Educational Merit Foundation for Student Exchange

Educational Merit Foundation for Student Exchange Founded by a former exchange student, EMF is dedicated to promoting world understanding through international friendship.

EMF links foreign exchange students with host families and high schools in the U.S.

08/13/2021

Today EMF is 30!!!
it started as an idea & grew...
thanks to many people

Host sisters... From left to right: Emelie from Germany and Triana from Mexico
08/25/2020

Host sisters... From left to right: Emelie from Germany and Triana from Mexico

Welcome to Texas Rachel!
08/25/2020

Welcome to Texas Rachel!

Emma from France (left) with her host family. She was our first student to arrive for the 2018-2019 school year.
08/27/2018

Emma from France (left) with her host family. She was our first student to arrive for the 2018-2019 school year.

Yaiza from France (left) with host sister ready to start school on Wednesday.
08/20/2018

Yaiza from France (left) with host sister ready to start school on Wednesday.

Ariana is ready for her first day at Plano West high school :)
08/13/2018

Ariana is ready for her first day at Plano West high school :)

It is so nice to see our students for 2018-2019 arriving... Welcome!
08/12/2018

It is so nice to see our students for 2018-2019 arriving... Welcome!

06/17/2018

Happy Host Father's Day!

05/21/2018

So sad to hear that Sabika Sheikh who was a Pakistani exchange student lost her life in the Santa Fe high school shooting on Friday. This must be so difficult for her parents and her host family. Sabika was not sponsored by EMF but her senseless death is a loss for all student exchange organizations.

Carlos from Spain arrived a week ago... Happy Birthday Carlos!
08/25/2017

Carlos from Spain arrived a week ago... Happy Birthday Carlos!

08/13/2016

Today is EMF 25th anniversary!!!!! I am at the same time proud and thankful for all the help we have received over the years. This has been a labor of love and knowing that lasting friendships have been built makes it all worthwhile

04/11/2016

Chiara an EMF student in Texas
16 hrs · Instagram ·

So many people have asked me this question: what is Exchange like?
Exchange is Change. Rapid, brutal, unexpected, overwhelming and most of all constant change. Change in lifestyle, country, language, friends, parents, schools, houses, simply everything.
Exchange is going from thinking you know who you are, to having no idea who you are anymore, to being someone new. It's discovering who you really are.
Exchange is uncomfortable. It's feeling out of place, like a fifth wheel. It's knowing what it feels like to be alone, with no one to talk to, no one you know. It's stepping out of your comfort zone in everything you do.
Exchange is thinking. All the time. About everything. The strange food, the strange people, the differences. It's missing home, but also not being sure what home is.
Exchange is new. It's trying new things and being openminded. It's making memories. It's creating a new life within one year.
Exchange is culture shock. It's hating everything about where you are for a while. It's wanting to give up and go home. It's homesickness. It's discovering how strong you really are.
Exchange is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. It's leaving everything you know and love behind for months. It's crying whenever you think about home, but also crying when you think about leaving your new one.
Exchange is absolutely worth it. Worth every single tear you shed, worth every memory you made, worth every day that you wanted to give up.
Exchange is not vacation, it's a new life that you built for yourself, always knowing you are going to have to leave it behind.
Exchange is the best thing that ever happened to me, because it made me grow as a person. It taught me how to be independent and strong. It taught me how to make friends and how to keep going, no matter how hard you want to stop.

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6526 Lakecrest Drive
Sachse, TX
75048

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