Hi All! Thank you for following this year. We had well over 2000 hits to this site in the past month 🙂 This will be our last post of this season – but click on the “follow” button on this page, enter your email address, and you will then be alerted when we resume posting next Spring.
Our 2012 visit to Japan was fabulous. Thank you to all of our Host Families who made our stay so comfortable, safe, and interesting. As you might imagine, our students had a great time and are only beginning to fully appreciate the richness of the experience. As teachers, we are so happy to foster the growth opportunities that foreign travel allows.
It is wonderful to go to places like Haibara, Nara, Kyoto, and Muoru – but it is even more exciting to connect in real and meaningful ways with our Host Families and the people of the Haibara community. The friendships that our students have brought home with them are the real lasting gifts of the exchange. Now, we are very much looking forward to hosting our new friends as they come to Hawken in the Spring of 2013.
Next years exchange will mark the 25th Anniversary of this program and we are already planning some big events to mark the occasion. Please click on the follow link. I will not post until next Fall or Winter, but at that time, you will be able to follow along with our preparation and will be alerted to ways that you can become involved in celebrating the 25th Anniversary with us.
Thanks again for following along this year. Peace 🙂
Hawken-Haibara Exchange 