Even in an era where technology has made the world feel increasingly small, nothing can replace in-person connection when it comes to genuine intercultural exchange. AFS-USA fosters that sort of ...

Student exchange programs, previously paused during the pandemic, have reopened and now families are needed to host international exchange students interested in living and studying in Fairfax County.

Officials with AFS Intercultural Programs ask interested families to open their doors for incoming students for the 2025-26 school year. Up to 150 students are available to host in the county.

In 1966, then-high school senior Kathy Harenski rode a ship to Germany to study abroad with the AFS exchange program. She loved the experience, and decided to start hosting students at her own home in ...

An AFS-USA host family. Courtesy AFS-USA. It takes just one person to open your eyes to a new perspective and change your life forever. AFS-USA fosters those sorts of experiences by matching high ...

Sixteen-year-old Leni Schilling said she’s been dreaming of traveling to America through an international national program since she was a young girl. The aspiration began when she first learned of ...

Friendships that last for more than 40 years across the great oceans of the world are rare, but several Carroll County families who hosted exchange students at Westminster High School long ago still ...

Each year, AFS Intercultural Programs/USA, an international high-school student exchange for more than 60 years, welcomes 2,500 high school students from more than 90 countries into communities such ...