General Information
To Download or Print the Informational Meeting Slides from 9-24-2024
Frau Woodring
Middle School at Parkside
Herr Ernst
Jackson High School
What to expect in 2025
Traveling to Germany in June of 2025
- We will spend at least 5 days with the Germans in their school (going to classes, interacting with other students)
- We are planning excursions to other cities in the area
- Free time with your host families to explore different areas of Germany
- Possible trip to Hamburg, DE
- Exploring Frankfurt (castle and the old city)Walking through the mud fields near Varel (Wattwanderung)
- Welcome Party (all of the US and German Students)
- Leaving the week of June 9th and returning the week of June 23rd (exact dates tbd)
Hosting a German student in the Fall of 2025
- You will have the weekends free to explore parts of Michigan, Jackson, and/or other places if you would like
- You will host your German student for about 2 weeks.
- We will have planned field trips (Chicago, Meckley’s, Ann Arbor, Jackson, etc.)
- Your German student will shadow you some days at school!
- You are responsible for housing and feeding your German student! (As well as buy them a T-Shirt)
- House Visit in the Summer of 2025 before the German students arrive.