They're Home!

After spending two months in Belgium, grade 11 students Jarrett Elliott and Amber Woods have arrived home.

Delphine and Amber on a ski trip in the Swiss Alps

KDSS has a long history of exchange students, with sending 3 off to Europe this year. Amber Woods lived with her exchange Student Delphine de Borrekens, in Overjise just outside of Brussels, Belgium. "It was amazing but the culture is completely different", said Woods.


Jarrett Elliott also a grade 11 student, also lived in Belgium for 8 weeks, and living only a couple of kilometres away from Amber .  Jarrett lived with his exchange student, Jim Gripekoven.

Jarrett standing in front of a sign in
Belgium 

When asked, "Why do you think it is important to have an exchange student program?", Amber answered with "Its a great way to learn a different language and become indulge with a completely different culture" 


Other than Amber & Jarrett, KDSS still has two other studenst on exchange. Grade 11 students Kloe Moore and Sadie Shewfelt are currently on exchange in Switzerland. Sadie and Kloe come home May 6th.

It's great to have these students back home and we hope they had the time of their lives!

If you want to learn more about becoming an exchange student please talk to your guidance counsellor or go to http://www.iseontario.on.ca/ to find out more information.