01-Oct-08
The ASSIST Class of 2007/08
Last May and June, the 133 members of the ASSIST Class of 2007/08, representing 15 nations, returned home after life-changing years spent in American independent schools. Judging from their year-end questionnaires, this was a remarkable class that both enjoyed their experiences and contributed strongly to their school communities. In the stories linked below as weil as the images below, we invite you to listen to the voices of last year’s ASSIST students. ASSIST student stories:
Carolin Fretschner - Meeting Mme. Lagarde
Julius Gunnemann - Address to School in Final Chapel Service
Bob Huang - Adding It Up at St. Albans School
Gerard Guerra Lopez - Words From A Traveler’s Journal
Sophia Wohlfarth -An Experience To Last A Lifetime
Alex Hauer - Keeping In Touch-Online
Axel Arheden - Life As An Exchange Student
Isabel Oeken - Yale Model United Nations 2008
Benas Petkevicius - Making A Difference
Amelie Haritz -The ASSIST Feeling
Ha Ngan Vu - When The TV Comes To Life
Max Klingebiel - Diversity Day
Zhelyo Vasilev - A Life-Changing Experience
Judith Weiss - An ASSIST Gathering In New York City 
Alexandro Muñoz Casas, Spain, Gould Academy, attending a hockey game. | 
Cornelius Benecke and Till von Manteuffel, Germany, Christ School, show their school spirit for Game Day. | 
Liz Rosewall, Australia, Stony Brook School, cooks up a storm with her host sister. | 
Helen Su (center), China, being visited at Agnes Irwin School by Anne Stanley, (left), ASSIST Vice President, and with Head of Upper School Kathlyn Gray. |
Max Klingenbiel, Germany, McCallie School, at work with the crew team. |
Rike Rawert, Germany, Master’s School, during an award-winning field hockey season. | 
Timo Astfalk (left), Spain, Brentwood School, and his mother (right), visit Bob and Anne Stanley at the ASSIST office, Suffield, CT. | 
Radka Slamová (right), Czech Republic, Phillips Andover Academy, serves up Czech cooking at the international student dinner. | 
Floria Naumann, Germany, Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s School, helps her host mother with the Thanksgiving turkey. | 
Zuzana Boziková (left), Slovakia, St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, ready to enjoy Monday Movie Night. | 
Jim Yang, China, Washington International School, gets ready to celebrate Halloween. | |
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Assist Launches its 43rd Year
- The Class of 2011/12 – 146 Scholars from 17 Countries/Regions
- 86 independent secondary schools currently participate from 28 states and D.C. in the U.S.
- More than 4,000 alumni
- 48 countries represented over 40 years
U.S. State Department emergency telephone number is 1-866-283-9090. The toll free number can be used by host families, exchange students and the public to report circumstances impacting the students' health, safety and well being during their exchange visitor programs. The U.S. State Department general information number is (202) 632-2085. |
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Candidates for ASSIST scholarships apply through country coordinators in their home countries.
Please select your country or region from the list below, and the link will take you to the page with full and complete application instructions and materials for your home country.
ASSIST Partner Countries and Regions
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