Last Years group at Universal Studios Orlando

Schedule

July 2012 schedule

·        Arrival Sunday,  July 1^st at 4:55 Orlando, ETA St Augustine 10:00 PM

·        Monday, July 2^nd Ghost and Gravestone private charter tour 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

·        Friday, July 6^th shopping at St Augustine outlet malls 6:00 PM – 9:00PM

·        Sunday, July 8^th Welcome Party for students and families 4:00 pm at the Royal St Augustine Country Club, Highway 16, St Augustine.

·        Tuesday, July 10 Sea World

·        Thursday, July 12 Bowling at Anastasia Lanes 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

·        Monday, July 16 Daytona Water Lagoon

·        Wednesday, July 18^th Concert by the Sea, St Augustine Pier 6:00 PM – 9:00PM

·        Friday, July 20^th Universal Studios

·        Monday, July 23^rd Farewell at the Meeting Room in Ponce De Leon Mall, there will be a DJ and light dinner served.

·        Tuesday, July 24^th Tour the Pirate Museum  4:00PM then downtown St Augustine souvenir shopping

·        Friday July 27^th, return to Orlando airport flight leaves at 8:00 PM

Need 25 families in the Northeast Florida area for this July 2012

HOST AN EXCHANGE STUDENT FOR 27 DAYS IN JULY

Step to USA is a 27 day program for students from Spain ages 14 to 17. This is a great program for families with younger children as it’s a great way to start off the summer with a responsible teenager in the home. Enrich your life with an exceptional young person and open doors to learn about a new culture. Hosting can change your world!

You do not need to have children to host. Host families provide a bed, meals, limited transportation and a warm supportive environment. Students all speak English, come with their own spending money and medical insurance. Students are expected to have chores and be treated as a family member not a guest.

Students arrive on Sunday, July 1^st in Orlando and will be bussed to the Northeast Florida area to meet their host families.  We are looking to place students from the Jacksonville area to Daytona. There will be a van service to help with transportation. The return date is July 27^th. Students attend 1 all day and 1 half day field trip a week. Host family members are welcome to come along at group discount pricing. We will be visiting local sights as well as Universal Studios, Sea World and Daytona Lagoon. Bus transportation is provided for these field trips as well as airport transfers.

 Interested host families can contact community coordinator Susan James at

904-806-1392 or steptousa@aol.com.  Susan has personally hosted 18 students over the past 15 years. Spanish students are very good role models for today’s teens. They are responsible, gracious and thrilled for the opportunity to come to America to live in an American home! If you have room in your heart and your home, would you please consider opening your home to a young person from abroad?

letter from the host family

Susan,

I can honestly see why you and your hubby are involved in stepinflorida!

This boy xxx just melts our heart, he thinks of us often and I just wanted you to see his x-mas e-mail to us. Just to think this was the youngin that might be problamatic and comes out to be one of the finest kids. You just never know, xxxx and i would love to sponsor again but we know we will be moving sometime wi...thin the year and not quite sure when.

Just as I feel bad about having to move I get an e-mail from Spain. This made our Christmas for sure. Please keep up the good work that y'all do and if there is another time I can devote to helping I will be first in line.

Much respect and admiration,

host family reply

We are so glad to hear from you, we miss your stay with us and have been wondering if your schooling was going well. I see that it is and that you are going into the engineering field like your Dad. We hope that your Mum and Dad are doing well and you’re not worrying them too much, just kidding. I know that you will do well in life as you have great parents and family and you know how important sc...hool is.

Hoping your friends are also doing well is XXXX behaving himself? LOL.

Thank you so much for the update in your life and maybe someday our paths will cross again.

Susan is still involved with step in Florida and she is looking for sponsors again this year. We wish we could sponsor but we will probably be moving and I have been a tad ill, I'm much better now.

You just keep doing well and make your parents proud, We think of you often as we enjoyed every day of your stay.

Christmas Letter 2011 from a student to his host family!

It's been a long time since we wrote each other! How is life? How is everything at home? I hope all is perfect there!

Here we have passed a great year. At summer, like all years, we have been at " lekeitio", that village near to the sea which has an island near. There, we celebrated that ferstival were we hang up of the goose's neck, it's really funny but for the moment I'm not taking part in thi...s event. Also, I have been with my parents at Scotland and I have to say that all those green views where really impressive. After the summer I started my last year at school, and for the moment I'm not doing bad, so the next year I hope to be studing for be an ingeneer.

Two nights ago we met with all my family for christmas, and it was really funny! Now I'm waiting for New Year's Eve because after a big dinner with my granrdad's I will met with all my frinds to celebrate the new year.

I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and take care in this new year!
Christmas letter to host family from student

Summer Trips

Looking for host families to host 25 Spanish teenagers arriving to the St Augustine area and surrounding communities on June 30th, 2012. The students are coming to learn about the culture of American Families and to practice their English. All students come with their own spending money and medical insurance. Host families provide a bed, meals and limited transportation for 27 days. Students will be leaving on July 26th. We will be attending trips in which the host families are welcome to come along at group discounted pricing. This years trips include Universal Studios, Sea World, Daytona Lagoon and local tours and attractions. There is also a welcome party and farewell party for the students and families which will be held in a local airconditioned country club with plenty of parking and seating. If you have room in your home and heart, please consider opening your home to a young person from abroad. This is a great learning experience for everyone involved and can be the start of friendships that last a lifetime!  Families pick their student on a first come first serve basis. If interested please contact Susan James at stepinflorida@aol.com or 904-806-1392.