Families and the Home-Stay

The primary focus of our program is the city of Paris and its many treasures. In addition to this rich cultural resource, life in a Parisian home can have many rewards of its own.  All of our host families share three characteristics: they like Americans and are open to sharing their homes; they live within an easy bus or metro commute to School; they all live in safe neighborhoods. They also come in many varieties: some with children, some without; some two-parent, some single-parent; some older families, some younger. The home-stay is an opportunity for students to live in a Parisian apartment and to develop a relationship with real French people. This is an important goal for each student, and it is achieved to the extent that students are willing to reach out and connect to the French world around them.  Families are selected with great care, and decisions on placement are always made by the Program's directors. We place students one or two to a household, depending on the linguistic qualifications of the student and on the accommodations available with each host.