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“The YEP and STEP”
Rotary District 9630 Youth Exchange Newsletter
February 2007
District 9630 YEP Chairman John Mulraney
Phone: 61 - 7 3807 3737 - Fax: 61 7 3807 2516
[email protected]
YEP PROGRAMME DIARY DATES
This is an outline of the year’s YEP events (for
the next 12 month period, from now
onwards). This programme is designed to give
an idea of what the year holds in store for all
students. If the Committee can be of any
assistance please call the District Counsellor for
your Country or the District Chairman.
17th FEBRUARY 2007 - De-briefing day &
Graduation Dinner for Rebound students.
Hi, fellow Rotarians, students and parents. The purpose
of this newsletter is to keep you informed and to act as
a reminder of what is, and has been, happening with
your Youth Exchange Programme. It has been a busy
time, with our 2006 outbound students coming home,
our 2006 southern hemisphere inbound students going
home, our 2007 South American students arriving, our
2007 outbound students departing for their year abroad
and our Short Term students, both outbound and
southern hemisphere inbound, completing their
exchanges.
Attendance is compulsory for Rebound Students
18th FEBRUARY 2007 - Orientation for January
Inbound students. Attendance is compulsory for
January Inbound Students.
16th –18th MARCH 2007 -District Conference in
Ipswich . Attendance is compulsory for Inbound
Students. Rebound Students are requested to attend.
31st MARCH 2007 Applications for 2008
Outbound Students close with District Chairman
MAY 19th- 20th 2007 District Interviews for 2008
Outbound Students. Club Counsellors and Parents to
Chairman John farewells
Duma (RC of Capalaba) as he
heads home to South Africa
Josephine Pearson (RC of
Oakey) is greeted on
her return from Switzerland
Matt (RC of T’woomba Nth),
Kim (RC of S’bank Hills), Nik
(RC of Capalaba), Charlie
(RC of Gatton-Lockyer) and
Maggie (RC of Balmoral) as
they depart for their year abroad
STEPs students, Claire
Douglas (RC of Moreton
Bay) is welcomed home by
“brother”,Luiz Fedrigo.
Luiz has since gone home
to his own family in Brazil
attend.
27th MAY – 20th JUNE 2007 ‘Safari' Tour for
Inbounds - Cost $2,850.
JULY – AUGUST 2007 2006/07 Northern
Hemisphere Inbound Students return home and
2007/08 Students arrive.
Mid AUGUST 2007 Briefing and Orientation for
July Inbound students. Attendance by those students
is Compulsory. Club Counsellors and Host Parents.
21st – 23rd SEPTEMBER 2007 Orientation Camp
for Outbound, Inbound and Rebound
students. Attendance is compulsory for all
students.
23rd SEPTEMBER 2007 Parents and Counsellors
attend on Sunday
1st DECEMBER 2006 Final orientation seminar
for Outbound students. Outbound Students and
Parents, Inbound Students and Host Parents, Club
Counsellors and Rebound students to attend.
1st – 8th DECEMBER 2007 Roundabout Tour.
Compulsory for Outbound students. Optional for
Inbound Students @ Approx. cost $480
JANUARY 2008 Rotary Clubs to promote the
Rotary Youth Exchange Programme in local
schools and the media. (Clubs to have nominations
to District Chairperson by 31st March.
JANUARY 2008 2007 Outbound Students arrive
home. 2007 Southern Hemisphere Inbound
Students return home and 2008 students arrive.
Veronica Mattiotti from Brazil
Is welcomed by YEP Committee
Members, Joe and Dee, and
Host Club, Redlands Bayside’s
Counsellor, John Parkinson.
