News & Events
Cedarburg AFS Welcome Picnic with Volleyball
Sunday, August 28, 4:30 – 8:30pm
Cedar Pointe Park, Cedarburg
(behind Cedarburg Police Station, off of Wauwatosa Road)
Volleyball starts at 4:30pm
Potluck Supper starts at 5:30pm
Bring the whole family …
All are Welcome! Be there or be square!
Host families and Cedarburg AFS will provide fixings for hearty sandwiches, beverages, and paper products.
Everyone else: please bring a salad, side dish, or dessert to share.
If you can respond to this message (mtchemotti@yahoo.com) with number in your family/group,
it helps us to plan food, but it is not essential – just come!
Host families: feel free to forward this message to your friends.
Annual AFS Welcome and Welcome Home Picnic
Thursday, August 25th 5:30 – 7:00
Hubbard Park
Rain location Shorewood High School Conference Room. This is located on the west end of the first floor of the Administration building. Please enter at the east end of the building (closest to the auditorium building)
Join us for a potluck by the river to welcome AFS students:
FIONA from Switzerland
INGRID from Norway
Welcome home AFS students abroad last year:
ANNALIESE from Germany
RAPHAEL from France
GLEN from Panama
REBECCA from Egypt
Bon voyage to:
EMMA who has left for fall semester in Finland
GRACE who will spend spring semester somewhere…
A favorite main dish, side, or finger food to share is appreciated. See you there!
Questions? Contact Ravenna Helson
Baptist Victory Church Service
Photos of the March 13 event are now posted: view photos
Victory Baptist Church, known for its spirit-filled Sunday services. Students experienced the power of a Southern Baptist gospel service and stayed to mingle with church members and learn more about their faith traditions after the service. This event is one of many Milwaukee-area AFS students describe as having a profound impact on their study abroad experience.
Jewish Sabbath Celebration
APRIL 29
The members of the temple in Mequon invite all AFSers to a Jewish Sabbath celebration. Students will meet at the temple and then be welcomed into members homes to join in the Sabbath meal celebration. They will then return to the temple for fellowship and a wide open question and answer session. This has been very well received by all students in the past few years, with rave reviews by German, Turkish and Egyptian attendees!!
AFS Milwaukee Day of Service
Milwaukee Area Team Day of Service held on April 30, at Portal Industries participating in a MobilePack that provides meals for starving children worldwide. View the photos…
Milwaukee AFS Volunteer Event
AFS is committed to being a responsible global citizen and has encouraged all Area Teams to organize volunteer events that help reach out to those in need.
This year’s event will support “Feed My Starving Children” by lending help to pack 100,000 meals for starving children worldwide. Here are the details:
When: Saturday, April 30, 2011, Noon – 2:00 p.m.
Where: Portal Industries, 1015 Cedar Creek Rd., Grafton
Who: All AFS students, returnees, liaisons, volunteers and host families
Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquakes
A former AFS Student recently moved to Christchurch. Here’s part of an email she recently sent us.
“I actually just moved to Christchurch to attend university here, it was our second day of classes, and I was actually in my American Studies lecture in the basement of an 8 storey building when it hit! The whole building shook really violently and everyone tried to hide under the desks, to the best we could! As soon as it stopped shaking we all ran outside, with chunks of tiles and dust falling on the ground around us. As we got outside the first aftershocks hit and the ground rolled like waves. It was honestly one of the scariest moments of my life! The uni sent us all ‘home’ and we headed back to the dorms which were all okay. Thankfully, there were no buildings that collapsed onsite and no one was hurt too much on campus! The dorms were deemed okay and we were allowed to stay onsite, but I chose to drive out to my brothers house, he is about an hour out of the city and its much safer here! We only just feel the after shocks out here! Plus our power and water is all okay! So I will just stay out here until classes resume, and then I will go back to the dorms.
“Here is a really good website to check up on what is happening down here:
www.stuff.co.nz
“I am just really happy to have gotten out okay and that all my family is safe!”
Kathryn
International Dessert Night
Friday, March 18, 7:30PM
Cedarburg High School cafeteria
Cedarburg AFS is hosting this event.
Join us for worldwide desserts, fellowship, and learning about other cultures. International students will give presentations.
AFS Info Night – Feb. 14
An AFS info night will be held in Cedarburg on Mon., Feb. 14 at 7:00 p.m. The info night will cover study abroad (students and parents welcome!) and hosting.
The event will take place at the Harris Bank Community Room, located on the SW corner of Columbia Road and Highland Dr. Enter the building off of Highland, at the SE corner. Questions? Email Area Team Sending Coordinator Suzie Robison-Strane.
