As the 2010-2011 school year winds down, it seems to be a bittersweet time for the senior class. However, for four girls at MLHS, that feeling is multiplied. This year’s foreign exchange students will be leaving new friends to return home after a year in Maple Lake.
During the past school year four Maple Lake families opened their homes and hearts to four different girls from all around the world. John and Mary Kay Bondhus and family welcomed Sandra Bolom Macz from Guatemala. Michaela Marsalkova (Misha) from the Czech Republic is staying with Patricia and Wes Mack and family. Charlie and Terri Malachek welcomed exchange student Sofia Maldonado from Ecuador and Anna Wisnicka from Poland found a home with the families of Audra and Paul Dalheimer and Christine Kitzman.
Although they knew they would be staying with nice families, the idea of coming to America was a scary thought for some.
“The scariest part about coming to the U.S. was I knew I can’t speak in English so good, so how will I understand and how will I speak? I didn’t know how people will like me,” said Marsalkova.
As the 2010-2011 school year winds down, it seems to be a bittersweet time for the senior class. However, for four girls at MLHS, that feeling is multiplied. This year’s foreign exchange students will be leaving new friends to return home after a year in Maple Lake.
During the past school year four Maple Lake families opened their homes and hearts to four different girls from all around the world. John and Mary Kay Bondhus and family welcomed Sandra Bolom Macz from Guatemala. Michaela Marsalkova (Misha) from the Czech Republic is staying with Patricia and Wes Mack and family. Charlie and Terri Malachek welcomed exchange student Sofia Maldonado from Ecuador and Anna Wisnicka from Poland found a home with the families of Audra and Paul Dalheimer and Christine Kitzman.
Although they knew they would be staying with nice families, the idea of coming to America was a scary thought for some.
“The scariest part about coming to the U.S. was I knew I can’t speak in English so good, so how will I understand and how will I speak? I didn’t know how people will like me,” said Marsalkova.
More information appears in this week’s Messenger.
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