Families of students attending GPS and McCallie recently hosted 11 exchange students from Dusseldorf, Germany, who spent 10 days visiting regional attractions such as Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville and Atlanta’s Lennox Mall, in addition to attending classes.
First row from left are Natalie van Landeghem, Caroline Fandrey and Maria Esser. Second row from left are Celina Meka, Maja Ruhl and Rebekka Sondermann. Back from left are Luke Renshawe, Nico Pesch, Franziska Weitz, Jan-Phillip Joachim and Cameron Renshawe.Before the students departed, they agreed to answer a range of questions posed by members of GPS’ Global Ambassadors Association at an assembly attended by the entire GPS student body.
The students said Atlanta was this region’s city which most closely resembles their hometown of Dusseldorf.
“There’s so much land and mountains,” said Franziska Weitz of Chattanooga. “I didn’t expect that.”
Luke Renshawe said he was surprised how much bigger everything is in the United States, such as cars and houses.