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4 homestay students stay for holidays
Four homestay students under the Saipan Mayor’s Office cultural exchange program is on the island to experience the way the CNMI celebrates the holiday season.
The students arrived yesterday afternoon at 3pm with their chaperones. The students are from the International Youth Association of Japan Kokusai Seishonen Kenshu Kyokai group from Tokyo.
This is their second time to visit this year. Earlier in July, students from KSKK visited the island as well.
Today, Dec. 26, the students will be visiting the Mayor’s Office at 9:30am and will be visiting several of Saipan’s historic sites.
On Saturday the students will be enjoying a swim at the Pacific Islands Club. On Sunday they will spend time with their host family and learn the island’s culture. On Monday, the students will visit Managaha Island and have a “sayonara” party in the evening. The students will then leave on Tuesday morning.
In related news, Sanpo En is planning a Japan trip from Feb. 4 to 10 next year, according to mayor’s office cultural exchange program coordinator and mayor’s executive assistant Yuki Kishimoto.
Kishimoto said that 12 students and three chaperones are being invited, along with the mayor and one translator.
For more information on the homestay program or Japan trip, call the Saipan Mayor’s Office at 234-6208 or visit its office at the second floor of the Ladera Building along Beach Road in Oleai.
