This document provides information about a trip to Switzerland organized by Intercultural Student Experiences (ISE). ISE is a nonprofit that offers cultural immersion programs. The trip includes visiting places like cheese factories, chocolate factories, and museums. Students will stay with host families to experience daily Swiss life and culture. ISE carefully selects host families and provides medical insurance. The payment schedule requires an initial deposit and subsequent installments, with discounts for early registration. Financial aid is available, and fundraising options exist to lower costs.

1. Voyagez en Suisse
avec ISE!

2. Qui est ISE?
• Intercultural Student Experiences, a nonprofit
educational organization since 1972
• Strong emphasis on language and cultural immersion
• Mission: To inspire and educate students of the world
through experiential learning across cultures.

3. Pourquoi ISE?
• 40 years of experience and knowledgeable staff
• 24-hour on-call emergency phone while group
is abroad
• Health and trip cancellation insurance coverage
• ISE Student Code of Conduct
• Financial aid
• Classroom preparatory study materials

4. Notre destination: la Suisse

5. Comment préparer le voyage?
• As a group we’ll get familiar with Switzerland
and the places we’ll visit:
• Classroom discussions
• Learn about culture, customs, traditions with assistance
from ISE Beyond the Classroom Wiki
• Internet research for trip
• Seek out additional opportunities to practice
French

6. Quoi faire en Suisse?
Visit the Gruyère cheese factory and enjoy a
raclette lunch in the village of Gruyère

7. Quoi faire en Suisse?
See the Château de Chillon in Montreux

8. Quoi faire en Suisse?
Visit the Cailler chocolate factory

9. Quoi faire en Suisse?
• See the Musée de l’Alimentation in Vevey
• Visit the United Nations and the Red Cross
Museum

10. Pourquoi habiter dans une famille
d’accueil suisse?
• To fulfill ISE’s commitment to offer students
cultural immersion opportunities abroad
• Opportunity for students to observe and partake
in daily life in Switzerland

11. La vie suisse
• French families live in rural & urban areas
around Geneva
• Every student will have a host sibling that is 1-3
years older or younger than him/her
• If school is in session, students will likely have
the opportunity to attend school with their host
siblings
• Families typically live in condominiums

12. Plus sur la vie suisse
• Swiss families eat bread
(baguette) with every meal
• Dinner is sacred family
time and everyone must be
present before meal begins
• Top 3 dinner table topics:
news, politics, and soccer!
• Every meal starts or ends
with cheese – and with 365
varieties, there’s one for
each day of the year!

13. La façon dont ISE sélectionne les
familles d’accueil
• ISE Family Stay Coordinator is a retired English
teacher who is very active in his community.
He has been working with ISE since 1982.
• Host families must pass a phone or in-person
interview and home visits may occur prior to
acceptance
• All families live in Geneva or its suburbs

14. Plus d’informations sur les
familles d’accueil
• Expected to provide room, board, and genuine
cultural experience for student
• ISE traveler might share a room with a host
sibling of the same gender, but is required to
have his/her own bed
• Students matched only with families who have
a child of the same gender (i.e. American girl
hosted by a Swiss family with a daughter)

15. Renseignements sur le voyage
• Program travel dates
• Approximate price
• *Fuel surcharges now included in price
• Add-on’s
• Trip inclusions and exclusions

16. L’assurance médicale et de
responsabilité civile
•Included in program price
•$50,000 maximum
coverage
•Coverage details available
on ISE website

17. L’assurance d’annulation du voyage
• Included in price
• Valid for cancellation due
to medical issues affecting
participants or immediate
family
• $1,000 max coverage
• ISE Cancellation
Protection Plan

18. QUAND ET COMBIEN FAUT-IL
PAYER?

19. Les dates de paiement
pour les voyages de printemps
Spring Programs
Early Bird registration deadline: June 15
Final registration deadline: October 1
June 15 (Early Bird) $500
October 1 (final) Due with program application
November 1 $800
December 1 $800
January 15 Balance

20. Les dates de paiement
pour les voyages d’été
Early Bird registration deadline: June 15
Summer Programs Final registration deadline: October 15
June 15 (Early Bird) $500
October 15 (final) Due with program application
November 15 $1000
January 15 $1000
March 15 Balance

21. Créer un plan de paiement
• Consider financial aid & fundraising
• ISE Early Bird Discount: save $200
• Participate in ISE’s US Hosting Program and
receive a discount on your own ISE trip

22. L’assistance financière
• ISE provides need-
based financial aid
• Financial Aid Grant
Calculator and
Application on website

23. Comment s’inscrire?
• Student Application
• Code of Conduct signed by participant &
parent/guardian
• Family Stay Application in French
• $500 deposit check
• Save $200 with Early Bird sign-up by June 15th
• Send “Dear Host Family” letters and photos by fall
enrollment deadline
• Don’t forget to apply for your passport!

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culture rather than just be a tourist.”
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25. Résumé des informations
importantes
• ISE’s Switzerland program provides language and cultural
immersion in a real life setting
• ISE’s valuable family stay experience cannot be obtained
through a tour only program
• ISE’s Early Bird sign up allows you to save $200 if you register
by June 15 and it gives you a lot of time to fundraise and save
A bientôt en Suisse!