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Exchanging Students Have you ever read about students and schools in other countries? While some foreign schools may have different schedules than yours or teach other subjects, students all around the world are more alike than different. Exchange students get the chance to experience life in a foreign country, sometimes including going to school. (An exchange student is ayoung person who lives and sometimes studies in another country for a period of time.) This week, as many kids get ready to head back to school, The Mini Page learns more about exchange student programs.Looking ahead You may be too young right now to actually travel to another country to live and study. But it’s never too early to think about whether you might like to study abroad (in a foreign country) when you’re older.

Types of programs Not all exchange programs include going to school. Some take place during the summer months, when most schools in the United States are on vacation. Students live with a family in another country and learn about the culture, or way of life. They also may have the chance to become better speakers of another language. Exchange students may also travel to another country to provide a service, such as building schools, promoting good health, or teaching younger children.

Hosting a student Do you know any families who are hosting an exchange student? Experts say the best way to find out whether you’re interested in studying abroad is to host a student in your home. Having a foreign student in your home is a chance for a younger kid to become a “teacher.” You can help your visitor learn our language and understand our culture. You can be an ambassador, or representative, for your hometown and your country. A visiting student can be a role model and offer a younger host “sibling” a new way of looking at the world.

These teenagers in Arkansas include both inbound (those from other countries studying here) and outbound (those from here going to another country)students. They are part of the Rotary Youth Exchange program.

photo courtesy Rotary District 6150

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What Would You Share?

Words that remind us of studying abroad are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: ABROAD, AMBASSADOR, COMMUNITY, COUNTRY, CULTURE, CUSTOMS, EXCHANGE, FLEXIBLE, FLUENT, FOREIGN, HOST, INBOUND, LANGUAGE, OUTBOUND, SERVICE, STEREOTYPE, STUDENT, WORLD.

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The Mini Page provides ideas for websites, books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics.On the Web: • bit.ly/1dCwpAO • scoutingmagazine.org/issues/9809/a-hfex.html • For parents: getstarted.csiet.orgAt the library: • “Big Nate and Friends” by Lincoln Peirce • “The Exchange Student (Malcolm in the Middle)” by Pamela Pollack • For parents: “Advisory List of International Educational Travel and Exchange Programs” by CSIET

If your family hosted an exchange student, what would you like to share about your life with your visitor? Look through your newspaper for ideas, and think about what you would want your visitor to experience while he or she is here.About my area • In my city, I would take my exchange student to ______________ to learn more about my area’s history. • I would like to show my student the beautiful ____________________ (mountains? ocean? forests? fields?) near where I live. • My area is famous for _________ __________ . I would want to share more about that with my student. • I’d like to ride bikes around my neighborhood and show my exchange brother or sister __________________ .

Entertainment • I would invite my exchange student to see the movie _________________ with me. • I would like to share my favorite book(s), ____________ _________________ , with my visitor. • We would watch a good show, ___________________ , on TV. • I wonder if my student would like to play, _________________ , a fun video game?Food • The meal I like best at home is ___________________ . • I would take my exchange brother or sister to my favorite restaurant, ____________________________ . • I definitely would share my favorite snack, ___________________ , with my student.

Sports • My family follows the sport of ________________ . I wonder if our visitor would know the rules? • I would like my student to watch me play _________________ . • I’d like to try a new sport, ________________ . I wonder if my student plays that?Getting to know you • I’d like to show my student _____________ to share more about my family. • I hope my student will tell me about life in his or her country. I would like to know ________________ . • If my exchange brother or sister is here over a holiday, I want to share my family’s tradition of ___________________ with him or her.

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Rookie Cookie’s RecipePineapple Pudding Cake

You’ll need:• 1 box white cake mix• 3 whole eggs• 1 large can crushed pineapple

(with juice)What to do:1. Prepare cake mix according to package directions; be sure to use 3 whole

eggs (not just egg whites).2. Pour cake batter into 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish coated with cooking

spray. Bake according to package directions.3. After removing from oven, immediately pierce holes in the cake with a

fork. Pour canned pineapple and juice over top of cake. Allow to cool.4. Prepare pudding according to package directions. Spread pudding over

top of pineapple.5. Spread whipped topping over pudding.6. Top with shredded coconut and chill before serving.You will need an adult’s help with this recipe. from The Mini Page © 2013 Universal Uclick

