Cholet Exchange 2011
October 14 -28
Mr. Robert Hall
Fairview High School
7460 McCray Rd.
Fairview, PA 16415
Phone (814) 474-2600 ext. 3124
e-mail: fhsmonsieur@roadrunner.com
DUTIES/EXPECTATIONS OF HOST FAMILIES
1. Pick up your students at Fairview High School on the day of their arrival, Friday, October 14. Their flight (Continental #3295) is scheduled to land in Buffalo at 5:13 pm. We will greet them with a reception in the FHS cafeteria at approximately 7:15. We normally keep this brief since they are tired from their long trip. But, since the football team plays in Girard at 7:00 that night, we'll make it even quicker. We may keep them up a bit longer than usual, but they can sleep in Saturday. [During some years they have needed to arrive at school the next morning.]
2. Make them feel at home. Remember, they have families of their own very far away. They will probably miss them when they get tired or lonely.
3. Give them a place to sleep (preferably their own room) and somewhere to put their belongings.
4. You will receive a copy of the planned field trips. Please let your students know what they will be doing, what the weather will be like and how they should dress. Also, offer to pack a lunch for them for these excursions.
5. The students need to become part of your family during the time they are staying with you. If the host student has an activity after school, (for example, football practice or a job) see if the French student can come along. If not, please make arrangements for them to be occupied. For example, they could do something with the rest of your family, or get together with some of the other students. Of course, there will also be times where you and they need to relax and plan nothing.
6. It is important that you treat the students the way you would want to be treated if you were visiting them in France. Make an effort to get to know them. Ask about their families, their schools, their favorite pastimes. Learn about their way of life. Share the same information about yourselves.
7. The students must be able to reach their French chaperones by telephone. They may not be sure how to use our telephones (i.e. when to use area codes, etc), so make sure you show them, if necessary.
They will probably want to call home when they arrive. They may have credit cards numbers or the numbers to call home collect, but they may be shy about asking to use the phone.
8. They may also be shy about asking you to do their laundry. Please insist that they allow you to do this for them. [But, if they're like me, they may insist on doing their own laundry - you make the call!]
9. The students will get to school the same way you do. If you ride the bus, they ride with you. If you drive to school, make sure you take them as well.
10. On October 27 we will have a farewell potluck dinner in the FHS cafeteria. Since this will be a tureen style dinner. I'd like to divide the food types among the hosts families alphabetically.
A-L: Please bring a main dish and salad-type dish.
M-Z: Please bring a main dish and dessert-type dish.
11. Get them to the FHS North parking lot for their departure. On Friday, October 28 they will spend the day in New York City. They have a 6:18 am flight from Buffalo to Newark. Therefore they will leave Fairview at approximately 3:00 am.
12. Enjoy this experience and make a lifelong friendship and an international connection. Hopefully you'll keep in touch with your correspondant for many years to come. You may have the chance to be reunited when we go back to Cholet in 2013!
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