Rosie (OB, RC of Ipswich City)
and Lea (IB, RC of Mt Gravatt)
say goodbye to Jessy Duenas
(RC of Toowoomba Nth) on her
return to Ecuador
A quote from Oliver Wendall Holmes Sr
“To be 70 years young is sometimes far more
cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old”
***** Important information on the following pages *****
2008 Outbound Students
Time is ticking by! The time is fast
approaching for applications for 2008
outbound students to be submitted to the
District YEP Chairman. Club members
should be encouraging their local schools and other
sources in their communities for potential applicants, to
apply to their club for selection in the programme. If
your club is interested in participating in the Youth
Exchange Program and would like advice and / or
assistance, visit the website and / or contact a member
of our committee. The District would love to see every
club involved, to enable more students, from Australia
and overseas, to be given the opportunity to be part of
this rewarding and life-changing experience.
Short Term Exchange Programme
At the same time that you are seeking long term
applicants, please don’t overlook the STEP’s option.
This is a family to family exchange for students
completing Years 10, 11 or 12 and occurs, for our
Australian students, during the summer school holiday
period, for approximately 6 to 8 weeks.
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Please contact STEP’s Co-ordinator, Dee Beath, for
more information and / or assistance.
17th and 18th February – Rebound
Graduation Dinner / New Inbound
Orientation
Clubs and families, have you sent your registration
forms ($40 per person, except rebound students who
are no charge) to our Secretary, yet? The Saturday
night dinner is always a wonderful evening at which we
celebrate the year just past, of all our students who
have recently come home from their overseas
adventures. It is a great opportunity for all club
members to learn and share, first hand, in the personal
growth of our District’s ambassadors. If you haven’t
registered, there may be still time – contact Secretary,
Iris. On Sunday, our three new students, Veronica
(Brazil), Johanna (Ecuador) and Alessandra (Brazil) will
attend their District Orientation. As many members as
possible from their respective Rotary Clubs of Redlands
Bayside, Gatton and Lockyer and Ipswich City, along
with Club Counsellors and Host Parents are asked to
attend. Just make sure you let Iris know who will be
attending.
16th – 18th March - District
Conference at Ipswich
It is compulsory for all Inbound students
to attend. It is the responsibility of the
Host Clubs to ensure that your student is
registered ($30) and that accommodation
is provided. (We have a “get-together”
facility available for the students’ use
throughout the weekend, close to the Civic
Centre. We suggest that clubs do not
register their students for the Friday night
dinner, as they can meet-and-eat,
supervised, in this facility). Students
should be at the Ipswich Civic Centre no
later than 5.00pm on Friday 16th in order
to take part in the Entry of Flags ceremony
at 6.30pm. In addition, we (YEP) have two
short segments at conference, Saturday
and Sunday mornings, to celebrate 50
years of the YEP programme. Rebound
and Inbound students, we will discuss the
Saturday morning presentation with you
on 17th February, but Rotary Clubs, your
assistance is needed to help us with
the Sunday morning segment. Could
you please contact me,
[email protected] or by phone, 07
3348 9545, with names and years of
exchange of past RYEP students who you
think would be willing to give a 3 to 5
minute talk about their exchange
experiences. We would like a student from
each decade, if possible, i.e. the 90’s-00’s,
80’s-90’s, 70’s-80’s, 60’s-70’s and 50’s to
60’s. Of course, it will be easier for me to
organise Rotarians and/or (host) parents
who are already planning to attend
conference. I will make contact and assist
these people in any way possible (eg. slide
show cd), so all that I require from you are
names, contact details and approx.
year of exchange. I would appreciate
this information before 17th
FEBRUARY, the date of our next YEP
Committee meeting. Thank you, Rotarians.
SIGN SEEN DURING A CONFERENCE:
For anyone who has children and doesn't
know it, there is a day care on the first floor.
Host Clubs for 2007/ 2008 Inbound Students
Not only is it the time for Rotary Clubs to be selecting our 2008 outbound students, but also we should be
preparing for our inbound student’s arrival in August 2007. Thank you, Gatton & Lockyer, Ipswich City and
Redlands Bayside for welcoming our three southern hemisphere students into your Clubs, communities,
families and schools.
