High School Exchange Archives | High Schools International

Our Student Bloggers

All Alessandra P (Italy) Armin O (Czech Republic) Asako Y (Japan) Beatriz L (Brazil) Carlotta M (Germany) Chika I (Japan) Clara M (Spain) Daria Y (Russia) Dmitriy K. (Ukraine) Fernanda O (Brazil) Gloria H (China) Henrike S (Germany) Juraj C (Slovakia) Kim B (Germany) Klara B (Germany) Klara O (Czech Republic) Kristine T (Norway) Luma R (Brazil) Maria C (Italy) Maria M (Spain) Niccolo F (Italy) Paula J (Germany) Romy W (Germany) Sina F (Germany) Sina R (Germany) Sofia A (Brazil) Victoria L (China) Yiran L. (China)

Meet Maria from Italy...

Hello everyone! My name is Maria, and as the sound of it suggests, I’m from Italy, that lovely and picturesque country that both foreigners and Italians, recognize in the unique shape of a boot. Well, I know I am a bit biased, but I think it’s a wonderful place where to live, however sometimes the…

2021/21 Maria C. (Italy) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK Uncategorised

Catch up with Klara!

Hey and welcome to my third blog! In the last three months a lot had happen in the UK and therefore within my exchange year here in Brighton as well. But let me start with December. In December my friends and I went a lot Christmas shopping together. We all had to send some…

2020/21 Klara B. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK UK High School

Christmas at DCU

Hello and welcome back to my first blog in 2021. I cannot believe that it is already March. The last months went by so quickly, especially after New Year’s Eve. I spent Christmas and New Year’s Eve at the DCU Christmas Camp with all the other exchange students who could not and did not want…

2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad

2 months in lockdown...

Two months lockdown. I arrived on the 3 January again in England after I had spent Christmas at home in Germany. This meant quarantine. I was really not looking forward to it but in the end it wasn’t that bad after all. Because of lockdown I had online lessons and didn’t miss any school…

2020/21 Carlotta M. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK UK High School

The run up to Christmas

Hey and welcome back to my blog! The last 2 months went by pretty quickly and I was very busy with school work and meeting friends. With the end of October and with the start of our midterm-break, we started to go back to a Lockdown which means that we were not allowed to go…

2020/21 Henrike S. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad

Getting into the Christmas Spirit...

Hi and welcome back to my blog! I cannot believe that I am almost for three months in England. The time is just amazing! At the beginning from my second months I had my half term holidays. In these days I visited my best friend in Southampton for one day and met my friends here…

2020/21 Klara B. (Germany) Blog Blogger Guardianship High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK UK High School

Embracing the English Cuisine

Welcome back to my second blog entry. A whole month has already passed again. It’s crazy how fast the time goes here! During half term my parents came for a few days. It was really nice to see them and show them everything. On their first day I showed them my college and Southampton. For…

2020/21 Carlotta M. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK UK High School

Settling into Southampton

Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Carlotta, I am 16 years old and I am going to live in Southampton, England for one year. Because of Covid, everything is a little bit different this year. I was supposed to go to Canada but Canada didn’t open its borders and then one week…

2020/21 Carlotta M. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad Study Abroad UK UK High School

Meet Klara from Germany!

Hey, my name is Klara! I am 16 years old and from Germany. I live with my parents and my older brother, he is 18 years old, in Hanover. In my spare time I like to play Field hockey and clarinet or just meet my friends. My brother did his year abroad two years ago…

2020/21 Klara B. (Germany) Blog Blogger High School Exchange School Year Abroad UK UK High School Uncategorised

Kristine shows her family and friends around Ireland!

Hello again! Time to talk about what I’ve been up to the last few weeks. So, as I mentioned in the last post we had our midterm in the middle of February. My sister and her boyfriend came to Dublin to visit me and we stayed in an Airbnb in town. The weather was awful,…

2019/20 Kristine T. (Norway) Blog Blogger High School Exchange Study Abroad Uncategorised

Student Blogs