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This year's exchange students came from Sweden (Theo Israelsson and August Westlund), Italy (Mattia De Vitali), Finland (Milla Partanen) and Belgium (Nina Roberty).

New Country, New Classroom: Exchange Students Experience American Life At Olathe West

Harper Adams, Chief Copy Editor September 12, 2025

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to pack up and leave everything you know— your home, language, school and family— to explore a new country for a whole year? Five students at Olathe West...

Senior Vivi Pflume comes to Olathe West as a foreign exchange student.

Dream of American Life Comes True at Olathe West

Harper Adams, Writer, Profile editor September 23, 2024

  Most students’ homes are no more than 20 minutes away from school. For German exchange student Vivi Pflume, her commute is more like 23 hours.  Pflume has long dreamed of living in the...

Senior Sven Stroemsten is an exchange student from Stockholm, Sweden.

Goodbye Sweden, Hallå Kansas

Logan Kraft, Writer February 26, 2024

  Life is different from country to country, especially when coming from a bigger city built around water with 975,551 people, 14 islands and more boats than people, to Kansas, which is stereotyped...

Senior Lior Poupin describes her school life as well as her extra curricular activities in France compared to America.

Goodbye France, Bonjour United States

Logan Kraft, Writer October 23, 2023

Packing all the essential items, saying goodbye and boarding onto the airplane. Becoming a year-long tourist is what a lot of people dream of, and that dream is becoming a reality for senior Lior Poupin. Traveling...

Titus Deilmann came to Olathe West from Emsing, Germany as a foreign exchange student.

4,822 Miles From Home: Titus Deilmann’s Transfer to America

Bryce Mallory and Addison Smith September 23, 2022

Traveling 4,882 miles from Germany to the U.S. is a big change for a high school student which is something Titus Deilmann experienced firsthand when he transferred to the U.S. from Rimsting, Germany. Deilmann...

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