Rockbridge area high school exchange students went on an educational field trip with the local coordinator. They toured the Hampton History Museum and the Emancipation Tree in Hampton. Then they traveled to Virginia Beach and visited the Virginia Aquarium, hiked the maritime forest Bald Cypress trail at First Landing State Park and went to the boardwalk area to go swimming in the ocean. Pictured here at the Virginia Aquarium are (front row) Zana Halilovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Nikita Rogov (Kyrgyzstan), Emma Gottspenn (Germany). On the back row are Peeranut Chaoyong (Peyton-Thailand), Gulbadanbegim Bayniyazova (Mia—Uzbekistan), Theo Martini (Germany) and Genoveva de Cuenca Abril (Spain). Students for 2025-2026 are now available. Contact local coordinator Cindy Miller at [email protected] or (540) 817-8851 for more information about hosting.
