Foreign Exchange Students

Luca Maschi walked into a strange building, not knowing anyone, but the one who brought him to school. Maschi, exchange student from Italy, said he is enjoying his time in the US with the Wiedenbachs. Maschi noticed a vast difference in teaching and learning, but noticed he had smaller class sizes. “[Paola High School is] smaller than the school I went to in Italy,” Maschi said “ The...

One flight, three different planes, a new country, new language, new family, a trip to Walmart, and dinner at Spudley's. This was the first day for Serbian exchange student, Bojana Mihajlovic’s, junior year. “The first day here was crazy. I arrived in Paola at 10 a.m. and from then on I stayed very busy, but I was just so excited to meet new people and try new things,” Mihajlovic said. After...