- Dates
- 1985-02 – 1985-04-01
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Community School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationmigrationcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 1985 Beaver Beacon invited Beaver Island-area students ages 15–18 to apply for Youth for Understanding summer or school-year exchanges in 26 countries. It also asked local families to host an international high-school student.
Evidence limits
This is a program announcement and host-family appeal. It does not establish that a particular island student traveled or that a particular family hosted a student.
Sources
- Invites students ages 15–18 to apply for summer or school-year exchanges in 26 countries and asks families to host an international student; it gives an April 1, 1985 registration deadline. It is a newspaper appeal, not evidence of a Beaver Island placement or completed exchange. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Youth for Understanding appeal.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island school promotes Youth for Understanding exchanges, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-youth-for-understanding-exchange-1985/, accessed [date], citing Youth for Understanding exchange and host-family appeal, Beaver Beacon, February 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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