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Future Leaders Exchange Program - FLEX

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  • Announcer: American Councils
  • Date of Announcement: 20.09.2012
  • Deadline: 20.10.2012
  • Link: http://jobs.ge/49307/
Now in its twenty-first, Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) provides an opportunity for Georgian secondary school students in the 9th, 10th, and 11th grades to study at an American high school and to live with an American host family. The FLEX program is fully funded by the U.S. Department of State program and is administered by American Councils for International Education in Georgia.
The program will offer approximately 50 scholarships to secondary school students from Georgia for the 2012-2013 academic years. Scholarship recipients will be provided with round trip ticket from their home to the United States and back as well as a monthly allowance for living expenses. While in the U.S., Georgian students will have the opportunity to share Georgian culture. They will learn about the United States firsthand by participating in family life, school study, and extracurricular activities.
Recipients of FLEX scholarships are selected by an independent panel of experienced educators in the United States on the basis of merit demonstrated in the application materials. Merit is determined by evaluating the written application, recommendations, English language proficiency, and an applicant's demonstrated preparedness for a yearlong exchange experience.
We invite all students to participate in the competition who: are presently studying in the 9th, 10th, and 11th grades; have good academic standing; were born in the period between January 1, 1996 to July 15, 1998; be eligible to receive a U.S. visa; have not lived in the United States for more than three months in the last five years; are citizens of Georgia; have previously studied English or demonstrate English language abilities.
The FLEX program is open to all high school students who meet requirements of the program including students with disabilities. Over 210 disabled students have already studied in the U.S. on this program. The age/grade requirements for disabled students differ from the requirements for other applicants. Disabled candidates must be born between March 15, 1995 and July 15, 1998 and must be studying in 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades.
Representatives of American Councils will visit below regional centers to conduct testing in the fall and winter of 2012.
  • Gori September 19, 2012. 10:00am Public Shool 3, D. Amilakhvari str. 26
  • Marneuli September 22, 2012. 10:00am Public Shool 5, Rustaveli Str. 52
  • TelaviSeptember 24, 2012. 10:00am Public Shool 7, Alazani Ave. 22
  • BatumiSeptember30, 2012. 10:00am Public Shool 8, Griboedovi Str. 35
  • ZugdidiOctober 4, 2012. 10:00am Public Shool 1, Agmashenebeli Str. 1
  • KutaisiOctober 7, 2012. 10:00am Public Shool 3, Tsminda Nino Str. 2
  • BorjomiOctober 8, 2012. 10:00am Public Shool 1, Tsminda Nino Str. 2
  • AkhaltsikheOctober 11, 2012. 10:00am Public Shool 1, Mikutishvili Str. 2
  • TbilisiOctober 20, 2012. 10:00am Public Shool 55, Chavchavadze Ave. 38.
All eligible students are invited to take part in the first of three rounds. They must bring proof of eligibility (their original birth certificate) and one recent photograph (3x4 cm). Students who pass Round One (a short English test) will be invited to Round Two (a comprehensive English test and an in-class written essay). Semi-finalists from Round Two will be invited to compete in Round Three, consisting of an interview, an in-class written essay and an application process. Final results of Round Three will be known in May 2013. Finalists of the program will leave for the United States in August of 2013 and will return home in June 2014.
American Councils for International Education Georgia tel (995 322) 29-21-06, 91-32-72 | http://www.americancouncils.ge
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