Exchange student thriving at BHS

  • Viola Rusconi (back row, center), a participant in the Rotary Youth Exchange Program from Lecco, Italy, watches Monday night’s Beaverton basketball game with her hosts, the Stoike family. BEAVERTON
    Viola Rusconi (back row, center), a participant in the Rotary Youth Exchange Program from Lecco, Italy, watches Monday night’s Beaverton basketball game with her hosts, the Stoike family. BEAVERTON
    The Rotary Youth Exchange Program has been sending American students to live and attend school abroad and placing foreign students with American families for 75 years.“The concept is to build goodwill around the world,” said Jolene Compton, who operates out of Bay City as Chair of the Rotary’s District 63-10 program. “The children become ambassadors and the people involved all tr...

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