT: Visiting students
spend approximately 6 days with host families, attend 3-4
days of school with host students. Principal
Forms are required for hosting & travel, visit local
sights and attend a host family farewell potluck dinner. Chaperones
often have their own special interest itineraries that often
include a school visit and professional or special interest
appointments.
Host families must complete
application forms. They are required to attend the host
family orientation meeting, provide all meals, a separate
bed for their guest and transportation to/from school. The
orientation is an obligatory meeting when host families will
learn the name, address and other details of the student they'll
host and receive tips about hosting a foreign visitor.
A reciprocal trip to Utsunomiya
is made when Tulsa-area students who are 7th, 8th or 9th grade
graduates go to Utsunomiya in June soon after the school year
ends. At least three (3) orientation sessions are required
to cover travel arrangements, simple language practice and
an introduction to Japanese culture and lifestyle. A Traveler's
application and
Principal form are required. A passport is needed in order
to book your airline ticket. If you don't have a passport,
we strongly suggest getting it immediately..
COST FOR TRAVELERS:
The cost for the student exchange trip to Utsunomiya is $1,650,
payable to Tulsa Global Alliance (please write Utsunomiya
in the message line). The cost for the flight, transportation
to Utsunomiya, health insurance and administration will be
$1,650. Your payment must be received by Monday, April 24.
If you wish to pay by check, please make it out to TGA and
mail or hand-deliver it to Bob Lieser at Tulsa Global Alliance,
800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa 74104-3126 (located on the campus
of The University of Tulsa. Directions
to the office). Cost does not include passport fees. GET
YOUR PASSPORT EARLY. Travelers should plan on taking about
$100-200 in spending money for souvenirs and incidentals.
Scholarships are being considered.
PROGRAM PURPOSE: To annually give Tulsa and Utsunomiya
students educational and cultural experiences promoting better
world understanding and friendship between our two cities.
The students have the opportunity to visit the other city,
live with a host family for a week and attend school.
ELIGIBILITY:
Any Tulsa or Utsunomiya student in 7th, 8th or 9th grade who
is mature enough to benefit from the experience and who will
be a creditable representative of Tulsa and Utsunomiya may
apply. Nearly 20 area middle and high schools have participated
over the years.
Please join us in presenting this amazing program that opens
our youth's horizons, giving them a new window on our world.
This is a wonderful volunteer host family opportunity for
the entire family and an opportunity to welcome a Japanese
student into our home and classrooms. This program started
in 1995 when Utsunomiya sent its first middle school group
to Tulsa. Tulsa responded in kind for the first time in June
2001.
Student
Exchange Coordinator
Rebecca M. Fowler
Utsunomiya Partnership Chair
Gayle
Long
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