For the following fifteen clubs (listed below), Placement Officer,
Joe Beath, will be contacting you in the coming months as the
application forms start arriving from overseas. Should you have
any preference for a student from a particular country, or your
Host families can better accommodate a male or female
student, now is the time to be getting in touch with Joe, so he
has the opportunity to ‘match’ students to Clubs (no
guarantees, but he will do his best to please!). Even if your
Club is not listed, and therefore has not agreed to host a
student in 2007/2008, that does not prevent you from entering
the program for this period. Maybe you would like a six month
trial? There are many smaller country and city clubs already
Gatton & Lockyer Host Parents and
part of the program (and others who are not) who would
YEP Committee members, Geoff and
welcome “sharing” an inbound student on a six month / six
Lorelle St Clair, greet Joha as she
month arrangement. This not only lessens each club’s
arrives from Ecuador
expenses and requires fewer host families, but it also gives the
student a broader exchange experience. For example, Dalby could host a student from August ‘07 to
January ‘08. The student could then move to Forest Lake for the new school year until he/she returns
home in July ’08. Or Jandowae and Salisbury, Mitchell and Balmoral, Pittsworth and Toowoomba Garden
City could have a similar sharing arrangement. Another option (that, in fact, has occurred for a current
student), is between two (or even three) ‘neighbouring’ clubs (Port of Brisbane and Cleveland), where the
student doesn’t need to change schools (right, Kerry?), e.g. Logan, Loganholme and Beenleigh). Please
contact Joe as soon as possible if your club would be interested in investigating these options. John, Joe,
Harry Pregnall or I would love to come to your Club, or arrange another Committee member, to talk to
and answer any questions from, your members at a time that is convenient to you.
I have also included a basic reminder checklist below as a quick reference in preparation for your inbound
student.
Rotary Clubs to Host Students in
August 2007
Archerfield
Balmoral
Capalaba
Goodna
Jindalee
Mt Gravatt
Roma
Salisbury
Sth Brisbane
Stones Corner Sumner Park
Sunnybank
Toowoomba North
Hills
Toowoomba South
Wynnum & Manly
A fantastic and enthusiastic welcoming party of
members and their families from the Rotary Club of
Redlands Bayside at the airport when Veronica
arrived from Brazil.
How is it possible to have a civil war?
Club Checklist for Inbound Students
• Have you appointed a Student Counsellor?
• Does your Student Counsellor need training?
(Contact your YEP Committee for assistance)
• Have you organised Host Families?
• Have you appointed a Youth Protection Officer?
• Do your Counsellor, YPO and host family members
over the age of 18, hold current ‘Blue Cards’?
• Are the Host Parents and Counsellor aware of their
responsibilities to attend the District Committee’s
Seminars (see Page 1 Diary Dates)?
• Has a school been contacted? Are there fees (e.g.
uniform, text book) payable by the student? (Clubs
can, but are not obliged to, assist with school
expenses, if they wish)
• Have the President / Treasurer / Board budgeted
for any expenses (monthly allowance – approx. $100
to $120, meals at meeting attendance, District YEP
training seminars, District Conference – approx. $40
x 5)?
• Have your club members discussed ways in which
the student will become a welcomed and active club
and community member (e.g. inclusion in (non host)
members holidays, outings; working on club projects;
talks to local business groups, primary and secondary
school students – all of which will lift your Club’s, the
Rotary and YEP profiles)?
