2019 student exchange
We are happy to welcome students from Tullamore to Chandler June 9-21 -- Emma Lynam, Michael Gaffey and Aisling Gallagher.
Our 2019 Student Ambassadors -- Sadie DeShon, Emily Sammon and Michael Fuller -- will travel with their chaperone, Dawn Odil, to Ireland June 30 - July 12.
Itinerary while in Chandler
City Tour
Musical Instrument Museum
Kartchner Caverns & Tombstone
Go Daddy Tour, ImprovMania
Weekend Excursion with Host Family
Main Event
TopGolf and Dance Folklorico
ICC Visit & Dbacks game
Chandler Museum
2018 student exchange
Four students from several Chandler high schools were selected to travel to Chandler’s Sister City of Tullamore, Ireland in June, and then returned with students from Tullamore for a 10-day stay in Chandler in July. Our students served as Youth Ambassadors for the City of Chandler, while interacting with their host family in Tullamore, where they were immersed in the Irish culture. The Chandler students and their Tullamore “twins” are Sarah Fuller and Anita Watkins, Sophie Looney Abney and Olivia Summerville, Luke Ryan and Cillian Fogarty, and Cole Stewart with Jonny O’Connor. Before the Exchange began, Sarah Fuller commented, “I am looking forward to bonding with my Tullamore student. I will strive on my trip to grasp a thorough perspective of the differing aspects of our two lives.”
The host families from Chandler and Tullamore planned activities with their own student and their “twin” student. “Together we will be introduced and experienced new adventures and participated in activities that increased cultural understanding and educational exchanges,” noted Sophie Looney Abney. While here, they engaged in trips and activities to give the Irish students the best representation of Chandler and Arizona culture. And of course the visit was complete with a Fourth of July Celebration at an AZ Diamondbacks game complete with fireworks!
Among the activities for the “twinned” students in Chandler were tours of GoDaddy, the Irish Cultural Center, the Basha Collection of Western American and American Indian Art, and a fun-filled evening at Chandler’s ImprovMania. The Chandler and Tullamore students were greeted by Chandler’s Mayor Jay Tibshraeny at the July 9 Chandler City Council meeting.
