Two Upper School Families Visit Exchange Students in France

Last fall, Monticello High School was seeking local families to host students from Besançon, France (our sister city) for a learning exchange program; two Tandem Upper School families signed up. Both had a great time with their students, and over this recent Spring Break, sophomores Ginger K and Elisabeth S and their families travelled to Besançon to tour and visit with their exchange student friends and their families. Ginger and Elisabeth even got to spend an afternoon at school, the Lycee Claude Nicolas Ledoux, with their French friends. The timing also happened to be perfect to catch Charlottesville High School drama students in Besançon over their Spring Break sharing a performance of their production of A Chorus Line with local students and families. The trip was a wonderful adventure, a great cultural experience, a reminder of the importance and value of international student exchange programs, and an example of the good things that can happen when we open up our homes and our hearts.