I just came back after watching the Christian-based drama movie, "The Grace Card". I didn't expect it to affect me that much! There were people crying a lot in the theatre. I was so moved by this movie. It's a very good movie. I'd highly recommend you go to watch it and see what it entails, you'll be very surprised by the ending too.
Now's the time! Sharing daily life with a teenager from another country and culture is a rich and rewarding experience, and it's a wonderful way to bring more understanding into the world. If you've ever thought about welcoming an exchange student into your home and family, now's the time to learn more. AFS, the leading international high school student exchange program, needs families in our community to host high school students for an academic year or six months.New AFS high school exchange students arrive in August and leave at the end of June. Applications are already arriving in our regional offices for the fall of 2011. Now is the best time to submit your wish list to find the perfect new member of your family.
All kinds of families can host—two-parent households with or without young children or teenagers, single-parent families, families with adopted children, retirees, foster parents, as well as couples and single people who do not have children or who have grown children. One of the most important characteristics of a host family is being eager and excited to share your life and activities while providing the same kind of care, support, and comfort as you would to your own child or family members.
AFS students come from more than 60 countries and represent many different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. Local AFS Volunteers enroll students in high school and support students and their families to help both gain the most from their experience. In addition to host families, AFS needs people who are interested in becoming volunteer liaisons to work locally with families and their hosted students.
Anyone interested in learning more about, sending, hosting or volunteering with AFS should visit [link removed]. # # #
About AFS AFS is a worldwide, nonprofit, multicultural organization that has been leading international high school student exchange for more than 60 years. Each year, AFS-USA sends more than 1,400 US students abroad, provides approximately $3 million in scholarships and financial aid, and welcomes 2,500 international high school students who come to study in US high schools and live with host families. More than 6,000 volunteers in the US make the work of AFS possible.
Submitted to you by. Dr. Barbara Y. Wills, NCC, LPC Miss Tennky Area AFS Volunteer Leadership Team PR Chair [email removed]]
If you have the time, could you please answer a few questions for my research? I understand you are busy and if you cannot respond I completely understand. Please email your responses to:
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1. Does your school have an organized peer support program in place for students with disabilities or assign specific students to work with exceptional students? If so, could you briefly describe them?
2. What is the ratio of general students to exceptional students in your classes?
3. In what ways do you promote peer interaction in your classroom? To what extent do your general students interact with your exceptional student(s)?
4. Have you observed improved performance by the exceptional student in this situation?
5. Have you observed increased interaction of the student with his/her peers as a result of peer interaction or peer support?
6. What challenges and successes have you had with incorporating peer support activities for exceptional students?
I have novel about 4 elementary school teachers ready for publication and I would like to get some feedback from teachers on it. If site moderators allow this post, I would love to share some information about the book.
I am delighted with the response I've gotten on my request for opinion/advice that I asked for last week re: " This Business of Children". If anyone else is interested in contacting me, please do so. My email is [email removed].