Applications for 2022 student exchanges are now closed. Applications for the Summer of 2023 will become available in the Fall of 2022.
Lexington has 4 Sister Cities: Newmarket, England; Shinhidaka, Japan; Deauville, France; and County Kildare, Ireland. Each Sister City participates in a Middle School and/or High School student exchange program with Lexington each year!
Lexington students chosen for the Deauville exchange usually leave for France around mid-June. Their exchange in France lasts 3 weeks, with the Deauville students returning to Lexington with their counterparts at the beginning of July. The exchange is 6 weeks long.
Applications
Deauville applications require:
● Completed Lexington-Deauville Student Exchange Application
● Current Picture
● $50 application fee
● 2 Letters of recommendation
○ One MUST be from a French teacher
● French essay telling your counterpart about yourself
Applications are due back to Sister Cities by the first Friday of November. Online preferred, but paper applications are available if necessary.
Scholarship Applications
Send all completed Scholarship Applications to lexingtonsistercities@gmail.com
(Scholarship application found in "Downloads" section below)
Please fill out our google form application and submit online.
This is for the $50 application fee.
For this exchange, County Kildare students will travel to Lexington for 10-12 days during the first of July. While the Lexington students will depart for Ireland at the end of July for a 10-12 day stay.
Applications
County Kildare applications require:
● Completed Lexington-County Kildare Student Exchange Application
● Current Picture
● $25 application fee
● 2 Letters of recommendation
Applications are due back to Sister Cities by the first Friday of November. Online preferred, but paper applications are available if necessary.
Scholarship Applications
Send all completed Scholarship Applications to lexingtonsistercities@gmail.com
(Scholarship application found in "Downloads" section below)
Please fill out our google form application and submit it online.
This is for the $25 application fee.
Students who participate in the Shinhidaka exchange will have their Japanese counterparts visit Lexington at the end of March for 5-6 days. The Lexington students will then travel to Japan during July for 10-12 days.
Applications
Shinhidaka applications require:
● Completed Lexington-Shinhidaka Student Exchange Application
● Current Picture
● $25 application fee
● 2 Letters of recommendation
● *Students are NOT required to be taking Japanese to participate
Applications are due back to Sister Cities by the first Friday of November. Online preferred, but paper applications are available if necessary.
Scholarship Applications
Send all completed Scholarship Applications to lexingtonsistercities@gmail.com
(Scholarship application found in "Downloads" section below)
Please fill out your google form application and submit it online.
This is for the $25 application fee.
Participants in the Newmarket exchange will travel to England sometime between the end of June and July for 10-12 days, while their British counterparts will travel to Lexington towards the end of October for 7-10 days.
Applications
Newmarket applications require:
● Completed Lexington-Newmarket Student Exchange Application
● Current Picture
● $25 application fee
● 2 Letters of recommendation
Applications are due back to Sister Cities by the first Friday of November. Online preferred, but paper applications are available if necessary.
Scholarship Applications
Send all completed Scholarship Applications to lexingtonsistercities@gmail.com
(Scholarship application found in "Downloads" section below)
Please fill out our google form application and submit it online.
This is for the $25 application fee.