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CHI Washington North Fall Newsletter

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Welcome to the 2012-2013 School Year.

From the Area Administrator:

I am very excited about our first Washington North News Letter of the

school year. I want to thank all of our host families who have opened their

homes and hearts to our students. Also to our wonderful High Schools who

support us and huge thank you to all our Academic Coordinators who work

very hard for our students. I know this year will be one of the best years yet.

Please email me if you have questions or concerns.

[email protected] call 425-923-7273.

Love,

LuCinda

Dates to Remember:

April 20th-22nd

Weekend with all

students from

Washington and

Oregon

May - Host family

appreciation. (Date

to be announced.)

We are looking

for host families

for fall

2013/2014. Thestudents will be

available in

January.
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Since our students arrivals and getting settled in they have been very busy:

Student BirthdaysSeptember

Felix Julian Klinke 9/5/199

Elena Eguiarte 9/12/19

Esra Coskun 9/22/19

October

Duc Minh Nguyen 10/5/19

Jessica Messner 10/15/19

Minh Anh Nguyen 10/18/19

Trung Duc Pham 10/22/19

November

Jiseop Shin 11/7/19

Wanwan Chen 11/10/19

Yosita Fuangfoowongrat

11/11/1995

Igor De Haes 11/15/1

Khangal Byambadorj

11/16/1995

Maria Teresa Mostoles

Martines 11/20/19

Chen Ye 11/20/19

Alice Odile Marie Triquet

11/21/1995

Chaeri Park 11/21/19December

Gianluca Calzavara 12/1/19

Panchita Siripattanakorn

12/5/1995

Jin Joo Shin 12/15/19

Claire Canteri 12/20/19

Jula Ella Thormann 12/26/19

Iris Veronique Didier Ryckae

12/30/1994

January

Joana Talia Zoey Hartmann

1/7/1997

Juliana Demartini Brito

1/15/1996February

Jana Hrdlovicova 2/08/19

Leonardo Felippe de Oliveira

Barbosa 2/17/19

Esperanza Macarena Corral

Lopez 2/25/19

March

Elena Jimenez Guerra

3/10/1997

Greta Sophie Gunilla Peterse

3/13/1996

Tim Philipp Krueger 3/18/19

Nicolas Sebastien H Docquie

3/24/1994

Maria Gabriela Peraldi Sada

3/30/1996

April

Ines Garcia Encabo 4/14/199

Kristina Ferechova 4/18/19

Linzhi Zou 4/19/19

Daniela Quintanilla Aguirre

4/19/1996

Fabienne Jahnel 4/21/19

Pauline Nathalie Mosch

4/21/1994

Fun Fact:On November 1st, 1980,

Tom and Lilka (cofounder) opened

California Homestay Institute.

(They never dreamed their small

organization would grow beyond the

borders of California.)

Fun Fact:Tom Areton (founder

of CHI) arrived in the United

States from Czechoslovakia in

October 1968.

Fun Fact: CHI works

with students from

more than 100

countries.

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A very special to all of the wonderful

CHI Families for opening their hearts and homes:Baker FamilyBartolovic FamilyBaye FamilyBishop FamilyCastro FamilyCollett FamilyCoonts FamilyCross FamilyCrowther FamilyCybula FamilyDailey FamilyDarst FamilyDickson FamilyEdwards FamilyFederighi FamilyGarcia-Graves FamilyGarka FamilyGough FamilyGradwohl FamilyHartley FamilyHayes FamilyHaynes FamilyHill FamilyIngerson FamilyJohnson FamilyKing Family

Logelin FamilyLum FamilyMcCarroll FamilyMcCutcheon FamilyMergens FamilyMiller FamilyPugh FamilyReimers FamilyRios FamilyRolf FamilyRosenstein FamilySchmeichel FamilySchmidt FamilySenchantixay FamilySmith FamilyThorn FamilyTungate FamilyVan Datta FamilyVan Sickle FamilyVig FamilyVolluz FamilyWallace FamilyWeller FamilyYeoman FamilyYoung Family

Thank you to all of the Academic Coordinators for their hard work.

