Host Family to High School Exchange Student

Be a Host Family to a High School Exchange Student

Education Travel & Culture is a unique, personalized organization that provides inbound program opportunities for high school students throughout the world to study in an American high school and live with an American family.

We partner with the U.S. Department of State to find homes for high school foreign exchange students coming to the USA on a J-1 visa. Students arrive from a variety of countries, aged 14-18, and are looking for an American family to share this once-in-a-lifetime experience.

• Ensure a safe and nurturing home environment for the student
• Provide a private room (or share with a similarly aged host sibling) and their own bed
• Serve 3 meals per day
• Provide transportation to and from school and extracurricular activities
• Give love, support, and guidance
• Explore cultural differences and find common ground
• Accept families with or without children

• Bring their own spending money and health insurance
• Have good English skills
• Are highly screened for the program
• Excited to meet their American family

• Learn a new culture through food, music, and language
• Share your own culture with an exchange student
• Add another member to your family
• Help an exchange student receive an American education and life‑changing experience

Hear from The Rogers Family, a former host family: "Our exchange student has been such a blessing in our lives. We had no idea we were missing anything until she came into our lives. Having a host daughter has made us laugh harder than we ever have before. It’s been so special to see my kids love her, bond with her, and my daughter’s closest confidant in a time of her life.

She has become not just a daughter to me, but my friend."

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