Resources
For Prospective Students
- Rotary Youth Exchange Promotional Video
- Promotional video from Central States Rotary Youth Exchange
- North Star Youth Exchange Brochure
These brochures are available at the youth exchange office. Call or email Diane Confer if you would like her to send you some.
For Parents
- Rotary Youth Exchange Promotional Video
- Maya Frost’s book: The New Global Student
- Video of Maya Frost, author and mother of three Rotary students, speaking to RYE parents
- Video of Maya Frost about why RYE brings value to people’s lives
- Outbound Calendar 2011-12
- Travel Outside USA
For Outbound Students
- Outbound Students Monthly Report
- Culture Shock by Dennis White, Ph.D.
- One World… or Many? by Dennis White, Ph.D.
- The Rotary Youth Exchange Experience: The Middle Wave of Culture Shock by Dennis White, Ph.D.
- Seven Lessons In Intercultural Communications
- Tips for Learning the Language of Your Host Country BEFORE You Arrive
- Outbound Calendar 2011-12
For Rebounds
(recently returned Outbound Students)
- 1. 2011 Rebound Invitation – CMTE Members
- 2. 2011 Rebound Invitation – Exchange Officers
- 3. 2011 Rebound Invitation – Rebounds and Parents
- 4. 2011 Rebound Invitation – Rotex
- A. Schedule of the Day
- B. Goals for the Day
- F. The 6 B’s
- G. Host Country Separation Anxiety
- H. Going Back to Your New Home
- I. Returning Home
- J. Self-Actualization Exercise
- L. A Stranger in the House
- M. Handbook for Parents of Rebounds
- N. Staying Connected
- O. Further Study Abroad Opportunities
- Q. Leveraging Your Exchange Year
- R. College Bound
- S. Returning to High School
- T. 10 Year Goal Setting Exercise
- U. Sunday Morning Wrap-up
- V. GW Thank You Notes
- X. North Star Rotex
- Rotex Guidelines
For Inbound Students
- Inbound Get-Together & Overnight
- Country Fair Saturday, December 3, 2011
- Inbound Welcome Manual 2011-12
- Travelling Rotary Student Notebook
- Culture Shock by Dennis White, Ph.D.
- One World… or Many? by Dennis White, Ph.D.
- The Values Americans Live By by Robert Kohls
- School Immunizations, 2010-2011: MN and WI
- Inbound Calendar 2011-12
- Travel Outside USA
Host Parents
For Club Officers
- North Star Youth Exchange Brochure
- Online Training
- Contact Schedule
- Club Certificate of Intent for Hosting an Inbound Student
- 2012-2013 Inbound Student Request
- Host Family Contact Form
- The 2011-2012 Manual
- Inbound Calendar 2011-12
- Outbound Calendar 2011-12
- FORMS A, B, C & D are SAMPLES ONLY call North Star Youth Exchange office for original copies at 763-553-1604
- FORM A Volunteer Affidavit SAMPLE
- FORM A Addendum SAMPLE
- FORM B Host Family Application SAMPLE
- FORM C Host Family In-Home Interview Form SAMPLE
- FORM D-Waiver-Consent-Release SAMPLE
- Sample To-Do List for Club Committee Members
- School Immunizations, 2010-2011: MN and WI
- Myth Busting!
- Finding host families
- Tips for a successful club experience
- Travel Outside USA
- Rotex Guidelines
- Counselors for Inbound and Outbound
- Youth Exchange Counselor Role
- Finding HOST Families