The dedication they show to our students and their faith in

Cultural Homestay International is undoubted the best in the US.

Without these special people and the great schools that participate

with us, this educational and cultural program would not be

what it has grown to be today.

May

Mizuki Suga 5/12/1

Carolin Heinius 5/14/1

Leticia De Faria Vidale

5/18/1995

Paula Henrike Liebig

5/20/1997

Franziska Hoffmann 5/26/1

Bianka Brnusakova 5/26/1

Sataphorn Limpabandhu

5/27/1995

Nanako Ueda 5/28/1

JuneAndrea Estebaranz Escriban

6/4/1996

Lennart Liefke 6/6/1

Melody Miriam Paul 6/9/1

Marcella Silverio Queiroz

6/14/1995

Giulia Rondena 6/28/1

July

Jose Gonzalez Puga 7/4/1

Aomi Sato 7/5/1

Yago De Pazos Azpeitia

7/7/1997

Tran Bao Ly 7/13/1

Steffy Caroline Andree Dub7/13/1994

Celin-Nadine Weisser

7/18/1996

Sinje Tahnee Stockter

7/30/1995

August

Carla-Luise Eck 8/22/1

AC Birthdays:Trisha Adams 09/05

Karen Edwards 10/06

Katrina Baye 10/07

Michelle Slater 10/17Kim Levesque 11/20

Tina Sweet 12/18

Cyndi Pugh 12/20

Debora Keyes 12/26

Colleen Divacky 02/05

Helga Freeman 02/12

LuCinda Mountifiled 03/02

Tanisha Lowery 06/01

Coralee Tungate 06/15

Kerry Yeoman 06/23

Nancy Jones 06/30

Lynann Dejarnett 08/05

Cathy King 08/17
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Big city girl finds American dream in small town!!October 3, 2012 byDavid Svien

Belgium and Coupeville meet, as Wolf

cheerleaders Iris Ryckaert (right) and Breeanna

Messner share a moment on the sideline.

Iris Ryckaert is taking full advantage of her time

in America, playing volleyball in addition to

cheering. Her partner here, Emilee Crichton (on

left) also does both.

Iris Ryckaert is not from around here, and yet she fits right in.

The bubbly Coupeville High School senior, who is balancing dual roles as a Wolf

cheerleader and a volleyball player, hails from Belgium. Now the foreign exchange student has swapped all-day

school and close access to the mall in a 20,000 person city for a town where theres still a blinking light at one of

the two main intersections and where she can live out her slice of the American Dream.

Having no clue of where she would be placed she lives with a host couple in Oak Harbor and their three little

children Ryckaert came to Coupeville with no expectations. What she has found has delighted her, however.

I like Coupeville because its small, so everybody knows everybody and people are very nice!,Ryckaert said.

The advantage of this small school is that I could participate in the high school sports and that its easier to

make friends.

Im really happy to be in this lovely small town called Coupeville!, she added. Chance has it right! Because all

goes well.

At home, Ryckaert attended school from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM each day, with another two hours of homeworkon top of that. Facing an American curriculum has not been especially daunting for her, but she has enjoyed the

small differences.

School is very, very different in Belgium. Here its very easy, Ryckaert said. But what I really like in the school

here, is that the teachers and the student are like close together. Because in Belgium there is a big distance

between teachers and student. They are stricter. But here we have a lot of fun with teachers.

The addition of sports to her life in Europe they opt for club sports over high school teams and Ryckaert

played a bit of tennis has been a great cause of joy for this world traveler.

I was so excited and I really wanted to be part of a high school sports team. It was one of the things that I really

wanted to experience here, Ryckaertsaid. Ive never played volleyball before, but I really love it!!

