Sailing Exchange Student

Sailing Families,

I received the email below and have since spoken with Montserrat about her son possibly coming to Bellingham as an exchange student this coming year. She is looking for host families for her son for all or some of the school year.  As you can see this kid is very good at sailing and it would be fun to bring him to Bellingham for a year.  I don't know any details of how the program works, but I am reaching out to families of the sailing team who might be interested in hosting an exchange student for some period of time.  A full year commitment would not be necessary if we could find 2 or 3 families for him to stay with.  

From my conversation with his mother, she and her husband are doctors and live here: https://goo.gl/maps/p5QVKaMQzhRVgS2v8

Let me know if you are interested (or know a family that would be) in hosting and I will get you in touch with the family!  

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Good morning  Mr. Scott (sailing coach) and Bellingham High School

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

We are the parents of Xavier Garcia Ollé, an enthusiastic 15-y-o Spanish Optimist sailor, recently winner of 2021 Optimist European Championship, held in Cádiz, Spain (see attached links below).

https://www.optiworld.org/default/news/new/text/xavier-garcia-olle-%28esp%29-and-kleopatra-anastassiou-%28gre%29-proclaimed-2021-optimist-european-champions 

https://2021europeans.optiworld.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall

https://youtu.be/BURPJJCxpi8

We're getting in contact with you because Xavier has finished his optimist stage, and also his 9^th grade in the High School, and now he is enrolled in a J1 visa program in the USA (international exchange program) to study the 10^th grade in an American High School.  We were in contact with one international exchange student from Spain, Helena Prunonosa. She was taking sailing classes with Orcas High school in Orca's yacht club during 2017-2018 and she had a great experience in Orca Island. But her American family cannot host any kid right now in this J1 program

At this moment, and because of the pandemic that has delayed the enrollment of the students, we are still waiting for a family interested in hosting him for the academic year. Our purpose in reaching out to you is to ask if you might know such a family –perhaps with sailing members- that can help us.

For sure, if you need any further information about American sponsor contact program (NorthWest Student Exchange in Seattle), school marks, teacher and coaches recommendations, don't hesitate to ask us. Of course Xavier will be  fully vaccinated in 2 weeks

Any help you could give us would be greatly appreciated.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Best regards and our thanks in advance, from Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

 Javier Garcia Rodriguez & Montserrat Ollé Moliner

Scott Wilson

Whatcom Sailing

360.303.1759 c

www.whatcomsailing.com