PAX - Program of Academic Exchange

Every exchange year is different, but they are all filled with "firsts". Samiya from #Bangladesh shared her adventures in Wisconsin, including volunteering at Lambeau Field, winning the CSIET Art Cover Contest, and having a family photo shoot in traditional clothing with her host parents. So many amazing memories! Share your America as a PAX host family: https://pax.org/families

Every community has something special to share with PAX exchange students. Shiho from #Japan was hosted in Washington and visited this amazing tulip farm. How would you share your America? Start your host family journey today: https://pax.org/families

Does your family love music? Open your heart and home to a music-loving PAX exchange student this fall! Find a student who shares your family's interests at our Student Finder: pax.org/finder

Today we're going to flash back to last fall with Amee from #Thailand, hosted in Wisconsin. She and her host family had a great day with a Midwestern classic - apple picking! What activities would you share with a PAX exchange student? Share your America as a host family this fall: https://pax.org/families

What's one great way to share cultures? Food! Alexandra from #Romania made special pancakes from her home country to share with her Virginia host family. They look delicious! What foods from your community would you share with a PAX exchange student? Start your host family journey today: https://pax.org/families #hostfamily #exchangestudent #shareyouramerica

It's time to share your America with a PAX exchange student! Open your heart and home to an international high school student from one of over 70 countries and make dreams come true this fall. Fill out a host family inquiry form today: https://pax.org/families

Zainab from #Pakistan shared some memories of her 2023-24 exchange year in Indiana. Every exchange year is filled with new experiences, friends, and adventures. We are looking for host families for students arriving in August from all over the world. Share your America as a PAX host family: https://pax.org/families

Today we're congratulating Anis from Malaysia, our PAX YES Student of the Month for June! Here's a little of what our sponsored team had to say about this second semester student: "𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 2024. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘗𝘈𝘟, “𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯; 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥.” 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘈𝘟 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢’𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵.” 𝘈𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴." Congratulations, Anis! Read more about Anis's exchange year: https://lnkd.in/g-rKgxea and send us a message today to start your host family journey.

It's time for our final Student of the Month congratulations for the class of 2023-24! First up is Omar from Lebanon, hosted in Arkansas, who is the PAX YES Student of the Month for May. Here's a bit of what our Sponsored Team had to say about this special student: "𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘓𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯,” 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘗𝘈𝘟 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. Congratulations Omar, we look forward to hearing from you as an alum! Read more about Omar in the June issue of PAX Press: https://lnkd.in/gGPkgpa5

We're sending congratulations today to Ayanat from #Kazakhstan, hosted in Indiana, the PAX FLEX Student of the Month for May! Here is a little of what our Sponsored Team had to say about this outstanding student: "'𝘈 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦!' 𝘈𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 “𝘈𝘺𝘢”, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘏𝘰𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘈𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘗𝘈𝘟, “𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺’𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.” 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘑𝘢𝘮, 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘈𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘪𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴. Read more about Aya's exchange year: https://lnkd.in/gFJfPnsV