by Susan petroni

An Italian High School leadership program is bringing 14 international students to Framingham in mid-July. The high school students were selected to take part in this pilot initiative and will arrive in the Commonwealth for a 3-week program.

Each student will live with a local family to discover what day to day life is like in typical North American households. During the weekdays the students will have a full 'camp-like' leadership enhancement program. It will include 9 hours of English classes per week, workshops on U.S. politics and government, as well as sightseeing trips to Boston and local attractions.

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Source: http://patch.com/