MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU) — Superintendent of schools Ryan Christianson says the Marshfield School District is once again welcoming a wide variety of students from around the world for the new school year; including more than a half-dozen students from China.
“Marshfield High School is currently hosting 14 foreign exchange students,” Christianson explained. “Eight of those are Chinese students that are here in Marshfield as part of the district’s International Student Exchange Program.”
Starting next month, two Marshfield elementary schools are also getting visitors from China as part of a new program called the ‘Friends from Afar Academy’. “This October, Grant Elementary and Nasonville Elementary Schools will be hosting 26 Fifth and Sixth Grade students, and four chaperones from China,” Christianson said.
Also spending this school year in Marshfield are students from Bolivia, Switzerland, France, Turkey, Spain, and Italy.