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Across
1. Sacha’s (and now Mary’s) country (7)
6. Will our girl in Sweden become a doctor onher return? Initials (2)
8. John and Sue recently visited this ‘angelic’ city (2)
9. Our students, being teenagers, probably like this US TV show,
The _ _ (2)
10. There’s often a big difference between the students, ‘Before’ and
‘_ _ _ _ _’ (5)
12. Ms _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Matiotti from Brazil?
15. Students’ favourite chocolate biscuits (7)
16. This plus smoke in the world’s big cities results in smog (3)
18. This family from Germany is, no doubt, missing Karolin (9)
20. Four of these are a ‘no-no’ for students (1)
21. All Rotarians read this mag. Every month (3)
22. He’s here from Hungary and she’s here from France initials (2)
24. Students probably used to play PC games made by this company
(e.g.Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast)
26. Current outbound to Switzerland and (the other) inbound from 1
across initials (2)
27. Article – not ‘a’ or ‘the’ (2)
28. Our northern European students change surfboards for these (4)
30. Our travel company initials (2)
31. Form of dance and music originating in Kerry’s and Kayla’s
country
35. Her brother Joshua has just returned from ST in Germany
40. Ms Peters, Ms Barnier or Lleyton’s wife?
41. Rearrange the letters of this major Florida city (7)
42. If Vincent was asked before he arrived, if he could speak English,
he would reply in his native tongue . . . “(3,2,3)”
44. Do this to the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher (5)
46. Help group for problem drinkers initials (2)
47. Our student from Belgium initials (2)
48. No off
49. This family farewelled Liz to Ecuador _ _ _ _ W _ _ _ (7)
We would appreciate any feedback from clubs about your
YEP Committee and this newsletter – if there is anything
that we can do to assist you and your students, we
welcome your input. Thank you. Dee Beath
Steve Goodson
Principal
Mobile: 0412 736 705
Down
1. Last name ST student and AG father (5)
2. Matt in Germany is sponsored by Toowoomba _ _ _ _ _ (5)
3. Rearrange given name of St George’s Swiss lad (5)
4. “Well _ _ _ _ _ _ , never phased!”. That’s RYEP students (6)
5. Students like their fast food ‘original’ or ‘hot & spicy’ (3)
6. “_ _, myself and I” (2)
7. No drink, no drive, no date, no _ _ _ _ (4)
11. Our students go to school, not Uni or _ _ _ _ (4)
13. The person who introduces the speakers at Conference (5)
14. Mr Devine from Stones Corner has his name rearranged (4)
17. The exams, other than written, taken by students (5)
19. Zeynip, hosted in Ipswich, was the most recent of this
nationality hosted in this District (4)
23. _ _ and Mrs James, if it’s a formal occasion, please! (2)
24. Alessandra’s breed is an anaconda; Kerry’s, a rattler and
ours is a red bellied black.
25. One of these will cause illness if good hygiene is not
practiced on Roundabout or Safari (4)
27. Roma’s Student Counsellor initials (2)
29. You can find Ms _ _ _ _ _ Frances at the Charleville
Hospital (5)
32. More competent
34. Sealed with a kiss – 24th letter (1)
33. We don’t exchange with this home of the Incas (4)
36. To “coin” a phrase, “He’s an _ _ _ _ in Rotary!” (4)
37. Our Russian student was a bit mixed up (5)
38. Town 100k south of Minna in Nigeria (5)
39. Our program is focused on _ _ _ _ _ (5)
40. If students don’t have email they use this ball point pen
brand to write home to mum (4)
43. The PC outlet that students use to download their photos (3)
45. We are ‘bound’ to see them re-, out- and _ _- (2)
Sponsor & District Support for YEP
District Governor , Allan James and PE, Debbie, join
with YEP Chairman John Mulraney and Sue, to
farewell Rachel (RC of Goodna) and Lauren (RC of
Archerfield) to France and Switzerland.
On behalf of the YEP Committee, I would like
to commend Allan and Debbie for their interest
in, and tireless support of, our Committee,
students and associated activities. Like their
predecessors, Ailsa and Don, and successors,
Errol and Janna, and Youth Protection
Chairman, Chris Hopkins and his Committee,
they have embraced RI’s advocacy of YEP thus
making our jobs easier and more satisfying.
We are also appreciative of the support given
by our sponsor, Brisbane Airport Corporation.
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