Studying abroad is a blend of learning a new culture, meeting new people and seeing the world in a different way. Sina Weiller and Monica Monfort, students at CHS this year, have experienced all of these things and more.

Weiller, 16, comes from southern Germany near Munich. She has one younger brother.

"Two years ago I was with a big band in Florida and I spent two days with a host family," said Weiller. "I kind of liked how they lived and a friend told me, like, you can spend a year in the United States. Then I met my primary teacher and she said, 'Do it now, because you don't know what will happen during the years when you finish school.' So I decided to apply to be an exchange student."