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Meet Laura Bailey Laura Bailey is the voice of Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff in the Disney XD series “Marvel’s Avengers Assemble.” She has acted in several movies and TV shows, including “Walker, Texas Ranger.” Laura has been a voice actor in several TV shows, movies and video games. The TV shows include “Dragon Ball Z,” “Marvel’s The Super Hero Squad Show” and “Marvel’s Iron Man” anime series. The movies include the “Monster High” TV movies and “Space Chimps 2: Zartog

Strikes Back.” Her video game roles have been in “Star Wars: The Old Republic,” “Lord of the Rings: War in the North” and “Final Fantasy XIII.” Laura, 32, grew up in Dallas and studied acting in college. She is married to fellow voice actor Travis Willingham, who is the voice of Thor in “Marvel’s Avengers Assemble.” They live in Los Angeles.


Sydney: What’s a good way to catch a squirrel?Spencer: Climb a tree and act like a nut!

Shelley: What is a squirrel’s favorite breakfast food?

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Simon: What happens when you cross a kangaroo with a squirrel?

Sherry: You get a creature that can carry acorns in its pocket!

Mini Spy . . .Mini Spy loves to meet the new foreign exchange students at school. See if you can find: • exclamation mark• fish • star • snake • heart • acorn• alligator • letter I • letter F • word MINI• sock • kite • ladder • ring • number 3• letter B • number 7 • letter A • letter H• meat cleaver • number 2 • two letter E’s

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Supersport: Angel McCoughtryHeight: 6-1 Birthdate: 9-10-86Weight: 160 Hometown: Baltimore, Md. Playing basketball against the Atlanta Dream’s Angel McCoughtry can turn into a nightmare. Ask any WNBA opponent. In late July, McCoughtry was averaging 20.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists and had helped put Atlanta atop its division. A former record-setting star at Louisville, McCoughtry has sparkled as a pro from the get-go. Her honors include

Rookie of the Year, All-WNBA and a scoring title (21.4 average) last year. In 2012, she added more glitter to her record: an Olympic gold medal. Off the court, McCoughtry created a foundation that helps youth reach their goals. She also has a passion for music and has done some recording. But this summer her dream is to help the Dream win a WNBA title.

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Why Study Abroad?

The Mini Page StaffBetty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist

Each year, tens of thousands of students travel to another country to study. Most of them are high school or college students.Benefits for students The U.S. Department of State, which oversees all student exchange programs, believes that these opportunities help young people understand other cultures and lead us to a more peaceful world. Experts say students get many benefits from studying abroad, including: • improving skills in a second language. • experiencing another part of the world, including its food, customs, games, etc. • seeing oneself as part of a global community and feeling more connected to the world.Challenges Students who study abroad will also have challenges. They’ll have to adjust to a different schedule and learn different ways of doing things. In addition, students must be willing to miss some things at home, such as family events, sports seasons or special occasions like prom.

Is exchange in your future? Do you think you might want to travel to a foreign country to study one day? Experts say you can begin thinking about it now. • Ask your family about people they know from other countries. Have you met them? • Talk with classmates, teachers or other friends who come from other countries. Ask about their culture and school. Be curious! • Study foreign languages if they are offered in your school. The earlier you start, the more fluent, or able to speak easily and smoothly, you’ll become. • Ask your family about hosting a student. Having an exchange student in your home will show you and your family a lot about what it’s like to be an exchange student. • If you can’t host, maybe you can interact with a student staying with another family. Ask the student to dinner, or offer to show the student the sights in your town.

Benefits for host families Exchange programs also help members of the families that host students. For example: • Hosting shows the family a different way of looking at their own city, home and the world. • Host families may learn some of their exchange student’s native language. • Exchange students and host families may overcome stereotypes, or ideas that people have about others that may be untrue. • Families may form relationships with their students that continue after the exchange is over. “It’s like discovering a cousin in another country that you didn’t know you had,” one expert told The Mini Page. Flexibility is important in a host family. Exchange students may have different habits or have difficulty with the language. But overcoming such challenges can make the experience better in the long run.

Mareike (third from left), an exchange student from Germany, spent a year with a family in the Kansas City area. During her exchange she also visited San Francisco and North Carolina.

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The Mini Page thanks Christopher Page, executive director of the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel, and Don Peters, Co-Youth Exchange Officer, Rotary District 6150, for help with this issue.

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