CIEE CHRISTMAS PARTY

We got together to celebrate the holidays on December 10, the day after several of us did community service work at Christmas Charities Year Round. The students brought a dish from their home countries to share.

Students pose for a photo

Students play a game of Jenga

Ben makes a move

Vishvam plays Dirty Santa

Dig in

CIEE HALLOWEEN PARTY

Everyone had a great time at the CIEE Halloween party at Jim and Mary's! Amazing costumes!

HUNTSVILLE WEEKEND

CIEE students, host families and LCs from Georgia and Tennessee joined us in Huntsville for the weekend of October 14 and 15. First, we visited the U.S. Space & Rocket Center where we toured the exhibitions, rode Space Shot and the other simulators and watched a captivating IMAX movie about space exploration. Next we visited the Huntsville Botanical Garden, one of the top ten attractions in the southeastern United States. We wrapped up our Saturday at Bridge Street Town Center where everyone enjoyed a wide variety of shopping and restaurants.  The weekend concluded Sunday morning with a tour of nearby Cathedral Caverns, one of the largest and most beautiful caves in the world.

Students pose for a picture under the Saturn V

Space Shot

Three students enjoy the beautiful weather in Space Park

Zahid and Vishvam climb the rock wall

Vishvam turns his head for a photo

Students pose for a photo at the entrance to the Botanical Gardens

Friends from around the world 

Artistic pose in front of area set up for wedding

Mary and Hank in Butterfly House

Students pose for a picture at the entrance to Cathedral Caverns

Goliath

Waterfall

Cathedral Room

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL A BIG SUCCESS!!

CIEE participated in iFest, UAH's annal international festival that celebrates the diversity of cultures in our area.  We set up a booth to promote CIEE's high school program and to recruit future host families.  Students earned community service hours as the promoted CIEE and enjoyed the festival. Thanks to the good work of the CIEE representatives, fourteen families requested that we send them information about becoming a host family!

FUN ON THE ELK RIVER

CIEE students, LC's and host families from Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia met for an afternoon on the Elk River in Kelso, Tennessee. Some of us kayaked and some of us canoed but we all had fun.

We're off!

Mary in the lead looks back at the slower boaters!

Rebecca and John on the river.

Pulling boats onto land after an afternoon on the river.

We pose for a photo at the end of the trip.

Enjoying a snack back at the cars.

WELCOME PARTY

The Switzer Family hosted the Welcome Party at their beauitiful home. With their sweeping yard, sparkling pool, basketball hoops and outdoor kitchen, they have the perfect place for a party. Everyone enjoyed swimming, visiting with one another, playing basketball and corn hole and of course the delicious food!

Elena from Spain (left) and Alexa from Ukraine (right)
with Alexa's host sister, Carolyn

Young people enjoying one anothers company

Kofi from Ghana (left) with his exchange brother, Zahid from Azerbaijan (right)

The Switzer's fire up the grill

Everyone chows down

Ben (left) and Tony (right) both from South Korea
with Ben's exchange brother, Samo from Slovakia

The boys enjoy a game of basketball

The water was perfect

The CIEE hunks pose for a photo

Host sibs join the hunks

OUR STUDENTS ARE ARRIVING

High school exchange students from all over the world are being 

welcomed by area host families.

Kofi from Ghana with Eloy Alcivar

Zahid from Azerbaijan with Eloy Alcivar

Kevin from China with Grace family

Elana from Spain with Saler family

Alexa from Ukraine with Marshall Family

Tony from South Korea with Lueders family

Ben from South Korea (2nd from left)
and Samo from Slovakia (center)
with Switzer family

Vishvam from India with Merritt family