Articles About foreign exchange student

• From Liberia to the village

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 25, 2016

  

  Seventeen-year-old Levi Jackson, from Liberia, has lived through a brutal civil war and the devastating Ebola epidemic, giving him compelling reasons to seek educational opportunities in the United States.

• Rwandan visitors heading home

  By YS News StaffDecember 30, 2010

  

  Yellow Springs has been host to several Rwandan students and school officials over the past few weeks.

• Malagasy student visits YS

  By Stephanie BeasleyDecember 3, 2009

  Jalana Lazar’s stint with the Peace Corps in Madagascar began inauspiciously. On her first day in the country, she was driven to the village of Nosiarina and dropped off with little fanfare. Remembering her initial dismay, she said, “They left me on the side of the road with a bike and my steel trunk.” She figured out the logistics of her new life on her own.

• Rwandans open up world for YS

  By Susan GartnerDecember 4, 2008

  

  It was an ordinary night in the village. Traven was showing Tony — both Yellow Springs High School students — how to make Rice Crispy treats. Another student, Kelly, was doing homework alongside her brothers and sisters.