RYE-Florida Earns Annual Full Listing by CSIET

Rotary Youth Exchange Florida has again been granted a Full Listing by the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET), and will appear as a listed organization in the CSIET website and print publications.

CSIET’s official notification stated, “On the basis of materials submitted and reviewed, the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel grants full listing to Rotary Youth Exchange Florida Inc. in the 2001-12 Advisory List. The CSIET certification mark certifies that this organization complies with the standards set forth in the CSIET Standards for International Educational Travel Programs.”

Throughout the USA, school districts rely on CSIET listings to select the exchange organizations from which they will accept students. RYE-Florida is committed to maintaining the highest quality program for outbound students, inbound students, host families, and schools, and considers the CSIET listing an important part of that.

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Discovering Crestview—and America

Rotary Club hosts European CHS students >>>
September 11, 2010.

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Inbounds Arrive, Outbounds Depart – A New Exchange Year is Underway

In airports all around Florida, Rotary Youth Exchange outbound students are boarding flights to begin their exchange adventures, and inbound students are being welcomed by new families, host clubs, and communities.

RYE-Florida is exchanging with over 30 countries this year, sponsoring and hosting a total of over 140 students. Among them are our first inbound students from Iceland and Indonesia, and our first outbound students to Estonia, Greenland, the Netherlands, and Paraguay. The largest group of inbounds comes from Brazil – no fewer than 12 Brasileiros are part of the inbound class.  France is next, with 6 students coming to Florida. Brazil is also the most common destination for outbounds, with 8 Florida students heading south to the home of samba and Carnaval. Belgium, Japan, and Taiwan will each be hosting four Floridian teens in 2010-11.

We wish the outbounds “Bon Voyage” and the inbounds “Welcome”, and we look forward to reading about their adventures in website journals throughout the year.

Here are some of our inbound students arriving across the state:

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RYE-Florida Welcomes District 6890

Rotary Youth Exchange Florida is most pleased to announce that District 6890 has decided to become active in Youth Exchange, and will become a member of our RYE-Florida organization. The district is located in the west central part of the state, and includes the city of Tampa along with Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, and Polk counties.

District 6890 Governor Elect Ed Odom was the force behind the move, and he found an enthusiastic partner in his designated Youth Exchange Chairman, Peter Vaka. Several clubs in the district have already indicated their desire to get on board, and, following the official certification from Rotary International, District 6890 will welcome its first inbound students in August.

With the addition of D6890, all of the Rotary districts in the Sunshine State are now part of RYE-Florida. Together, the eight districts consist of over 400 Rotary clubs, and more than 20,000 Rotarians.

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