Parents of high-school students
High schools in German speaking Switzerland provide families who want to send their children abroad on an exchange semester with excellent support to find a suitable hostfamily for them. But when it comes to Lake Geneva? There is none! Luckily we came across student@home. Thanks to her large network, Christina quickly suggested several good host-families for our 17-year old daughter and we were pleasantly spoilt for choice. student@home also contacted our daughter regularly during her stay and gave her useful tips and support. We always felt like we were in good hands with student@home!
Bruno and Olga Fellmann, Solothurn, Springsemester 2022
Christina arranged a family for our son Marco, 16, in the 4th grade of high-school. Since the stay took place during the summer holidays, it was not easy to find a family that wasn’t traveling themselves. Thank you, Christina, for your extraordinary commitment with a lot of passion! The host-family you found for Marco welcomed our son very warmly and provided him with excellent care. Christina, we thank you for the personal, trustworthy and professionnal mediation. We would happily come back to you if our younger son would want to do an exchange in French-speaking Switzerland.
Anja Fragodt, Zug, Summersemester 2023
High-school students from Swiss-Germany
I spent 3 months with Ketty and Patrice. They were 3 months during which I experienced and learned many things. Ketty always went to great length to prepare hearty meals for me. She told me a lot about the area and gave me lots of suggestions of places to go and visit and things to do. I talked about music with Patrice and learned a lot of new things. If I needed anything, I could always ask them for help.
Jael Semela, 17, Highschool in Wettingen, Argovie Spring semester 2022
Christina, thank you very much for everything. Coming from Swiss-Germany, it would have been very difficult for me to find a hostfamily so close to my school without you. The stay with my host-mother Florence was very pleasant and I got along very well with her despite the initial language barrier. The exciting conversations with her greatly improved my French. The semester at the high-school in Lausanne was very enriching, and not just in terms of language. If I had to do it again, I would, again and again!
Polina Fellmann, 17 ,Solothurn, Spring 2022
In 2022, I did a language exchange for 6 months in Lausanne. During my stay, I lived with a very nice host family that Christina found for me. My host mother told me about many beautiful sights in Lausanne and the surrounding area. My host father taught me many French expressions that are only used in the french-speaking part of Switzerland. I was of course very nervous in the beginning, because although I already understood a lot of French, I could hardly speak. Thanks to my semester with my host-family and my highschool in Lausanne, I now have a broad knowledge of French and still enjoy learning more. A big influence on my successful stay was Christina, who always supported me and planned excursions for all the exchange students.
Alessia Bassini, 17, Aargau, Spring 2022
