Marzena "Marzen" Frankowicz

2008-09 Inbound from Poland

Hometown: Kielce, Poland

Sponsor: Kielce Rotary Club, District 2230, Poland

Host: Davie/Cooper City Rotary Club, District 6990, Florida, USA

School: Nova High School, Davie, FL

Bio

Marzen's Bio

Hi everybody ! My name is Marzena (Marzen) and I’m 16 years old. I am exchange student from Kielce, Poland. Kielce is rather big city (about 205,000 inhabitants) situated in central Poland. It’s about 3 hours from the capital of my country - Warsaw. In Poland, I live only with my parents, because my sister Magda and my brother Maciek are already at the universities. Actually my sister graduated about 3 months ago and sooner or later she will start to work as a pediatrician. My brother is still studying: German and law at the university in Szczecin, Poland.

In America I attend Nova High School, which is in Davie. At first I didn’t really like it, but now I’m slowly getting used to it.J

In my free time I love to take pictures, draw, snowboard, play tennis, listen to music, read books and meet with my friends.

I came to Florida 7th August, now I’m here for more than a month. Time is passing so fast here! I like the weather here, because it’s so warm. At the beginning the weather was a problem for me, because it differs a little from Polish weather, but I’m getting better!

I’m really enjoying my exchange here and I‘m glad that such an opportunity was given to me! I want to say thank you to the Rotary Club from my city in Poland and to the Rotary Club that is hosting me here! My year here has started so nice and I hope it would finish in the same way!

September 22 Journal

Time is passing so fast in here!

1. Exchange students:

We already had our first Inbound weekend and I did really enjoy it. I met a lot of new people from different countries and it was great! I just regret that the orientation weekend was so short ! I’m looking forward to seeing all of the exchange students again in Disney World.

2: Host Family

My 1st family that I am hosted by are Janet and Dave . I’m really glad that I have host parents like that. They’re helping me a lot with everything. They’re always here when I need them! I can really talk with them about everything. We don’t have any problems and I hope we will not have any in the future. Besides parents at my host family’s house, I have also 3 cats and 2 dogs. Both Janet and Dave really like animals, that’s what I’ve already noticed!

3: School

I’m junior at Nova High School in Davie. At the beginning I didn’t really like the school but as I’m meeting more and more people the school is getting more interesting for me. It’s not really challenging so far and I’m doing rather good but we will see how it will be later.