Can Global Insights students participate in school sports and other extra-curricular activities?
Global Insights students are encouraged to get involved in a variety of school and community activities, as these are excellent ways for students to make friends and to avoid homesickness. School sports are also an excellent way for students to become involved and experience the American “school spirit.” Again, it is at the school’s discretion, as well as that of the state athletic association, as to the policies pertaining to exchange students and school sport teams. Global Insights does not guarantee to its participants that their high schools will permit them to participate on school teams. It should be noted that it is contrary to standards set by the Council on Standards for International Education Travel (CSIET) and regulations by the US Department of State for any exchange organization to set out deliberately to recruit an excellent athlete for the purpose of enhancing a specific school’s sports team.
