Resources for Schools

Hosting an AYA student in your school allows intercultural learning to come alive while preparing your students for the future.

• Classroom discussions are richer and more engaging when shaped by different cultural perspectives. Language classes benefit when native speakers contribute linguistic and cultural knowledge. World events take on new significance when personal relationships influence opinions.

Our proud mission at Academic Year in America is “we bring the world together.” Please read more about AYA here. Hosting an AYA student will enrich your high school as students from America and other countries learning to bridge cultural differences. For more information about opportunities for your school, please read about AYA’s benefits and grant opportunities.

AYA Students

• AYA exchange students are a group of brave young people eager to share their cultural knowledge with your teachers and students. They share a desire to learn our culture, our people, and our language while striving for academic success in their classes.
• AYA carefully screens and selects students to ensure that each student has the appropriate motivation, maturity and readiness to participate in the program.
• All students have full medical insurance coverage. Please visit our students page for more information.

AYA host families

• Host families are volunteers carefully selected, screened and background-checked by AYA.
• Host families are expected to provide a safe, comfortable home to ensure a positive cultural experience. People of all ages and diverse backgrounds serve as host families, such as grandparents, families with young children, single-parent families and traditional two-parent families.
• Host families provide the student with his/her own bed and place to study, meals (except lunch on school days), assist with course selection and registration, and provide the love and understanding a young person needs to enjoy a successful academic year in America.