I will probably continue volleyball next year in Belgium, she added. I really like to practice sport every day and

to stay in good shape. The games are very exciting for me, even when we lose!

Never one to back down from a challenge, Ryckaert also dove head-first into that most American of pastimes,

waving her pom poms for the most peppy coach in all the land, cheer guru Sylvia Arnold.

Cheerleading, cheerleading we dont have that in Europe either, Ryckaertsaid. Its typically American, so I

really wanted to experience cheerleading, too!
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And I love it! Its very funny and its like in the American movies, or its part of what you can call the American

dream, she added. I love cheerleading, and all the girls inside the team are lovely!

Ryckaert, who has an older sister who lives in the South of France, plans to return to the highly-charged

academic life after her year abroad. She will attend the university in her city and study economics. When she

does go home, she will take back valuable lessons with her.

I always wanted to leave one year after my high school years, Ryckaert said. The main reason is, of course, to

perfect my English, because it is, for me, essential for my professional future. But its also a human and cultural

experience because I meet a different culture, so different people.

And thanks to this year, I will be mentally stronger, because its not always easy to be far from my country and

my family, she added. Its not easy to l ive something totally different. So, Ill be more mature to confront my

future life.

2012-2013 Orientation Meeting

This year we held our Student Orientation at Best Western Cascadia Inn in Everett WA. The students were able to

meet with their Academic Coordinators and get some valuable information for their stay here in the USA while

getting introduced to other CHI Students in the area. It was wonderful to see everyone.

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Happy Birthday to Esra Coskun!

Letter from CHI founders on Founders Day:

Dear Friends,

Congratulations to all of you on the 32nd birthday of CHI. The continued healthand vitality of our organization is due to everyone's individual effort. Workingtogether we have created wonderful synergy, a symphony of achievement,giving the world so much more than any one of us ever dreamed of. You have

enriched so many lives, changed so many fates, and affected so many futures!Very few people get such an exalted opportunity, and a correspondingresponsibility, in their lives. You are indeed very special...

Next year will mark an important milestone. CHI will be 33 and I will be 66. (Yes,I was 33 when Lilka and I started CHI.) Strangely, these numbers are significantin almost every culture. From Judaism to Christianity, from Buddhism to Shinto,from mathematics to science, 33 and 66 are in ample evidence. For me, there isa certain elegance, symmetry and balance in these numbers. This, exactly, is

also my wish for all of you at CHI in this crucial year.

Both Lilka and I are certain that peaceful harmony and wise foresight will guideus safely through 2013. Happy Birthday, CHI!

With love,Tom and Lilka

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The Students getting settled in with their families and friends:

The Tradition of High School Homecoming:Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming backalumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in

many universities, colleges and high schools in North America. It usually includes activities for students and

alumni, such as sports and culture events and a parade through the streets of the city or town.

Homecoming is an annual tradition of the United States. People, towns, high schools and colleges come together,

usually in late September or early October, to welcome back alumni and former residents. It is built around a

central event, such as a banquet and, most often, a game ofAmerican football, or, on occasion, basketball, ice

hockey or soccer. When celebrated by schools, the activities vary widely. However, they usually consist of a

football game played on a school's home football field, activities for students and alumni, a parade featuring the

school's marching band and sports teams, and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen (and at many schools, a

Homecoming King). A dance commonly follows the game. When attached to a football game, Homecoming

traditionally occurs on the team's return from the longest road trip of the season. The game itself, whether it be

football or another sport, will typically feature the home team playing a considerably weaker opponent. The game

is supposed to be an "easy win" and thus weaker schools will sometimes play lower division schools.