Returnees Meeting – Feb. 13
Muskego volunteer and former Milwaukee-area AFS student Fernanda Balthazor (year program from Brazil) announces a returnee get-together on Feb. 13. She will host an informal gathering from 3 – 6 p.m. and plans to cover the following:
- Get to know your fellow returnees
- I’m back home…now what? How you can help others who want to have the AFS experience
- Volunteer opportunities for returnees (Volunteer coordinator Beth Groble)
- Helping with orientations (Orientation coordinator Jessica Roulette)
The event will feature pizza and fun! If you’re interested, have questions and to RSVP, please email Fernanda.
Petit Skate Party Photos
Check out the Photo Gallery to see photos from the recent Skate Party.
New Photos
Check out the new AFS Milwaukee Area photos for the Homestead Halloween Party and Whitefish Bay Holiday Stroll and AFS Pizza Party! see photos…
Shorewood Returnee Presentation
Returning AFS students will share their experiences of family life and attending school in China.
Sunday, November 14 in the Shorewood High School cafeteria/Youth Center (lower level of the arena).
Potluck at 6:00, please bring a side dish to pass.
Presentations 7:00 – 8:00. Come listen and be inspired by these great kids!
Find out how you can take advantage of an AFS experience.
Please contact Ravenna Helson for more information.
AFS Variety Show at Homestead High School
This event showcases many talented students at Homestead, including its own AFSers, it highlights AFS, and the proceeds of the show benefit the AFS Chapter.
This year’s show is taking place this weekend – on Friday, November 12 and Saturday, November 13 – at Homestead High School (5000 West Mequon Road, Mequon, WI) starting at 7pm each evening.
The M-T AFS Chapter is inviting all the Milwaukee area AFSers to be its guests at either performance. Each AFSer may bring one person (such as a host sibling, friend or host parent who can drive the AFSer to the event) and that person will be entitled to a complimentary ticket as well. To obtain the free ticket(s), each AFSer should print this e-mail and present it at the ticket booth at Homestead before the show. We hope to see you there!
Whitefish Bay AFS Info Nite
Whether you’re considering applying to go abroad or interested in hosting an AFS student, please join us to find out more about AFS high school exchange programs.
Bring your parents, bring a friend!
* Learn about the benefits of international cultural exchange
* Meet students who have studied with AFS and hear their stories
* Find the AFS program that’s right for you
* Learn how to begin the application process
* Find out about scholarships and financial aid
* Learn what is required to host a student and how families apply
7 – 9 PM on Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Room 47 (lower level, enter from parking lot off Ardmore Ave.)
Whitefish Bay High School
1200 E. Fairmont Ave., Whitefish Bay, WI. 53217
Contact Susie Robison-Strane for more info.
Halloween Dance
The Thiensville – Mequon AFS Chapter invites AFS club members and friends to attend a Halloween dance and costume party.
On Friday, October 29, 2010, 8-11 p.m.
Join us for:
- A DJ and dancing
- Costume and pumpkin judging
- Subs, sodas and snacks
Wear a costume!
Bring a carved pumpkin and candle to light up the yard!
Bring a can of food for needy families
Sponsored by the Thiensville – Mequon AFS Chapter
Contact: timothytread@sbcglobal.net
AFS in Shorewood for 60 years? That’s a long time!
Come help us mark the occasion
Sunday, September 26th
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Shorewood High School foyer
Fostering understanding between peoples of the world is a huge and important challenge. Shorewood High School has been an active partner with AFS-USA since 1950. This is an incredibly impressive commitment, of which we should all be very proud.
As a friend of AFS, you understand how crucial it is to show children that the world is open to them, they need not be afraid, but merely seek to understand. Whether you are a family who opened your doors to a child from another part of the world, a family who let your own child experience a year abroad, or an individual who has experienced the thrill of learning something unimaginable – simply by having conversation with a young person very different from oneself, please join us.
We look back with pride, we look forward with hope.
Light refreshments will be served.
RSVP to Sonja Ivanovich
Welcome 2010 – 2011 AFS Students
Milwaukee Area Students have arrived and are with their Host Families. AFS Milwaukee would like to thank all volunteers for helping find families and prepare for the students’ arrivals. We hope everyone has a great year!
Yemeni Student Discovers a Different Side of America on YES Program
Check out this article at Huffington Post about Maad Sharaf from Yemen who studied in Whitefish Bay.
Thinking About Welcoming an AFS Exchange Student
Now’s the time! Sharing daily life with a teenager from another country and culture is a rich and rewarding experience, and it’s a wonderful way to bring more understanding into the world. If you’ve ever thought about welcoming an exchange student into your home and family, now’s the time to learn more. AFS, the leading international high school student exchange program, needs families in our community to host high school students for an academic year or six months. Students arrive in August.
Find out more…
AFS Milwaukee interviewed on Radio 99.1
Radio station 99.1 has agreed to do an interview spot for their public affairs program.
