{"id":272,"date":"2013-05-15T19:33:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T19:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.wordpress.com\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2020-01-24T04:47:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T04:47:33","slug":"omura-student-exchange-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.com\/?page_id=272","title":{"rendered":"2020 Japan (Omura) Student Exchange Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Trip to Omura city, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0 Homestay with families in Omura, Japan (Homestay expenses paid by the host family)<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0 Students Ages:\u00a0 Freshman to Seniors in High School &#8211; including graduating seniors in high school.<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Experience the culture and heritage of Omura and Japan<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0 Develop good will between San Carlos and Omura<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Hosting Omura Students<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0 Omura students are motivated to learn American way of life and improve English<br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0 Reciprocal student exchange to Omura guaranteed<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Expenses<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0 Airline ticket &#8211; approximately $1200 to $1500<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Other miscellaneous expenses such as buying souvenirs in Japan<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Trip dates in summer 2020<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To Omura, our selected students will travel to Japan from July 5, 2020 to July 14, 2020 (Japan)<\/p>\n<p>From Omura, Japanese students visiting to the US from July 25, 2020 to August 3, 2020 (U.S.A.)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Important dates<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Application forms due on<\/strong> <strong>January 31, 2020 &#8211; they must be handwritten<\/strong>. Request the application forms &#8211; Email: <a href=\"mailto:yoko.sase@gmail.com\">yoko.sase@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;\">Students interview will be conducted from February 3, 2020 to February 10, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Students selection will be done and informed candidates by February 15, 2020<\/li>\n<li>Orientation in June (Date TBD)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Apply ASAP! &#8211; Required documents below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Application forms below must be received by <strong>January 31, 2020<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1. Application forms &#8211; <\/strong>the\u00a0application forms &#8211; available per request by email &#8211; Email: <a href=\"mailto:yoko.sase@gmail.com\">yoko.sase@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2. A single page should include:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why you want to do an exchange, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how you think you would benefit from the experience <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and what you offer that is unique.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>3. A copy of your current passport<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4. You&#8217;ll find an address to send your required documents above in the application form.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;\"><strong>Follow-up Events<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Presented our San Carlos Sister City Association (SCSCA) summer Japan program at Carlmont High School, College and Career Center, on Wednesday December 4, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trip to Omura city, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan &#8211;\u00a0 Homestay with families in Omura, Japan (Homestay expenses paid by the host family) &#8211;\u00a0 Students Ages:\u00a0 Freshman to Seniors in High School &#8211; including graduating seniors in high school. &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Experience the culture <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.com\/?page_id=272\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":249,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"two_page_speed":null,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-272","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1225,"href":"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/272\/revisions\/1225"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sancarlossistercity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}