We are seeking three more families to host students from Japan visiting in March. 16 students from Kikugawa Japan will be visiting NVMS from March 25, 2024 for 3 days. Although we do not have a formal sister school relationship, we do have a historic relationship with them where one of our teachers previously organized homestay visits by our NVMS students to Kikugawa and Kikugawa students were hosted with NVMS families. NVMS and Kikugawa are working with the Hawaii Global Education Foundation in organizing homestay visits. Please consider being a homestay host. We have 4 NVMS student families that we have already signed up and we need at least 2 more homestay hosts. Please email if interested to Maika.Nagata@k12.hi.us.
Needs:
- Private or semi-private room (bathroom can be shared)
- Separate beddings (you host 2 of same gender students at a time)
- Meals include: (You will be humbly provided with $100 stipend)
- Sunday: Lunch and Dinner
- Monday: Breakfast and Dinner
- Tuesday: Breakfast and Lunch (Kuhio Day Holiday)
- Transportation (Pick-up and Drop-off days)
Tentative Schedule:
- Sunday, March 24: Pick up Kikugawa students from Waikiki Hotel in the morning and spend all of Sunday with your students. Students will also sleep over.
- Monday, March 25: Drop Kikugawa students off at NVMS for a full day of school. Pick students up after school and take them home with you. You will take students to NVMS on Monday, March 25th for a day visit. You will pick up Kikugawa students and take them home with you. Students sleep over.
- Tuesday, March 26: Kuhio Day Holiday: Kikugawa students spend 1/2 day with you. You will bring them back to Waikiki around 1:00pm.