International Private School Program

HOSTING A STUDENT

Nacel Open Door offers an opportunity for your family to make a difference in the world by hosting a foreign student. Not only can you learn first-hand about another culture, but you can also help a student learn about American culture through experiencing life with an American family and attending an American private high school.

Host families come in all shapes and sizes. As a host family, you are asked to provide room and board and loving parental guidance to your student. A Local Representative is there to work as a liaison between you, the student, the school and our regional program office, all working together to help you to have an enjoyable and worthwhile experience. Above all, families should be prepared to welcome a foreign student as a member of the family.

The host family screening process is conducted in accordance with Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET) regulations governing secondary school student exchange programs. To ensure the safety and well-being of all students, most of whom are minors, this process requires a criminal background check of all family members age 18 or older, an in-home visit and host family recommendations. The standards that have been established are intended to ensure that every student is living in a home to which we would be comfortable sending our own child, if they were to study abroad for an extended period of time.

If you think your family might want to host an International Private School Program student, the first step is to complete our Online Host Family Application. Completing the online host family application is NOT a commitment to host nor a guarantee to receive a student! It is simply the first step in the process, and it enables us to put you in contact with a local representative if you are not yet working with someone. If you are not sure if this is the right program for you, you can review the other programs Nacel Open Door offers from this website’s home page.