American Academic & Cultural Exchange
             PO Box 285, Reedville, VA 22539


Phone: 804.453.9070 804.334.8416
Fax: 804.453.9017
email: aaceiseigler@comcast.net

Contacts: Irene D. Seigler, President or R. J. Canterbury, MD, Executive Director

Countries Served

Australia France Italy Russia Switzerland United States

Brazil       Georgia      Latvia      South Korea   Thailand
China       Germany    Mongolia Spain              Ukraine
Ecuador   Honduras   Norway     Sweden          United Kingdom

American Academic and Cultural Exchange, Inc. is founded on the premise that positive personal experience helps dissolve divisive geographical, cultural and political barriers, leads to greater human understanding and world peace. AACE provides opportunities for teenagers from many countries around the world to live with a host family in the United States while attending high school. Conversely, high school students from the United States live with host families and attend schools abroad. AACE believes that the enduring bonds that develop help bring the many diverse cultures of our world closer together into one global community.

AACE was founded with the expressed purpose of offering unique individualized and personal service to students, host families and host schools. AACE focuses on close and careful student and family selection. AACE emphasizes academic opportunities through public and private school placements. AACE places high priority on frequent and close communications with families, schools and students.

The entire staff of AACE, beginning with the personally involved officers and directors are committed to insuring that each student, family and school involved with the exchange process has the optimal opportunity for a pleasant, educational and rewarding experience. Students are placed only in localities and states where professionally trained and experienced adult AACE representatives are available.

School Year Abroad Program

U.S. students, age 15 to 18, travel abroad for 10 months, during which time they live with a host family and attend school. Orientation and counseling are provided before departure and after arrival in host country.

School Year Program in the United States

Foreign students, age 15 to 18, live with a host family and attend school for the academic year. Orientations and supervision are provided. English proficiency, academic interest and teacher recommendations are required.

Summer Program in U.S.

Foreign students, age 15 to 18, live with a host family during a four-week visit to Virginia in July. Teacher recommendations are required. Orientation sessions and supervision are provided. Cultural experiences and language enhancement are provided while in the U.S.

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Updated November 9, 2009