Above: Yago De Pazos Azpeitia

with his host family, the Vigs.Above: Bianka Brnusakova and

with her host sisters andbrother. (Van Sickle Family) Above: Giulia Rondena

form Italy

Left: Damla from germany,

Patrick from Germany,

Doglas form Brazil, Carolin

from Germany and Kristina

from Slovakia.
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Homecoming Court- The Homecoming Court is a representative group of students that, in a coeducational

institution, consists of a King and Queen, and possibly Prince(s) and Princess(es). In a single-sex institution, the

Homecoming Court will usually consist of only a King and a Prince (for a male school) or a Queen and a Princess

(for a female school), although some schools may choose to join with single-gender schools of the opposite

gender to elect the Homecoming Court jointly.

Generally, the King and Queen are students completing their final years of study at their school (also calledseniors), while the Prince and Princess are underclassmen, often with a Prince/Princess for each grade. Recently,

some high schools have chosen to add categories, such as Duke and Duchess, to extend the representation ofstudents to include a category in which students with special needs are elected. In high school, 17- or 18-year-oldstudents in their final year are represented by a King or Queen; in college, students who are completing their finalyear of study, usually between 21 and 23 years old.

Classmates traditionally nominate students who have done a lot to contribute to their school, then students votefor members of the Court from the nominees. Once the Homecoming Court candidates are announced, the entire

student body votes for the Queen and King. The voting is often conducted by secret ballot, but other methods mayalso be used by certain schools.

Local rules determine when the Homecoming Queen and King are crowned. Sometimes, the big announcementcomes at a pep rally, school assembly, or public ceremony one or more days before the football game. Otherschools crown their royalty at the Homecoming football game, a dance or other school event.

Often, the previous year's Queen and King are invited back to crown their successors. If they are absent forwhatever reason, someone elseusually, another previous Queen or King, a popular teacher, or other designated

personwill perform those duties. Usually, the Queen is crowned first, followed by the King. The crowningmethod also varies by school.

Homecoming court members who are not crowned king or queen are often called escorts or royalty. They areoften expected to participate in the week's activities as well. At some schools, a Homecoming Prince/Princess,

Duke/Duchess, etc. (often underclassmen nominated by their classmates) are crowned along with the King andQueen; sometimes, middle school and junior high students may partake in the high school activities.

The Homecoming Dance- usually the culminating event of the week (for high schools)is a formal or informal

event, either at the school or an off-campus location. The venue is decorated, and either a disc jockey or band is

hired to play music. In many ways, it is a fall prom. Homecoming dances could be informal as well just like

standard school dances. At high schools, the homecoming dances are sometimes held in the high school

gymnasium or outside in a large field.
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Many of our students participated in one way or another in this American high school

tradition and we were able to get some of their pictures:

Pictured: Panchita Siripattanakorn

from Thailand with her friends for

homecoming.

Pictured Above: Melody Paul from Belgium

showing her homecoming support, and

sense of humor.

Pictured Right & Below: Celin-Nadine

Weisser from Germany with her friends.

Pictured Below: Yago de Pazos Azpeitia from

Spain being crowned Sophomore Royalty at

the Homecoming Football Game in Sequim.

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Homecoming Continued:

From all of us at Cultural Homestay

International, we hope you had a

wonderful Holiday Season and

have a fantastic year.

Contact Publisher:

If you have something wonderful to share about your student or students, send all the information to me including pictures,

what they did or received, vacations you went on, ECT

Please contact me at: Calais [email protected]

Our "son" Felix

Klinke made

homecoming royalty

for the junior class.

Tonight

is the big football

game where they

will be driven

around the field

and go up on stage.

Afterwards is a

dance. What an

exciting day for

him. The Garcia-

Graves Family

Pictured Above: Paula Liebig from

Germany, out to dinner for

Homecoming. It was lots of fun :)

Paula

Pictured Above: Sataphorn Limpabandhu (Tong) from Thailand and,

Celin-Nadine Weisser. That was so fun! I very like it!

And I'm very happy in here because I got the best host family (Jan

Hayes) she so kind and I love her. Thank you. Tong.

Elena Eguiarte from Mexico and hostsister Lauren dressed up for Crescent

high school cultural days.
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