SLPHS Welcomes International Exchange Students

St Louis Park is playing host to two students from Bensheim, Germany.  Sandra Strauch and Ines Schnell arrived Sunday, January 12th with their English Instructor, Thomas Hirsch to spend two weeks experiencing American life and high school life in particular.  The students are staying with St Louis Park host students Meagan Hein and Thanasi Pantazides
On Monday, January 13th, they were welcomed in Frau Shari Fox's classroom by St Louis Park Senior High Principal Joann Karetov and Superintendent Rob Metz. 
Last summer, twelve St. Louis Park Senior High German students visited the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in Bensheim, Germany, while staying with families. This international exchange is within the framework of the German American Partnership Program (GAPP) established between the two high schools.  
The German American Partnership Program (GAPP) is a non-profit high school exchange program between schools in Germany and the United States, sponsored by the German Foreign Office and by the US Department of State.