Our names are William and Michael, and we are 7th-grade students at the Bartlett Community Partnership School/UMass GSE Professional Development School in Lowell, Massachusetts. We were accepted to participate as members of the People to People Student Ambassador Program to Europe in the summer of 2007. The objective of the program is to promote international understanding while building leadership skills among America’s youth. The 20-day experience includes interaction with other students our age, educational meetings, historical tours, and home stays with host families in France to learn about French home life. We also attend monthly meetings prior to traveling to learn more about the cultures we will be experiencing and our fellow delegates.

Please visit the Student Ambassadors link above for more details about the People to People Student Ambassador Program.

We are honored to have been selected after being interviewed and evaluated. Personally, we are looking forward to learning more about European history and culture while sharing our American history and culture, especially Lowell's history. As Ambassadors, we can also earn high school and college credit because of the many educational elements in our program.

We will share our preparation for this adventure here on this website and will plan to share our journal, photographs, and experiences with our contributors upon our return.