HOST FAMILY!

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Maria will be hosted by Lisa and her Mother Gayel.  Lisa is 33 years old and Gayel is 59 years old.  Lisa is divorced but while she was married they hosted an exchange student and Lisa enjoyed this experience of having a host daughter.  Now Lisa is keen to host again and has chosen to host Maria.  

Lisa and Gayel live 40 kms south of Adelaide the capital city of South Australia in a town known for it's wine industry.  The town of McLaren Vales is surrounded by vineyards.  McLaren Vale is part of the area known as the Southern Vales.  There are many horse properties in this location.  McLaren Vale has a population of 3,000 and is located 8 kms from the local beach and 14 kms from the scuba diving beach of South Australia. The Southern Vales is a popular tourist destination with many international and interstate visitors coming to sample the wines of the region.  Locally there are many bike tracks, parks, nature walks, local shops, cafes and restaurants in the town.  There is a bus that goes to Noarlunga where Maria can catch a train to the city in the day time. Noarlunga is about 20 minutes away and there is a very large shopping centre there as well as swimming centre and cinema centre.

Lisa is a volunteer with the local CFS (country fire service) and involved with the local Arise Chrisitan Youth Group at Church.  Lisa also enjoys social activities, gardening, bike riding, site seeing, photography, going to the beach, diving, surfing lessons, outings, drives, picnics, bbqs activities with friends.  Both Lisa and Gayel attend church on Sunday mornings and activities with the youth group on Saturdays.  Maria is welcome to attend church or the youth group, but no obligation.  It would be a good way for Maria to meet local teenagers and join in healthy social activities.

Maria will have to abide by the no smoking rule of STS as this is a non smoking family, also abide by curfew given.  Lisa and Gayel are looking forward to having a lot of different cultural experiences, being able to share lifestyles, hobbies and interests, grow in knowledge, experience cultural acceptance and friendship.

There is no computer in this hf home nor internet connection.  If Maria has a laptop please bring it to Australia.  Then Maria can purchase a prepaid connection to the internet to take care of her own communications. STS students are expected to be financially independent in terms of their own transport fares, entertainment expenses, school canteen lunches, school excursions and camps, long distance phone calls, mobile phone costs, internet connection costs, toiletries, postage and so on. A monthly allowance of $A400-500 is recommended.

STS Students are expected to participate fully in school life and to do their best with their studies. High school students in Australia wear a school uniform which will be loaned to you by the school, which is very generous of the school (a saving of approx $600).  You will be expected to take care of the uniform during the year and return it in good condition at the end of your time at Tatachilla.   The cost of text books varies according to the subjects chosen but you will be expected to pay for these books and your stationary. Please contact your STS office in your home country regarding any reimbursement for costs of text books. Students may need to purchase a graphic calculator for mathematics approx cost $A180.  If you have a graphic calculator please bring it to Australia with you.

It is important that students do not falsify their application details including issues about smoking, diet, health and interests. It is also important that they respect the STS rules and Australian law.

Welcome to South Australia as a young Ambassador from Finland.  Please contact your host family by phone or by writing a letter soon.  They are waiting to hear from you!




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