Laura from Germany
GIJ221

• Laura is humorous, engaging, friendly, and helpful.
• She plays the guitar and has taken lessons for the past two years. She enjoys playing handball, riding horses, and skiing.
• She is ambitious, setting goals and working to achieve them.
• She would like to experience high school spirit and develop friendships with her family and friends that will last through the years.

Jae Young from Korea
HAN010

• Jae Young is polite, respectful, and kind.
• He likes drawing comic characters and writing his own stories. For fun he plays basketball with his friends.
• He is compassionate and volunteers to help others in need.
• Jae Young is looking forward to integrating into American culture and will do his best to make his new family proud of him.

Hauke from Germany
GIJ004

• Hauke is a very lively and outgoing person. He is a self-confident and bright young man who has excellent grades. He speaks English fluently.
• He is an athletic person and his favorite sports are biking, running, and snowboarding in the winter.
• He likes fashion a lot and wants to work in the fashion field.
• He likes the American way of life and is looking forward to living and studying in the U.S. for a year.

Chutimat from Thailand
AYC016

• Chutimat "Ploy" is cheerful, friendly, and outgoing.
• Her hobbies include singing and playing the piano. She likes going to the movies, visiting the library, and going shopping with her friends.
• Ploy hopes to improve her language proficiency while in America. She is eager to share her culture with her family, friends and community. Ploy would like to sing in church, attend dances, and see the local sights with them.