The GO Club
Sponsoring The GO Club
I am the oldest of six children. But our family always had room for one more, so when I was a senior in high school, Anna, an exchange student from Sweden, spent the year with us. She was soon one of the family, and we had a great year together as classmates and sisters. Two years later we hosted another exchange student, Rodrigo, from Chile. Several of us visited and lived with families in other countries and had international friends in college. These were great experiences for my siblings and me. Not only did we really get to know some wonderful people from other countries, but our eyes were opened to a world outside our own community.
That's why I'm thrilled to see a new opportunity at CFS for American and international students to develop deeper relationships. Initiated by Diane Choi and Esther Woo, the new Global Organization Club, or GO Club, had their first meeting in September 2011. At the October 2011 meeting, they elected officers – Co-Presidents Diane Choi and Lauren Koske, Co-Vice-presidents Esther Woo and Tiffany Hockett, and Co-Secretaries Angie Liu and Brooke Walden and played some fun mixer games. Some of their plans for the year include sharing customs and traditions from different countries, especially around holidays, working together as volunteers, discussing global events, and just getting to know each other better. The GO Club will be meeting monthly, the last school Wednesday of each month, immediately after school, in the math room. Mrs. Jennifer Powell and I are the faculty sponsors for the club.
—Maryann Redelfs