An Honorary Member of the Tremont Scotts!

The Tremont Scott Trio becomes the Tremont Scott Quads for the 2008-09 school year!

We are happy to announce that we will be hosting an exchange student from China for the upcoming school year! Jia Yu (Beverly) is a 15 year old girl from Guangzhou, Guangdong and will be a Sophomore at Tremont HS! She will arrive sometime after August 15, but we do not have firm travel information yet.

Of course we will keep you updated on her here as part of the family ... but I have also created a special blog to post more info about her, pictures of our home and around Tremont and more to help her get to know us before she arrives, and to help her family stay up-to-date on her life in Tremont while she's here. You can view that blog (and offer up your own welcome message to her!) here ...

http://www.tenmonthsintremont.blogspot.com/

We'll be a bit cozy in the two-ish weeks after she arrives and before we take Drew to college on August 31, but we'll make it work! The kids are excited to meet her and learn more about China, maybe even learn a little Mandarin along the way! Drew is taking Mandarin as a freshman year class at Carthage, so maybe when he's home at holiday time, she can help reinforce that to him as well. Should be a fun adventure, stay tuned!