One week at a YMCA summer camp with American campers Activities are organized to encourage International Friendships between program participants and escorts. Door to door van transportation between home and school each day by A.C.E. staff Experienced and friendly A.C.E. staff supervise all program activities. Homestay Students experience American life and use english every day in conversations with their hosts. Our carefully selected host families provide safe, comfortable homes, and three meals a day. Two Junior Institute students stay with each family and usually share a room.
Students enjoy host family activities, interests, and hobbies, while making new friends.
If requested, A.C.E. will provide a counselor who speaks the student's native language. The counselor greets the student at the airport, and accompanies the student to meet their host family. The counselor also meets with the student once a week and is available for assistance in the case of an emergency. The counselor option is required for students 12 years and younger with no guardian or chaperone in the Seattle area.