Rotary Exchange Students

Inbound Exchange student for 2008-2009  Miki Mishimura, from Ota, Japan. 
Miki Arrived August 20, 2008 and is staying with the Ken Krohn family. She attended her first Baker City Rotary meeting on September 25, 2008  Welcome Miki!

November 2008 Miki transferred to La Grande where more extensive Japanese language is available.

Peter Clarke - Outbound exchange student for 2008-2009
Following a standing-room only going away party at Mad Matildas on July 30, 2008 and a Rotary presentation on August 11th, Peter left for Ota, Japan.  He sent an email on August 22 stating he had safely arrived has already made a Rotary presentation and is getting settled in with his host family.

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                    Previous Exchange Students                         

Inbound Exchange Student for 2007-2008  Daniel Baldasso
Daniel Baldasso, 17 years old, from Brazil is our inbound 2007-2008 Exchange student.    He is from Dourados, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, which has a population of 190,000.  Daniel is fluent in English, is interested in science and geography and he enjoys sports, reading and working-out.  His career goals include becoming a physician.
Contact him at: daniel_slyfer@hotmail.com

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Outbound Student 2006-2007- Alex Xeros.

Since 1927, students and host families all over the world have had their horizons broadened and their lives enriched by the generosity of Rotary's Youth Exchange program.  Administered by Rotary clubs, districts and multidistrict groups, the program today involves more than 82 countries and over 8,000 students each year. All students are ambassadors of the Rotary club that sponsored them and of their country. They have a wonderful opportunity to learn new cultures, advance their education, meet new friends, learn the language of the host country and promote goodwill.

Each year, Rotary Club of Baker city sponsors an inbound student and an outbound student as part of Rotary International's student exchange program.

Alex Xeros of Baker City is our Rotary outbound student for the 2006-2007 year.  Alex has been attending local Rotary club meetings for the last year and has been preparing himself for this adventure.  He arrived in Blagoveschensk Russia, a city of 220,000 in far-eastern Russia, on September 4, 2006 and is busy at work with language skills, education, and making new friends. Information     

Alex arrived home July 13, 2007.

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Pavel "Pasha" Shiverskika our inbound exchange student arrived in Baker city on September 23, 2006 and is attending Baker High School.  He attended our weekly Rotary meetings and in November gave us a presentation on his home town of Irkutsk, located in Siberia.  Yes, he is very used to cold weather.  Moving from a population of 600,000 to a town of 10,000 must have been quite a shock.  Information

Pasha returned to Russia in mid April 2007 for college entrance exams.  His last meeting was April 9th and the club presented him with $250 from member donations and club funds.   We hope to see him back in Baker City for a visit in the future.

For more information on the Rotary Exchange program visit the Rotary website at www.rotary.org/programs/youth_ex/