by Natalie Kuhnert, GHS Blue Ink
As the school year comes to an end, that means that summer is coming and the two high school foreign exchange students will be heading back home. Hanna Horvath and Claire Crepelle have attended Garretson High School for the 2021-2022 school year and will be catching flights back home to France and Hungary.
Horvath said, “I really like attending Garretson for my exchange program.” Horvath is a junior at GHS this year.
Horvath claimed, “I’ve always wanted to come to the U.S. and wanted to live here in the future so I thought this will help my future here.” Horvath also stated she misses her dogs and can’t wait to go see them when she goes back home.
Horvath is attending O'Gorman High School for her senior year next year. Due to foreign exchange program rules, if she wanted to come back to the U.S. she would have to go to a different school and it would have to be a private school.
Crepelle and Horvath have done many things for this school and have participated in different sports. Horvath participated in volleyball and wrestling and made it to state for wrestling.
It was Horvath’s first year wrestling, only 16 girls made it to state and she was one of them. Horvath was the first girl from GHS to qualify for state wrestling.
Crepelle participates in track and field, band, and choir.
Crepelle said her favorite part of being in the U.S. is “Discovering another culture and comparing it to my culture.” Claire claimed, “It’s hard leaving my family but it was only for a year and I plan on going back to France and attending college there.” Crepelle also claimed “I’m going home in less than a month, so I'm anxious to leave some people and I'm not sure when I'm going to see them again but I'm excited to see my family.”
This school year has flown by and is almost at its end, which means Hanna and Claire are going home. Hanna plans to come back her senior year and Claire is planning to go to college in France. Hanna and Claire will be missed and have made an impact on the school.
