Welcome

Exchange students from Ecuador, Denmark, India, and Hungary flew into Armstrong Airport recently, and they were greeted with a welcome reception coordinated by Kenner Rotary.  The students are participants in a year-long program for high school students between 16 and 18 years of age, Rotary Youth Exchange, or RYE.  The RYE goal is to promote the advancement of international understanding, good will, and peace at a person-to-person level.  The students live with a "host family" and attend the local high school for an entire school year.  There they learn more about American culture while sharing their own.  They also assist local Rotary clubs with service projects while enjoying typical American teenage activities.