Inbound Students
In recent years, and despite the after effects of COVID, District 5160 has welcomed more than 20 inbound students. They came to us from many places including Austria and the Czech Republic, Belgium and France, Germany and Hungary, Bolivia and Colombia and from Taiwan. Our relationships with those countries stretch back for years.
For the 2025-26 year, the students inbound are from Poland, Taiwan, Slovakia and France.
Experiences on Exchange
Youth Exchange in Turkey
Youth Exchange in Turkey
District 5160 — We are your hosts.
The USA you will meet face to face is likely quite different from what your mind guesses it is.
Here are some special features of Central Northern California, home to District 5160
- You will find that the clothes people wear, the words they use and the family values they live by are not very like the “Hollywood World” that the movies spread across the globe.
- Youth Exchange in 5160 cannot be summarized as a single type of culture: Some active hosts are in densely populated places in the Bay Area, others in small towns —Burney and Weaverville for example.
- Across this wide range we know there are differences in what is “acceptable” and “not acceptable.”
- The scenery you will encounter in District 5160 is stunning . . . Beaches, forests, Alpine hills, extinct volcanos, rice fields, apricot farms, and olive trees. And then there’s the Golden Gate — arching over its opening into the Pacific Ocean — connecting a vibrant city to a remarkable wilderness reserve that is home to animals as different as skittish coyotes and lumbering elephant seals.
Departure Dates
In addition to talking to your host Rotary Club and Host Family, please keep the following information in mind when booking your return flight home ticket:
- Flights home must be within 2 weeks of the last day of school and/or 7 days after our Goodbye Weekend or 7 days of the D5160 approved end of the year trips.
- All return dates must be approved by the D5160 Inbound Coordinator and District Chair PRIOR to booking the flight. Student and their family will be responsible for any additional transportation fees if the procedure is not followed.
- It is a Rotary rule that your return flight on the way home must be the shortest possible route with no student/parent requests granted for stop overs or individual travel.
