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Exchange program links American and foreign high school students
About 800 American students and 1000 youths from 30 countries participate in a summer exchange. The American Field Service started the program in 1950 to broaden understanding and goodwill. Susan Arensberg, 16, from Pittsburgh, visits Tokyo with a Miyazaki family. Namiko Shima, from Japan, stays with the Shima family in Pittsburgh after studying in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ome
United States
American Field Service
Japan
Susan Arensberg
Pittsburgh
Miyazaki
Tokyo
U.S
Namiko Shima
Marie Lewis
Wilkinsburg
Thomas Cooley High School
Detroit