Presentation of Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX)

This Thursday the WOA ("Window on America" (Dnipropetrovsk / Ukraine) welcomed FLEX graduate Olga Chichikalo and group of school students from school #23.
Olga told the group about the aim of the FLEX program for students and the procedures for enrolment. Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) is a cultural exchange program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US Department of State and administered in Ukraine by American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS (American Councils) and supported by the Ministry of Education and Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine. The program provides Ukrainian students with an opportunity to study in a US high school and live in an American host family for one academic year.
Olga shared her experience of living in the American family in Idaho, studying in the American high school, travelling around the southern states, celebrating holidays and having fun American style.
Each school students had a possibility to ask Olga questions about her stay in the USA. The most interesting questions ranged in the topic of her study:  subjects selection at school, teaching methods  at school, choice of food in the school canteen, etc.
Number of participants – 17 persons.
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U.S. exchange programs

More on Academic Exchange programs "Window on America" center was visited by a group of high school and University students to meet the representatives of the US Embassy in Ukraine. Katie Hallock, Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer, and Victoria Mikhaylenko told the group about exchange programs financed by the US State Department and providing the opportunity to study in American schools, colleges and universities. Young people learned more about the program FLEX (10 months of training in an American high school with accommodation with host families), the Fulbright (for young researchers) and other programs. 

The event was complemented with a book display presenting promotional materials kindly provided by US colleges and universities.

Number of participants – 28 persons.

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