International Student Exchange (ISE) is looking for host families who are open to new adventures with an exchange student this year. Host families provide room (can be shared), board, help with transportation and a loving, supportive environment. Please read about several available students and contact Karen Hamilton if you would like more info or to host! KarenLynn25@hotmail.com or (330)328-9943. www.iseusa.org
Below are some students looking for host families for the 2025/2026 school year. Please consider hosting! Head to www.iseusa.org to start the hosting process!
Lise from France
"My name is Lise, I'm sociable and a good listener, I can't wait to start this journey and meet you. I live with my parents and brother in a country town. We often go out together and I'm very close to my family. I always try to help my family. At home, I'm very independent: I cook on my own, do the housework and help with household chores. I'm patient and persevering. I've always liked going to
school, even though I was shy. Over time, I've learned to assert myself and be at ease with others. I participate a lot in class and apply myself to my work. I do my homework when I get home from school, and I don't hesitate to ask my teachers, friends or parents for help if I don't understand something."
"My name is Ricardo and I'm a positive and sociable fourteen-year-old boy. I would describe myself as an honest, reliable, helpful and open person who can keep himself busy. I’m a curious and adventurous person, which is one of the reasons why I would really love to visit an American High school for one year. I also like to try new things and challenge myself."
"My name is Nicolas and I am 15 years old. I live with my parents and my two brothers (18 years old and 11 years old) in Gauting, a town near Munich in Bavaria/South Germany. My mother works for a international bank in the real estate department, my father is actually an architect, but now works as an executive manager in an international real estate company. I attend the 10th grade at the Otto-
von-Taube Gymnasium, a public high school in Gauting. As I have chosen the language branch I will be learning at least three different languages (so far: Latin, English and French). In my free time, I do a lot of sports (mainly baseball, soccer, basketball and fitness), I also often meet up with friends and
twice a month I work in the checkroom at our small local theater to earn a little money of my own. In the winter I love to go skiing and snowboarding. By chance, I was allowed to play a minor role in two smaller film productions and continuing that I would like to join the theater group at school in the future. In the last school year I volunteered as a tutor for the fifth graders at my school, and I am also a member of a church youth group and would like to get involved as a group leader there in the future (this is only possible from the age of 16)."
